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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
May. 23, 2008
Jason M. Benes, Mount Joy, PA (US);
Andrew V. Lauwers, Stevens, PA (US);
Nathan E. Isaac, Lancaster, PA (US);
Herbert M. Farley, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Bradley J. Wagner, Orrtanna, PA (US);
Jonathan E. Ricketts, Ephrata, PA (US);
Kevin W. Ward, Lititz, PA (US);
Jason M. Benes, Mount Joy, PA (US);
Andrew V. Lauwers, Stevens, PA (US);
Nathan E. Isaac, Lancaster, PA (US);
Herbert M. Farley, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Bradley J. Wagner, Orrtanna, PA (US);
Jonathan E. Ricketts, Ephrata, PA (US);
Kevin W. Ward, Lititz, PA (US);
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A knife bank assembly of a counter knife assembly of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester that includes an elongated bracket member that extends between opposed knife bank end plates and has a plurality of spaced retainment mounts securable therealong, with at least one, and preferably two, knife blades being removably connectable to each retainment mount in a side by side arrangement. The knife elements are removably connectable to the retainment mounts at first and second space mounting points, preferably in such a way that the knife elements are maintained in an extended position by application of a biasing force at the second mounting point but are rotatable about the first mounting point to a displaced or relaxed position if a sufficient force is applied to the leading edge of the knife element to overcome the biasing force.