Patent ID: 8141332
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A chopping assembly for a farm implement, comprising: a corn head mounted to a frame; a housing positioned below the corn head and having a top wall with an opening, a bottom wall, and an arcuate side wall having an input port disposed within a front surface of the housing an output port disposed within a rear surface of the housing; wherein the top wall of the housing is mounted flush to the corn head's bottom surface; a blade assembly having a plurality of blades wherein the plurality of blades are disposed within the housing between the top wall and bottom wall of the housing and are surrounded by the arcuate side wall such that the housing is arcuate with respect to the circumferential path of the blades; wherein the plurality of blades lie in more than one parallel plane within the housing and are horizontal with respect to the top wall of the housing, the bottom surface of the corn header, and the bottom wall of the housing; and wherein each of the plurality of blades has a wing which extends linearly along an interior facing surface of the blade.