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US 10,412,895 B2Granted
Multi-thresh concave section for rotary combine
AssigneeKondex Corporation
InventorsAndrew J. Theisen, Neal J. Stoffel
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Abstract
The concave section includes a first concave body. The first concave body includes a first leading end, a first trailing end, a first upstream side and a first downstream side. A width between the first upstream side and the first downstream side is no greater than 10 inches. The first concave body includes a first crop engagement face that extends between the first ends and the first sides. The first crop engagement face includes at least one of a first thresher profile portion and a first separator profile portion.
Claims24
A concave section for a harvester comprising:
- a first concave body comprising:
- a first leading end;
- a first trailing end;
- a first upstream side;
- a first downstream side, wherein a width between the first upstream side and the first downstream side is no greater than 10 inches;
- a first crop engagement face extending between the first ends and the first sides;
- wherein the first crop engagement face comprises at least one of a first thresher profile portion and a first separator profile portion;
- wherein the concave section comprises a combination profile including the first thresher profile portion and the first separator profile portions, which are of differing profiles, the first thresher profile portion being arranged at the first leading end, the first separator profile portion being arranged at the first trailing end with a configuration such that when mounted in the harvester, the first thresher profile portion is adapted to engage a flow of crop material prior to the first separator profile portion.
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A concave assembly for a harvester comprising:
- a first concave section comprising:
- a first upstream side;
- a first downstream side;
- and
- a first crop engagement face located between the first sides,
- a second concave section comprising:
- a second upstream side;
- and
- a second downstream side;
- and
- a second crop engagement face located between the second sides,
- wherein the first and second concave sections are removably connected along the first downstream side and the second upstream side to form the concave assembly having a combined width of not greater than 20 inches;
- and
- wherein the first crop engagement face has a first thresher profile portion and a first separator profile portion, and the second crop engagement face has a second thresher profile portion and a second separator profile portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.