Back to results
US 2026/0060179 A1Published application
A Grain Cleaning Apparatus for a Combine Harvester
AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorsJonas Toft Andersen, Peter Birkedal
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A grain cleaning apparatus comprises a stratification pan for receiving material from a threshing system of a combine harvester. Material is divided into lanes on the stratification pan by dividers, and at least some of the dividers are provided with a respective pivotable guide plate for guiding material into a lane at a selected side of the divider. The pivoting of the guide plates is controlled in dependence on a lateral inclination of the combine harvester.
Claims11
A grain cleaning apparatus for a combine harvester, comprising:
- a stratification pan for receiving material from a threshing system of the combine harvester;
- a set of dividers for dividing the material into lanes on the stratification pan, the dividers comprise partition walls which extend normally upwardly from a base plane of the stratification pan, the lanes extending in a fore-aft direction of the combine harvester, wherein at least some of the dividers are provided with a respective pivotable guide plate for guiding material into a lane at a selected side of the divider, wherein the guide plates each extend upwardly from the top of a respective divider and are pivoted at the top of the respective divider;
- and
- a controller configured to control the pivoting of the guide plates in dependence on a lateral inclination of the combine harvester.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.