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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Bernard E. D. Depestel, Oedelem, BE;
Bernard E. D. Depestel, Oedelem, BE;
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A forage harvester having a header for harvesting crop from a field, a chopper for comminuting the crop harvested by the header, a spout from which the chopped crop is discharged and a rotary blower () for propelling the chopped crop from the chopper along an intake chute () leading to the spout. A deflector plate () is provided at the entrance of the blower. The deflector plate () is pivotable between a first position in which the crop is guided to flow in a substantially tangential direction relative to the trajectory of the blades () of the blower () and a second position in which the crop is deflected radially inwards from the tangential direction to impact the blades () of the blower () at a point along their length.