摘要 |
An agricultural machine (1, 200) for conditioning a mown crop (8) and which is intended to be towed behind a propelling vehicle in order to apply a working action to a mown crop, to condition the crop, prior to discharging the conditioned crop onto the ground and in which said machine comprises: a frame; a first rotatable conditioner device (2, 9, 12, 16, 201) extending transversely of the direction of travel P and rotatably mounted on the frame to rotate about an axis which is generally parallel to the surface of the ground over which the machine is travelling, said conditioner device having working elements (2a) extending outwardly of said axis and to make working contact with the crop (8); a co-operating guiding device (4, 11, 15, 18, 19, 204, 205) mounted on the frame and arranged to guide mown crop (8) into working contact with the working elements (2a) of the conditioning device; characterised by a second rotatable conditioner device (3, 10, 13, 17, 202) arranged to receive partly conditioned crop from the first conditioning device, and having working elements to apply additional working action on the crop, said second conditioner device being arranged adjacent to, but downstream of the first conditioner device so as to define therewith an aggressive working zone (100, 101, 102, 103, 206) in which partly conditioned crop is discharged from the first device (2) and is picked-up by the working elements of the second device (3), prior to being discharged by the second device. |