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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2005
Allan Wesley Rosenbalm, Blakesburg, IA (US);
Jason Chad Eubanks, Hedrick, IA (US);
Allan Wesley Rosenbalm, Blakesburg, IA (US);
Jason Chad Eubanks, Hedrick, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A mower-conditioner includes a pair of conditioner rolls oriented for feeding crop along a flight path extending upwardly toward an impact surface of a swath forming shield. A crop deflector includes a panel disposed so as to intersect the flight path at a location between the conditioner rolls and the impact surface of the swath forming shield so as to cause the crop to follow a steeper path so that it impacts the forming shield with greater impact than it would otherwise, which causes the crop to fall in a random orientation so as to form a fluffy windrow.