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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth J. Peeters, Bear Creek, WI (US);
Gregory L. Landon, Shawano, WI (US);
Assignee:
H&S Manufacturing Co., Inc., Marshfield, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 7/600 ; A01D 7/800 ; A01D 8/000 ; A01D 8/400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 7/600 ; A01D 7/800 ; A01D 8/000 ; A01D 8/400 ;
Abstract
A towable windrow merger including a pickup head for raising the crop material form the ground surface and a transverse conveyor assembly for laterally displacing the crop material. The transverse conveyor assembly includes an accelerator roller system, supported by the frame and at the outboard discharge end of the transverse conveyor assembly. The accelerator roller has a movable element for receiving and propelling the windrow material beyond the discharge end of said transverse conveyor and imparting a vertical as well as a horizontal velocity to the windrow material to fluff it.