Straw walkers having a supplemental rotary separator
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorDavid C. Preece
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Abstract
Conventional agricultural combines are equipped with straw walkers for separating grain entrapped in the threshed crop mat. A rotary separator having two transverse rotors arranged one behind the other is positioned above the straw walkers. The rotors can be driven in the same or in opposite directions and are provided with tines for penetrating the crop mat. The tines are rotatively mounted to an eccentric axle located in the rotor housing.
Claims16
An agricultural combine having straw walkers and a rotary separator located above the straw walkers characterized by the rotary separator comprises at least two transverse rotors one arranged behind the other and located above the straw walkers, the rotors are provided with a rotor housing having an eccentrically supported axle located therein, the axle is provided with tines rotatively fastened to the axle, the tines pass through the rotor housing for contacting a crop mat being processed by the straw walkers.
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