Dynamically operated concave threshing bar
OwnerBrian G. Robertsoninventor
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Abstract
A dynamically operated concave threshing bar system, method, and apparatus wherein one or more threshing bars within a concave can dynamically move to various positions in real-time based on one or more conditions such as the type crop being harvested and on a determination by a combine harvester's computerized system, artificial intelligence (AI) system, or upon the operators input, among others. The concave can include a concave frame having a pair of arcuate side members, a threshing bar, and an actuator coupled to the threshing bar, wherein the actuator can be configured to move the threshing bar along the arcuate side members of the concave frame.
Claims6
A method of threshing crop in a combine harvester, comprising:
- receiving one or more commands to operate one or more actuators in connection with a plurality of threshing bars, wherein the threshing bars are disposed along a pair of arcuate side members of a concave frame;
- adjusting, via the actuators, a position of the threshing bars;
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- moving, via the actuators, the threshing bars along the length or arc of the arcuate side members of the concave frame to a first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.