Threshing system and chopper for combine harvester
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorJason L. Shonk
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Abstract
A combine (20) harvester includes a cage (32′) at least partially surrounding a rotor (28′) for threshing crops in the space (34) between the cage (321) and the rotor (28′). An auger (302) is at least partially positioned within the cage (32′) and is connected to the rotor (28′) for rotating therewith. The auger (302) includes vanes (312) for transporting crop from the rotor (28′) and towards an outlet of the cage (32′). A chopper (320) is positioned either at or adjacent the outlet (310) of the cage (32′). A rotational axis (30) of the chopper (320) is substantially aligned with an axis of rotation of the auger (302) and the rotor (28′).
Claims20
A combine harvester comprising:
- a cage;
- a rotor for threshing crops in a space between the cage and the rotor, the rotor being at least partially surrounded by the cage, said rotor comprising rotor vanes for transporting crop in a transport direction towards an outlet of the cage;
- an auger at least partially positioned within the cage and non-rotatably connected to said rotor by a shaft for rotating with the rotor, said auger comprising auger vanes for transporting crop in the transport direction from the rotor and towards the outlet of the cage;
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- a chopper positioned either at or adjacent the outlet of the cage, wherein a rotational axis of the chopper is substantially aligned with an axis of rotation of the auger and the rotor.
A combine harvester comprising:
- a cage;
- a rotor for threshing crops in a space between the cage and the rotor, the rotor being at least partially surrounded by the cage, said rotor comprising rotor vanes for transporting crop in a transport direction towards an outlet of the cage;
- an auger at least partially positioned within the cage and non-rotatably connected to said rotor by a shaft for rotating with the rotor, said auger comprising auger vanes for transporting crop in the transport direction from the rotor and towards the outlet of the cage, wherein the auger has a body and the auger vanes extend from an exterior surface of the body, and wherein a height of the auger vanes decreases in the transport direction, a pitch of the auger vanes increases in the transport direction, and a volume space disposed between adjacent convolutions of the auger vanes is substantially constant in the transport direction;
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- a chopper positioned either at or adjacent the outlet of the cage.
A combine harvester comprising:
- a cage;
- a rotor for threshing crops in a space between the cage and the rotor, the rotor being at least partially surrounded by the cage, said rotor comprising rotor vanes for transporting crop in a transport direction towards an outlet of the cage;
- an auger at least partially positioned within the cage and non-rotatably connected to said rotor by a shaft for rotating with the rotor, said auger comprising auger vanes for transporting crop in a transport direction from the rotor and towards the chopper, and said rotor including rotor vanes that are non-continuous with said auger vanes;
- a chopper positioned either at or adjacent the outlet of the cage, wherein a rotational axis of the chopper is substantially aligned with an axis of rotation of the rotor;
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- means for driving the chopper at a different rate of rotation than a rate of rotation of the rotor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.