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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joe E Shriver, East Earl, PA (US);
Curtis H Lindblom, New Holland, PA (US);
Assignee:
Sperry Rand Corporation, New Holland, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 98 ;
Abstract
A multi-row crop header for a forage harvester having a plurality of forwardly extending dividers to provide crop passageways therebetween, the inner ends of said dividers being adjustably connected to a transverse frame member to vary the spacings between said passageways, and a rotatable feed assist roller mounted adjacent the inner end of the outermost divider to assist in guidng down crops picked up by said dividers to the inner ends of said passageways for discharge therefrom and prevent hairpinning of said down crops from jamming said header thereby.