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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Martin E. Pruitt, Hesston, KS (US);
Dwight E. Nickel, Newton, KS (US);
Kurt Graber, Moundridge, KS (US);
Stanley R. Clark, Hesston, KS (US);
Martin E. Pruitt, Hesston, KS (US);
Dwight E. Nickel, Newton, KS (US);
Kurt Graber, Moundridge, KS (US);
Stanley R. Clark, Hesston, KS (US);
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
The conditioning rolls of a crop harvester have intermeshing metal ribs arranged in a herringbone pattern, each rib comprising a pair of end-to-end segments that converge spirally from opposite ends of the roll to a centermost apex. Alternative embodiments provide a single pair of metal herringbone rolls, two pairs of metal herringbone rolls, or a front pair of metal herringbone rolls and a rear pair of compressible surface herringbone rolls.