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US 10,945,376 B2Granted
Rotor cage with flat walls for an agricultural vehicle
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsNicholas Estock, Clinton T. Baltz, Trey Davenport, III, Wayne T. Flickinger, Benjamin D. Kemmerer, Joshua A. Lesher
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Abstract
A threshing and separating system for an agricultural harvester includes: a rotor; a rotor cage at least partially enclosing the rotor, the rotor cage including a first flat wall, a second flat wall connected to and angled with respect to the first flat wall, and a curved wall connected to the second flat wall; and at least one vane connected to the first flat wall or the second flat wall.
Claims13
A threshing and separating system for an agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a rotor having a rotor axis;
- a rotor cage at least partially enclosing the rotor, the rotor cage including a first flat wall, a second flat wall connected to and angled with respect to the first flat wall, and a curved wall connected to the second flat wall;
- at least one vane connected to the first flat wall;
- and
- at least one vane connected to the second flat wall,
- wherein the at least one vane connected to the first flat wall and the at least one vane connected to the second flat wall are helically aligned relative to the rotor axis.
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An agricultural harvester, comprising:
- a threshing and separating system comprising:
- a rotor configured to rotate in a rotational direction about a rotor axis;
- a rotor cage at least partially enclosing the rotor, the rotor cage including a first flat wall, a second flat wall connected to an angled with respect to the first flat wall, and a curved wall connected to the second flat wall;
- a fixed vane affixed to the first flat wall;
- and
- an adjustable vane movably connected to the second flat wall and substantially aligned circumferentially with the fixed vane about the rotor axis, the adjustable vane following the fixed vane in the rotational direction;
- and
- a cleaning system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.