Max Zielinski

US Patent:

42522811, Feb 24, 1981

Filed:

Aug 8, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/064654

Inventors:

Donald P. Storm - Hinsdale IL
Max I. Zielinski - Downers Grove IL

Assignee:

International Harvester Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B02C 1822

US Classification:

241222

Abstract:

A forage harvester having a rotary reel cutterhead disposed within a housing to operate against a shear bar, peripheral shielding being disposed on the inlet side of the cutterhead except for a material entry gap in the region above the shear bar is provided with a crop reinjection chamber disposed in the peripheral shielding immediately above the material entry gap, the chamber comprising a transversely extending cavity wherein the cavity wall in the direction of rotation includes an arcuate portion for redirecting the flow of crops escaping the cutterhead periphery back into the cutterhead at a substantial angle to the cutterhead periphery.