US 12,108,708 B2
Split roller configuration for a round module builder or round baler
Kevin J. Goering, Cambridge, IA (US); Justin E. Hummel, Des Moines, IA (US); and Jeffrey S. Wigdahl, Ames, IA (US)
Assigned to DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/399,141.
Application 17/399,141 is a division of application No. 15/905,986, filed on Feb. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,109,536.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/545,091, filed on Aug. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0360862 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A01F 15/07 (2006.01); A01D 46/08 (2006.01); A01F 15/08 (2006.01); A01F 15/18 (2006.01); A01D 43/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01F 15/18 (2013.01) [A01D 46/08 (2013.01); A01D 46/084 (2013.01); A01F 15/07 (2013.01); A01F 15/0833 (2013.01); A01D 43/006 (2013.01); A01F 2015/077 (2013.01); A01F 2015/186 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rockshaft assembly for a round module building machine, comprising:
a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm all pivotally coupled to the module building machine;
a first rockshaft roller rotationally coupled between the first arm and the second arm along a roller axis; and
a second rockshaft roller rotationally coupled between the second arm and the third arm along the roller axis;
wherein, the first arm is spaced from the third arm a module width that is the width of a module formed in the round module building machine such that the combination of the first rockshaft roller and the second rockshaft roller span the module width.