Crop residue deflector means
AssigneeSperry Rand Corporation
InventorsRobert R. Todd, Edward W. Rowland-Hill
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Abstract
A deflector panel is pivotally mounted within the straw hood of a combine and is disposable between a first position wherein residue material emanating from the combine is deflected into a straw chopper and a second position wherein the emanating material is deflected through the residue outlet of the straw hood, forwardly of the straw chopper, and discharged onto the ground.
Claims8
In a combine having a hollow residue receiving discharge hood provided with a downwardly facing residue outlet for receiving residue material emanating from said combine and a residue treating means, such as a straw chopper or the like, mounted in the vicinity of said outlet for treating said residue material and discharging the same onto the ground, the improvement comprising:
- a deflector mounted within said hood above said treating means and adapted to be disposed between a first position wherein said emanating residue material is deflected into said treating means and a second position wherein said emanating residue material is deflected through said residue outlet to thereby bypass said treating means;
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- means for mounting said deflector for movement between said first and second positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.