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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Applicants:
Philip J. Ehrhart, Narvon, PA (US);
Edward H. Priepke, Lancaster, PA (US);
Inventors:
Philip J. Ehrhart, Narvon, PA (US);
Edward H. Priepke, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 67/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/81 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/81 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shroud for the rearward periphery of the cutter knives on a rotary disc cutterbar that creates a floor surface slightly above and adjacent to the rotating plane of the knives thereby reducing the tendency for cut crop material to fall into contact with the knives along the rearward periphery of the cutterbar.