Crop threshing or separating – Machine component arrangement and structure – e.g. – engine...
Patent
1997-08-18
1999-09-14
Melius, Terry Lee
Crop threshing or separating
Machine component arrangement and structure, e.g., engine...
460 4, 460149, A01F 1200
Patent
active
059513950
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a combine grain receptacle which collects grain and chaff expelled from the combine to allow the operator to determine the amount of grain being expelled from the combine and therefore being wasted. A conventional combine or a rotor combine cuts the crop to be harvested and breaks the crop down into usable grain and unusable chaff. The grain receptacle is releasably attached to the underside of the combine and may be dropped directly upon the field being harvested when the operator so desires. Once the receptacle is released upon the field, the grain and chaff are collected thereon as the combine traverses the field, whereupon the operator will then stop the combine and inspect the receptacle. The receptacle allows the operator to quickly determine not only the amount of grain being expelled from the combine, but also to differentiate the grain expelled from the combine from the grain which was preexisting on the field and had been uncollected by the header of the combine in the first place. If the amount of grain in the receptacle is beyond an acceptable limit, the operator may then adjust the speed of the blower fan accordingly. Once the receptacle has been inspected, it can be reattached to the brackets provided on the combine for subsequent uses.
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Farmer Fabrications, Inc.
Melius Terry Lee
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