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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Randy Lohrentz, Buhler, KS (US);
Robert A. Matousek, Milan, IL (US);
Inventors:
Randy Lohrentz, Buhler, KS (US);
Robert A. Matousek, Milan, IL (US);
Assignee:
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 45/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
First and second snap rolls corresponding with a pair of forward-extending row units of a harvesting header wherein the snap rolls oppose one another on opposite sides of a crop passage and are operated at different speeds relative to one another. In one embodiment one of the snap rolls is a powered snap roll and the other is an idler roll.