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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1994
John R McClure, New Holland, PA (US);
James T Clevenger, Jr, Lancaster, PA (US);
New Holland North America, Inc., New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A round baler having a frame with opposing side walls, a series of inwardly facing moving surfaces defining a baling chamber for forming cylindrical packages of crop material, a pick up for feeding crop material into the chamber, a plurality of rotatable transverse rollers mounted between the opposing side walls of the frame, and a support assembly for mounting at least one of the rollers. The support includes a bearing assembly having a generally cylindrical stationary first race and a concentrically disposed generally cylindrical rotatable second race between which races a bearing cavity is formed for seating a series of bearings housed between the first and second races. The second race is rotatable with the one roller relative to the first race. A generally concentric ring shaped outer member, affixed to the outer race, includes a plurality of integral ribs extending radially and outwardly from the outer member to engage crop residue and urge it away from the journal under conditions where the roller is rotating.