Impeller blower assembly for a crop residue chopping and distribution arrangement of a combine harvester and associated impeller paddle
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsSWARUPANAND PATIL, TUSHAR NARLAWAR, DIRK SCHUBERT, OLIVER DAHLHAUSER, DARSHAN PANDHARINATH JADHAV
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Abstract
An impeller blower assembly for a crop residue chopping and distribution arrangement of a combine harvester having a rotor which is rotatable about an axis of rotation, and around the circumference of which a number of impeller paddles are distributed, includes the impeller paddles composed of and manufactured form ductile cast iron.
Claims13
An impeller blower assembly for a crop residue chopping and distribution arrangement of a combine harvester, the impeller blower assembly comprising:
- a rotor which is rotatable about an axis of rotation;
- a number of impeller paddles distributed around a circumference of the rotor;
- and
- wherein the impeller paddles are composed of ductile cast iron.
An impeller paddle for attachment to a rotor of an impeller blower assembly for a crop residue chopping and distribution arrangement of a combine harvester, the impeller paddler comprising:
- an integral one-piece finger rake including a fastening section configured for detachable attachment to a holder of the rotor, and a number of fingers extending out from the fastening section to a distal end;
- and
- wherein the integral one-piece finger rake is composed of ductile cast iron.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.