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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2021
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Dirk J. Desnijder, Wondelgem, BE;
Stijn Van Belleghem, Maldegem, BE;
Jan-Pieter Vanden Broucke, Moorslede, BE;
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A crop processor for cracking kernels in a forage harvester, the crop processor including: a housing having an inlet and an outlet; and a first and a second comminuting roll mounted inside the housing, the comminuting rolls being arranged in parallel to define an opening between the rolls, the comminuting rolls being configured to rotate, during use, in opposing rotation directions to transport a flow of harvested crop, received from the inlet, through the opening towards the outlet, wherein the first comminuting roll is configured to rotate at a greater speed than the second comminuting roll; wherein the first and second comminuting rolls each include a plurality of teeth arranged on a circumferential surface of the comminuting roll, each of the plurality of teeth includes a leading edge which faces in the rotation direction of that comminuting roll.