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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1975
Virgil B Martin, West Bend, WI (US);
Roger L Villers, Waubeka, WI (US);
Philip F Fleming, West Bend, WI (US);
Gehl Company, West Bend, WI (US);
Abstract
An attachment for mounting on a mobile forage chopper is provided with at least one endless belt conveyor and associated crop cutting assembly for severing a crop row from the ground and moving it along an upwardly and rearwardly inclined passage into the inlet of the chopper. A cutting assembly at the inlet end of the crop feeding passage comprises a stationary cutting blade and a crop engaging star wheel which is connected to the front idler of the belt conveyor. The star wheel cooperates with the cutting blade to shear standing crop material from the ground while cut crop material is being moved along the feeding passage by the belt conveyor.