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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2015
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Jason R. Coppinger, Davenport, IA (US);
Pieter Vandevelde, Sint Michiels Brugge, BE;
Eric E. Veikle, Lititz, PA (US);
Pieter J. P. Willem, Gistel, BE;
Cale N. Boriack, Lititz, PA (US);
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
An agricultural harvester () defining a longitudinal axis (LI) includes a chassis; at least one ground engaging traction member carried by the chassis (); a cleaning system () carried by the chassis that is configured to clean crop material; and a generally vertical crop material elevator () carried by the chassis. The crop material elevator () includes a housing () having an inlet () formed therethrough; a driving loop () held within the housing; a plurality of paddles () connected to the driving loop; and a rotating element () configured to rotate the plurality of paddles about an axis of rotation that is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis. The agricultural harvester () also includes a crop material conveyor () configured to supply cleaned crop material to the inlet of the crop material elevator from the cleaning system.