Crop engaging element for a combine harvester separating rotor
AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorThomas Mygind Bojsen
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Abstract
A combine harvester with a separating rotor, rotor tube and a plurality of crop engaging finger elements. Each finger element is mounted to a respective finger support which is secured to the rotor tube. Each finger element has a planar body with a flared base portion which presents a leading edge to the crop material with a relatively shallow angle with respect to the tube.
Claims14
A crop engaging finger element for attachment to a finger support on a combine harvester separating rotor, the finger element comprising a planar body comprising a base edge for contacting a rotor tube, a flared base portion and two long edges each including an upper edge portion and a lower edge portion which meet at a non-zero flare angle, wherein the flare angle is greater on one of said two long edges than the other of said two long edges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.