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US 9,848,537 B2Granted
Drive system for combine harvester processor
AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorThomas Mygind Bojsen
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Abstract
A combine harvester with an axial flow crop processor with a rotor mounted for rotation inside a rotor housing arranged longitudinally with respect to the harvester. A feed beater is mounted for rotation on a substantially transverse axis and serves to tangentially impel crop material into the crop processor. A drive system drives the rotor and feed beater, wherein the drive system includes a rotor drive device for transmitting torque from a drive stage to the rotor, and a drive connection between the rotor drive device and the beater.
Claims13
A combine harvester comprising:
- an axial flow crop processor with a rotor mounted for rotation inside a rotor housing and arranged substantially longitudinally with respect to the harvester;
- a feed beater mounted for rotation on a substantially transverse axis and serving to tangentially impel crop material into the crop processor;
- and,
- a drive system for driving the rotor and feed beater;
- wherein the drive system includes:
- a rotor drive device which is connected to a rear end of the rotor and is configured to transmit torque from a drive stage to the rotor;
- and,
- a drive connection between the rotor drive device and the beater.
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