Patent ID: 6360515
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A crop conditioner comprising:a. a framework; b. an elongated fixed roller rotatably mounted to the framework, said fixed roller including a first end, a second end and a middle portion, wherein said fixed roller is tapered from the middle portion to the first end and from the middle portion to the second end; c. at least one a first bellows and a second bellows, each mounted to the framework; d. a first end of a movable roller mounted in force receiving disposition to the first bellows and a second end of the movable roller mounted in force receiving disposition to the second bellows, and the movable roller being mounted in slidable relation to the framework, mounted approximately parallel to and abutting the fixed roller and mounted in force imparting disposition to the fixed roller, and wherein the force imparted by the first bellows and the second bellows, on the movable roller, are approximately equal.