Patent ID: 8701376

Claim:
A conditioning device ( 1 ) for an agricultural harvesting machine ( 2 ), comprising: a housing ( 30 ); a first roller ( 10 ) with a rotational axis ( 11 ); and a second roller ( 20 ) with a rotational axis ( 21 ); wherein the first roller ( 10 ) and the second roller ( 20 ) are each supported at the housing ( 30 ) to enable rotation about the first and second roller respective longitudinal axes ( 11 , 21 ) in order to delimit a gap through which a crop ( 3 ) passes; wherein the housing ( 30 ) comprises a first stationary housing section ( 31 ) and a second housing section ( 32 ) that are configured to enable the second housing section ( 32 ) to move relative to the first housing section ( 31 ) from a closed position in which the housing ( 30 ) seals the first roller ( 10 ) and the second roller ( 20 ) with respect to surroundings, into an open position in which the first roller ( 10 ) and the second roller ( 20 ) are accessible from outside the housing ( 30 ) and where the first roller and the second roller remain in the first housing section ( 31 ); and wherein the first roller ( 10 ) and the second roller ( 20 ) are supported at the first housing section ( 31 ) by way of respective shafts ( 12 , 22 ) that extend between the first housing section ( 31 ) and the second housing section ( 32 ).