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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2010
Larry D. Hall, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Douglas S. Fitzkee, Ephrata, PA (US);
Christopher A. Foster, Denver, PA (US);
John H. Posselius, Ephrata, PA (US);
Larry D. Hall, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Douglas S. Fitzkee, Ephrata, PA (US);
Christopher A. Foster, Denver, PA (US);
John H. Posselius, Ephrata, PA (US);
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A cutting system for a forage harvester including a pair of planar counterrotating blades, each blade of the pair of blades configured to rotate about a substantially parallel axis. A portion of the pair of blades at least partially overlap each other, but are spaced from each other in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axes. A pair of planar counterrotating gripping members with each gripping member of the pair of gripping members configured to rotate about a corresponding rotational axis of one blade of the pair of blades. The pair of gripping members are aligned with each other in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axes. The pair of blades rotate at a different rotational speed than the pair of gripping members.