Patent ID: 11968926
Assignee: CLAAS SELBSTFAHRENDE ERNTEMASCHINEN GMBH
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A  F

Claim 0:
1. A forage harvester comprising:
a cutterhead assembly;
two frame parts between which the cutterhead assembly is rotatably suspended; and
at least one clamp bearing that is configured to hold the cutterhead assembly on both of the two frame parts, the at least one clamp bearing defining a rotary axis and comprises an element on a side of at least one of the two frame parts and an element on a side of the cutterhead assembly;
wherein one or more contact points lie between the element on the side of at least one of two frame parts and the element on the side of the cutterhead assembly on a spherical surface centered on the rotary axis;
wherein the element on the side of at least one of the two frame parts comprises at least two parts; and
wherein the spherical surface is distributed over the at least two parts, with at least one clamping bolt configured to draw together the at least two parts;
wherein the at least two parts each having an at least partly spherical surface;
wherein the at least two parts comprises a first part and a second part, the first part being movable in order to insert at least a part of the cutterhead assembly into a concavity formed by both of the at least two parts;
wherein the second part is non-movable when inserting the at least a part of the cutterhead assembly into the concavity;
wherein the first part is configured to be folded up or collapsed when inserting the at least a part of the cutterhead assembly into the concavity;
wherein the first part is connected on one side to at least one of the two frame parts; and
wherein the second part is connected on one side to the at least one of the two frame parts at a different place than the first part so that the first part and the second part on the one side do not touch one another.