Simplified combine harvester
OwnerAlexis Zeiglerinventor
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Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments provide a simplified combine harvester. The simplified combine harvester can comprise an intake and grain separating draper and a thresher-conveyance apparatus. The intake and grain separating draper can protrude from a front of the simplified combine harvester and functions to both bend the grain stalks down into the simplified combine harvester on the underside and to separate the grain from straw and chaff on the upper side. The thresher-conveyance apparatus both conveys stalks of grain through the combine harvester and threshes the grain from the stalks.
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A simplified combine harvester for threshing grain stalks, comprising:
- an intake and grain separating draper, the intake and grain separating draper protruding from a front of the simplified combine harvester, a top of the intake and grain separating draper configured to be high enough to reach a top of the grain stalks, the intake and grain separating draper configured to bend the grain stalks down into the simplified combine harvester;
- a first thresher-conveyance apparatus, the first thresher-conveyance apparatus including:
- a sickle bar cutter, the sickle bar cutter configured to cut the grain stalks as the grain stalks enter the first thresher-conveyor apparatus;
- and
- a rotating drum, the rotating drum at least partially surrounded by a shell, the rotating drum configured to draw grain stalks into the first thresher-conveyance apparatus, the grain stalks being threshed between the rotating drum and the shell as the grain stalks travel around and upward around the rotating drum,
- wherein the rotating drum and the shell are configured to expel straw, grain, and chaff of the grain stalks at a top of the rotating drum.
A method for a simplified combine harvester, the method comprising:
- providing a thresher-conveyance apparatus, the thresher-conveyance apparatus including a rotating drum, the rotating drum at least partially surrounded by a shell;
- harvesting grains using the thresher-conveyance apparatus;
- stripping grain heads using the thresher-conveyance apparatus;
- and
- operating the thresher-conveyance apparatus as a stripper without using a sickle bar cutter.
A simplified combine harvester for threshing grain stalks, comprising:
- an intake and grain separating draper;
- a thresher-conveyance apparatus, the thresher-conveyance apparatus including:
- a sickle bar cutter, the sickle bar cutter configured to cut grain from the grain stalks as the grain stalks enter the thresher-conveyance apparatus;
- and
- a rotating drum, the rotating drum at least partially surrounded by a shell, the rotating drum configured to draw the grain stalks into the thresher-conveyance apparatus, the grain stalks being threshed between the rotating drum and the shell as the grain stalks travel around and upward around the rotating drum, wherein the rotating drum and the shell are configured to expel straw, grain, and chaff at a top of the rotating drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.