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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2021
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Frederick Ritchey, New Holland, PA (US);
Jeffrey B. Fay, II, Oxford, PA (US);
Scott Wangsgard, Weston, ID (US);
Terry S. Moyer, Denver, PA (US);
Kevin Cordes, Glenmoore, PA (US);
Jeffrey A. Eavenson, New Holland, PA (US);
Garin R. Ingalls, Lititz, PA (US);
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A header includes: a header frame; a cutter carried by the header frame; a roll disposed rearwardly of the cutter and configured to convey cut crop material rearwardly in a crop flow stream; a swath gate coupled to the header frame and movable between a spreading position and a converging position; a spreader coupled to the swath gate and configured to laterally spread the crop flow stream as the crop flow stream flows across the spreader; and a converger coupled to the swath gate and configured to converge the crop flow stream toward a centerline of the swath gate as the crop flow stream flows across the converger. The spreader and the converger are configured to not be in the crop flow stream at the same time, depending on the position of the swath gate.