Patent ID: 6745552
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A fluffing roll for dispersing cut crop being discharged from a crop harvesting machine comprising:a rotating cylinder structure with a center axis and divided by a radial plane extending from the center axis radially outward into a first partial circumferential cylinder surf ace and at least one other partial circumferential cylinder surface, with the cylinder structure installed in a crop harvesting machine so that cut crop being discharged from the crop harvesting machine strikes the cylinder structure; a first set of auger flights attached on one side of the radial plane to the first partial circumferential cylinder surface and moving the cut crop in a first direction along the cylinder structure; and another set of auger flights attached to at least one other partial circumferential cylinder surface and moving the cut crop in a direction along the cylinder structure opposite from the first direction of cut crop.