Various patents on the John Deere chopper

Yield measurement: Below is the link to a patent that describes the yield measurement in the forage harvester using torque measurement on the accelerator:

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/046963387/publication/EP2570020A1?q=EP2570020

 

Intake auger: Here is the patent for the intake auger of the current Kemper pick-up with these specially shaped coil ends:

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/037295149/publication/DE102005020462A1?q=DE102005020462

 

A flap in the drum housing intended to eject a stone that has been drawn in (position 43 on the drawing):

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/009143077/publication/GB1480302A?q=US3995783

 

The lateral arrangement of the blower of the old 5000 series:

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/022722122/publication/US3731473A?q=US3731473

 

In this application from 1975, the V-shaped arrangement of the cutting tools on the cutterhead is claimed with the aim of transfering the forage as centered as possible:

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/009144154/publication/US3974970A?q=pn%3DUS3974970A