US 12,457,939 B2
Feed accelerator for an agricultural harvester
Eric L. Bortner, Davenport, IA (US); Balaji Parthasarathy, Bettendorf, IA (US); Mark L. Mattson, Erie, IL (US); Manish Singh, Bokaro (IN); Michael T. Meschke, Eldridge, IA (US); and Nithin Chaithanya Reddy Choudary, Bettendorf, IA (US)
Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,292.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157211 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A01F 12/10 (2006.01); A01F 12/12 (2006.01)
CPC A01F 12/12 (2013.01) [A01F 12/10 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A feed accelerator for an agricultural harvester, the feed accelerator comprising:
a cylindrical body comprising an exterior wall;
a central longitudinal axis extending along the cylindrical body, the cylindrical body rotatable about the central longitudinal axis;
a plurality of first paddles arranged on the exterior wall; and
a convertible section of the exterior wall, the convertible section convertible between a first agitator assembly including at least one sidewall defining a plane extending obliquely relative to and intersecting the central longitudinal axis and a second agitator assembly including at least one second paddle.