Combine for separating crops
AssigneeAmadas Industries, Inc.
InventorsStanley A. Brantley, Junius Warren White
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Abstract
A combine having a variable speed drive that rotates at least one of a plurality of thrashing cylinders that thrash crops. Three of the thrashing cylinders have a gradually increasing number of flexible fingers that thrash the crops. The combine also includes a drum separator located downstream of the thrashing cylinders with respect to the direction of crop flow in the combine. The drum separator separates desirable portions of the crops and is part of a tailings return system. The combine also includes disk separators that are configured to minimize damage to desirable portions of the crops.
Claims23
A combine for separating crops, comprising:
- a separator having an outer wall defining an interior space, said outer wall having a plurality of perforations therethrough, said separator having an inlet to said interior space and having an outlet from said interior space, said separator being rotatable, said perforations of said separator for separating shelled crops from unshelled crops;
- a device for rotating said separator;
- at least one thrashing cylinder having a plurality of fingers for thrashing the crops;
- a conveyor for conveying crops to said inlet of said separator from a location downstream of said thrashing cylinder with respect to a direction of crop travel in said combine;
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- a channel communicating said outlet of said separator with said at least one thrashing cylinder, said channel for conveying unshelled crops from said interior of said separator to said thrashing cylinder.
A combine for separating crops, comprising:
- a drum-shaped separator having an interior and a cylindrical exterior surface, said exterior surface having a plurality of perforations therethrough, said separator mounted for rotation, said perforations for separating shelled crops from unshelled crops;
- a bin having an interior for holding crops that have been shelled by said separator, said separator being located above said interior of said bin such that shelled crops can fall through said perforations into said bin;
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- a plurality of adjacent disk separators, said disk separators each including a rotatable shaft and a plurality of disks, said disks of each of said disk separators being spaced apart from each other along a length of said rotatable shaft, the disks of adjacent disk separators defining a plurality of spaces through which only portions of the crops may pass, said drum separator being located downstream of said disk separators with respect to a direction of crop travel in the combine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.