US 12,349,634 B2
Starter roller and blocking bar for a conveying system of an agricultural harvester
Jordan Beckhusen, McGregor, TX (US); Niels Dybro, Muscatine, IA (US); Jonathan Shenk, Lititz, PA (US); Trenton Charles Vrchoticky, West Liberty, IA (US); Scott Simmons, Lititz, PA (US); Joseph Marth, Prophetstown, IL (US); and Brian Patrick Crow, Andalusia, IL (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/805,694.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/520,185, filed on Aug. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0057086 A1, Feb. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. A01F 15/18 (2006.01); A01D 61/02 (2006.01); A01F 15/07 (2006.01)
CPC A01F 15/18 (2013.01) [A01D 61/02 (2013.01); A01F 15/0705 (2013.01); A01F 2015/186 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveying system for an agricultural harvester, comprising:
a first belt;
a second belt spaced apart from the first belt with respect to a vertical axis of the agricultural harvester, wherein the first belt is positioned above the second belt, and the first belt and the second belt are configured to transport agricultural product along a downstream direction toward a cavity;
a starter roller overlapping the first belt along a longitudinal axis of the conveying system, wherein the starter roller is spaced apart from the first belt by a gap along the vertical axis, and the starter roller is configured to initiate formation of a bale of the agricultural product within the cavity; and
a blocking bar positioned proximate to the first belt and to the starter roller, wherein a vertical extent of the blocking bar at least partially overlaps the gap with respect to the vertical axis, and the blocking bar is configured to block the agricultural product within the cavity from passing through the gap along an upstream direction.