Patent ID: 7419048
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A transverse conveying screw for a harvesting front attachment comprising: a cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis and having first and second ends and a center; first and second screw elements disposed around the body and respectively extending towards said center from said first and second ends a ring-shaped terminal disc disposed between the screw elements, the terminal disc lying in a plane oriented at an angle, α, with respect to a plane extending orthogonally to a longitudinal axis of the body and being dimensioned such that an outer diameter of said disc is approximately equal to an outer diameter of each of said screws; and said first and second screw elements respectively having first and second inner ends being one of joined directly to said disc or respectively joined indirectly to said disc by first and second axially extending conveying sections which extend parallel to said longitudinal axis of said body and radially from said axis at a distance approximately equal to an outer radius of each of said screw elements.