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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Jay D. Peterson, Andover, IL (US);
Craig E. Murray, Davenport, IA (US);
Justin L. Montenguise, Bettendorf, IA (US);
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
An agricultural vehicle includes: a chassis; a header carried by the chassis and configured to cut crop material; a chopper carried by the chassis downstream of the header; a spreader assembly carried by the chassis downstream of the chopper; and a windrow assembly carried by the chassis downstream of the chopper. The windrow assembly includes: a windrow chute defining a chute surface and a leading edge downstream from the chopper; and a rotatable conveyor associated with the leading edge and having a surface with at least one conveyor projection extending from the surface, the at least one conveyor projection being configured to convey crop material toward at least one of the chute surface and the spreader assembly during rotation.