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

Claim 16:
17. A crop-conditioning member for use with an agricultural machine, the crop-conditioning member comprising:
a first macerator assembly including:
a first roll including a first rotational axis about which the first roll rotates,
a second roll configured to rotate about 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;
a second macerator assembly spaced apart from the first macerator assembly; and
a maceration zone bounded by the first belt and the second macerator assembly;
wherein the first belt is configured to rotate relative to the second macerator assembly to macerate crop disposed between 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.