Patent ID: 7757469

Claim:
A carousel merger device to merge crops comprising: a crop receiving passageway extending through a top surface toward a bottom surface of the carousel merger device, the crop receiving passageway having a plurality of crop receiving regions and a crop flow region; the crop receiving regions have arcuate sidewalls, support plates rotatably mounted to the bottom surface and blades mounted to the support plates; the crop flow region is provided adjacent the crop receiving regions with a portion of the crop flow region extending through the crop receiving regions, the crop flow region having a back wall opposite from the arcuate sidewalls of the crop receiving regions; a discharge in communication with the crop flow region; whereby as crops are moved into the crop receiving regions, the crops make contact with the support plates and blades which are rotating causing the crops to be moved by the support plates, blades and the centrifugal force generated thereby toward the arcuate sidewalls, such that the continued movement of the crops causes the crops to move into and through the crop flow region to the discharge.