Patent ID: 11871699
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An agricultural machine comprising:
a chassis:
a crop-cutting member coupled to the chassis; and
a crop-conditioning member coupled to the chassis and positioned rearward of the crop-cutting member, wherein the crop-conditioning member includes a first macerator assembly and a second macerator assembly spaced from the first macerator assembly, the first macerator assembly including;
a first roll including a first rotational axis about which the first roll rotates,
a second roll including a second rotational axis about which the second roll rotates, and
a first belt surrounding and engaged with the first roll and the second roll; and

a maceration zone bounded by the first belt and the second macerator assembly, wherein the maceration zone extends from the first axis to the second axis and the first axis is spaced from the second macerator assembly by a first distance and the second axis is spaced from the second macerator assembly by a second distance less than the first distance.