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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2005
Manfred Engel, Grosssteinhausen, DE;
Joseph A. Teijido, East Moline, IL (US);
Claus-josef Vogelgesang, Mandelbachtal, DE;
Fritz K. Lauer, Krähenberg, DE;
Wolfram Elsner, Fellbach, DE;
Rainer Schäfer, Zweibrücken, DE;
Joshua D. Bacon, Tulare, CA (US);
Manfred Engel, Grosssteinhausen, DE;
Joseph A. Teijido, East Moline, IL (US);
Claus-Josef Vogelgesang, Mandelbachtal, DE;
Fritz K. Lauer, Krähenberg, DE;
Wolfram Elsner, Fellbach, DE;
Rainer Schäfer, Zweibrücken, DE;
Joshua D. Bacon, Tulare, CA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A bearing arrangement for a harvesting machine, including a bearing configured to couple a rotatable shaft with a chassis of the harvesting machine, a first element coupled with the shaft so as to be rotatable therewith, and a second element coupled with the chassis of the harvesting machine. Additionally, at least a portion of the second element is substantially concentrically enclosed by the first element and the first and second elements cooperate to define a contactless seal configured to substantially prevent contamination of the bearing. The shaft is coupled with a product treating element, such as a crop feeding and/or processing element that is driven or idle rotating.