Cleaning fan for combine harvester
AssigneesCNH Industrial Belgium N.V., CNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsMichiel Vanderstichele, Gunther Staelens, Curtis Hillen, Micah Bolin
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AssigneesCNH Industrial Belgium N.V., CNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsMichiel Vanderstichele, Gunther Staelens, Curtis Hillen, Micah Bolin
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A combine harvester includes a chassis and a cleaning fan assembly connected to the chassis. The cleaning fan assembly includes a first housing fixedly mounted to the chassis or other point on the combine harvester. A second housing is mounted to the first housing. A hub of the second housing is circumferentially surrounded by a hub of the first housing. A fan motor is fixedly mounted to the second housing. A driveshaft is non-rotatably mounted to the rotatable output shaft of the fan motor. A first bearing is arranged between the second hub and the driveshaft. A second bearing is arranged between the first hub and the second hub. The second bearing is configured to compensate for angular misalignment between the first hub and the second hub.
A combine harvester comprising:
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