Biomass conveying and distributing system for a harvester

A conveying and residue distributing system for a harvester operable for discharging a flow of cobs mixed with an airborne flow of residue lighter than the cobs, comprising:

• a conveyor disposed adjacent to a discharge outlet of the harvester, the conveyor receives and conveys the flow of cobs from the outlet;
• residue distributing apparatus including a cover at least partially enclosing the conveyor and defining a passage that separates the airborne flow from the cobs, and at least one deflector that redirects the airborne flow sidewardly and away from the apparatus;
• a fan disposed rearwardly of the residue distributing apparatus, the fan directs a second flow of air forwardly and down along the conveyor to a further conveyor;
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• another fan that generates an additional airflow, the additional airflow is opposite the second flow of air, the another fan positioned above a gap that conveys cobs in the biomass from the conveyor to the further conveyor, the resulting air flow set as not to substantially divert flow of the cobs from the conveyor to the further conveyor.

A biomass conveying and distributing system for a harvester operable for discharging a flow of heavier or denser biomass mixed with an airborne flow of residue lighter than the biomass, comprising:

• a trailer attachable in towed relation to the harvester and carrying a conveyor system that receives the flow of heavier or denser biomass and the airborne flow when the trailer is attached to the harvester, the conveyor system conveys the flow of heavier or denser biomass rearwardly from the harvester;
• residue distributing apparatus disposed on the trailer above a portion of the conveyor system in a path of the airborne flow, including at least one deflector that redirects the airborne flow sidewardly away from the conveyor while allowing the heavier or denser biomass to settle on and be conveyed away by the conveyor;
• a fan disposed rearwardly of the residue distributing apparatus, the fan directs a second flow of air forwardly and down along the conveyor, and;
• an extra fan that generates an additional airflow;
• the additional airflow is opposite the second flow of air, the extra fan positioned above a gap that is between the conveyor and a further conveyor, the additional air flow set as not to substantially divert flow of cobs in the biomass from to the conveyor to the further conveyor.