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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1976
Joe E Shriver, East Earl, PA (US);
Donald O Norman, East Earl, PA (US);
Sperry Rand Corporation, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A forage harvester row crop header having fore-and-aft dividers defining elongated passageways therebetween is provided with a rotary member disposed within a pocket defined in a rear portion of one of the outboard dividers to assist in the feeding of crop along the passageway. The rotary member is capstan shaped having its axis of rotation inclined upwardly and rearwardly with respect to the top surface of the respective outboard divider. The lower surface of the rotary member forms a smooth transition with the top surface of the divider and thus, in profile, the divider and the rotary member are represented by a line which gradually slopes, from the forward end of the divider upwardly and rearwardly and therefrom smoothly contours upwardly and rearwardly a short distance and therefrom upwardly and forwardly, thereby providing a substantially uninterrupted surface for the flow of draped over crop along the divider and the rotary member. The rotary member is power driven to feed the crop inwardly toward the passageway.