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AssigneeCase Corporation
InventorsRobert A. Matousek, Dan J. Burke, Jeffrey R. Payne, Charles E. Volk
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An apparatus connectable toward a downstream end of an agricultural combine for uniformly distributing residue material over a broad area. The apparatus is rotatable within a housing and about an axis extending generally parallel to a longuitudinal axis of the combine for distributing residue material from opposite sides of the combine. In those combines that use a cleaning system including a blower for directing a stream of air rearwardly toward a discharge end of the combine, the apparatus of the present invention accepts the stream of cleaning air from the blower and redirects or turns the air along with the residue material entrained therewith outwardly from opposite sides of the combine to broadly distribute the residue under the influence of an air flow thereby projecting the residue material over a broad area with uniformity.
A spreader mechanism mountable to an agricultural combine including a threshing assembly to separate harvested material into a granular material mixture and a residue material and a cleaning system to further separate lighter residue material from the granular material mixture, said spreader mechanism comprising an apparatus configured to receive and mix the residue material from the threshing assembly and the lighter residue material from the cleaning system, the apparatus further configured to distribute the mixed residue materials in an outwardly directed stream from a side of the combine, said apparatus including a member rotatable about a generally horizontal axis extending in a fore-aft direction of the combine and configured such that the mixed residue materials to be distributed are projected outwardly in said stream a substantial distance from the side of the combine.
A spreader mechanism for use in combination with an agricultural combine having a header assembly to harvest material as the combine is driven across a field, a threshing assembly arranged in material receiving relation relative to said header assembly for threshing the harvested material into a grain rich mixture and a residue material, a cleaning system including a blower to direct a stream of air through the grain rich mixture so as to entrain and separate lighter residue material therefrom, said spreader mechanism comprising an apparatus arranged in material receiving relation relative to the threshing assembly so as to receive the residue material therefrom and in material receiving relation relative to the cleaning assembly so as to receive the stream of air from said blower with the lighter residue material entrained therein, the apparatus being configured to mix the residue material from the threshing assembly and the stream of air with the lighter residue material entrained therein and to redirect the mixed residue materials outwardly from a side of the combine so as to distribute the mixed residue materials together to the ground over which the combine moves.
An agricultural combine having a mobile frame with a longitudinal axis, a harvesting assembly mounted toward one end portion of the frame for harvesting crop material and directing the harvested crop material to a separating assembly wherein the harvested crop material is separated into a grain rich mixture and a residue material, a cleaning system provided on the frame to further separate lighter residue material from the grain rich mixture, and an apparatus connected to the frame to receive and mix the residue material from the separating assembly and the lighter residue material from the cleaning system, the apparatus further configured to distribute the mixed residue materials in an outwardly directed stream from at least one side of the combine, the apparatus including at least one member rotatable about an axis extending generally parallel to said longitudinal axis of the combine to distribute the mixed residue materials from said separating assembly to the side of the combine.
An agricultural combine, comprising:
An agricultural combine, comprising:
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