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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
William W. Preheim, Halstead, KS (US);
Assignee:
AGCO Corporation, Hesston, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 3/900 ; A01D 4/302 ; A01D 7/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 3/900 ; A01D 4/302 ; A01D 7/500 ;
Abstract
A round baler has strategically located deflecting surfaces in the intake region of the machine to direct incoming crop materials away from sidewalls of the baler. In a preferred embodiment, the materials are directed away from clearance gaps between the outer edges of forming belts and the sidewalls of the baler. Each deflecting surface may be part of a deflector in the nature of a hollow wedge with an upright, angled-in deflecting surface, an upright rear wall, and a horizontal, triangular top wall. A fastening bolt may attach the deflector to the sidewall.