Method for positively discharging crop residue from a combine

Details Method for positively discharging crop residue from a combine Method for positively discharging crop residue from a combine

2006-03-14

2008-11-25

Fábián-Kovács, Árpád (Department: 3671)

Crop threshing or separating

Straw chaff spreader or handling

Reexamination Certificate

active

07455584

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for positively discharging crop residue from a combine for precisely and consistently delivering crop residue from the threshing and separating area of a combine to the combine's residue handling system or outwardly from the rear of the combine and onto the harvested field below as a windrow. The present invention can include, or operate in cooperation with, a discharge mechanism, such as a conventional discharge beater, which delivers at least some of the crop residue to a conveying mechanism of the system. The system also includes a guide mechanism including a door arrangement configurable in several alternative configurations for receiving and merging and regulating crop residue flow from the discharge mechanism and the conveying mechanism, and directing the merged flow to a desired processing mechanism, such as, but not limited to, a chaff spreader, a straw chopper and/or spreader, etc.

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