Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Common drive member for weed seed mill of combine harvester
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Application No.: US17483169Application Date: 2021-09-23
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Publication No.: US11950528B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Charlotte Van De Wege , Frank R. G. Duquesne , Ruben Vancoillie , Nathan E. Isaac , Pieter Vandevelde
- Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA New Holland
- Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
- Current Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA New Holland
- Agent Peter K. Zacharias
- Main IPC: A01D41/12
- IPC: A01D41/12 ; A01D69/06 ; A01F12/40 ; A01F12/56 ; A01F12/18

Abstract:
An agricultural harvester includes a straw hood having a hollow interior space for receiving material other than grain (MOG) from a threshing and separating system of the harvester and chaff from a cleaning system of the harvester. A drive system is provided for powering a straw chopper and a weed seed mill. The drive system includes a single belt positioned outside of the straw hood that is wound at least partially around (i) a straw chopper pulley that powers the straw chopper, (ii) a weed seed mill pulley that powers the weed seed mill, and (iii) a power take off shaft of the harvester that receives power from an engine or other power source of the harvester.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230086794A1 COMMON DRIVE MEMBER FOR WEED SEED MILL OF COMBINE HARVESTER Public/Granted day:2023-03-23
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