Patent ID: 7059108

Claim:
In a crop conditioner including upper and lower conditioner rolls extending transversely between and being mounted to opposite side walls, with said upper conditioner roll having a rotation axis located above and forward of a rotation axis of said lower conditioner roll, and with said upper and lower conditioner rolls being mounted for receiving crop between them and feeding the crop along an upwardly and rearwardly directed flight path extending perpendicular to a line of centers of said conditioner rolls, and a swath forming shield intersecting said flight path at a location spaced rearward of, and at a height above, said conditioner rolls, the improvement comprising; a crop deflector including a deflector surface extending co-extensive with said upper and lower conditioner rolls and intersecting said flight path at a location between said conditioner rolls and said swath forming shield; and said deflector surface being so disposed relative to said flight path that crop is deflected upward relative to said flight path.