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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Brian J. Anderson, Yorkville, IL (US);
Luc Yde, Bassevelde, BE;
Eddy Lammerant, Nieuwpoort, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 12/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An adjustable flow distributor for a vertical spreader operable for discharging a flow of straw and other crop residue in a sideward direction for deposition over a field, the flow distributor including a metering edge and the adjustability allowing positioning the metering edge for tailoring or adjusting a pattern of discharged flow of crop residue, for instance, so as to be better and more evenly distributed over a swath of an agricultural field from which the crop was harvested, particularly a region of the swatch in proximity to the spreader and/or chopper.