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US 2019/0200528 A1Published application
Combine having conveyor chain slat assembly and method of harvesting crop thereof
OwnerBrian G. Robertsoninventor
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A combine including a conveyor feeder assembly is provided herein, wherein the assembly may include a house chain slat made of non-metal material and/or having a brush assembly that provides sufficient grasp without damaging the crop. Ultimately, the design of the combine improves crop throughput, while reducing damage to the crop. Within the combine for harvesting crop, the conveyor that carries crop from a harvesting platform to a secondary feeding mechanism may include a plurality of slats secured to continuous conveyor chains coupled around a traverse drum and a sprocket drive means. Each slat may include the brush assembly, which may comprise at least one row of finger members selected from a group consisting of rigid, semi-rigid, and flexible materials. These members may include cylindrical, flat, and/or elongated fingers. The finger members may also include straight/curved bristles arranged in tufts and received in stepped openings through a brush base.
In a combine harvester, a mechanism for conveying crop from a harvesting platform to a secondary feeding mechanism, the conveying mechanism comprising:
A slat for a chain and slat conveyor for a feeder house in a harvesting machine such as a combine, the slat comprising:
A method of processing of crop material through a combine feeder house having a transverse mounted drum mounted on a shaft at a front thereof and one or more drive sprockets at a rear thereof with one or more chains positioned around and rotating around the transverse mounted drum and one or more drive sprockets, with one or more chain slats positioned parallel to the transverse drum, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.