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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2019
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Christian Brill, Zweibrücken, DE;
Nicolai Tarasinski, Frankenthal, DE;
Volker Kegel, Mannheim, DE;
Philipp Lehmann, Homburg, DE;
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for electrification of a field chopper comprising the steps of: providing a cable drum and a winding drive on the field chopper, the cable drum and winding drive allowing at least one of the winding and unwinding of an energy supply line about the cable drum; providing a cable arm on the field chopper, the cable arm configured to adjust in at least one of an orientation and extension length to provide guided winding or unwinding of the energy supply line along a field surface; providing a pivotable ejection chute on the field chopper, the ejection chute extending beyond the cable arm and configured to transfer a chopped harvested material onto a transport vehicle driving alongside the field chopper; unwinding the energy supply line while along a first processing strip from the cable drum using the winding drive and cable arm; and winding the energy supply while along a second processing strip about the cable drum using the winding drive and the cable.