Patent References 3669122 Chaff and straw spreading attachment for combines Harvester-thresher Patent #: 4646757 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 852539 filed on 05/07/1997US Classes:460/112, With chopper56/504, Rotating on horizontal transverse axis460/113BEATERExaminersPrimary: Melius, Terry LeeAttorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesA01F 012/40A01F 029/06 Foreign Application Priority Data1996-05-09 DEAbstractA harvester thresher has a housing, a straw shaking means, a chopper drum arranged after the straw shaking means and provided with associated counter cutters for comminuting a threshed straw, a width distributing device arranged under the chopper drum for distributing the comminuted straw, the chopper drum being arranged at a height of the discharge end of the straw shaking means, the chopper drum having a drum casing, a shaft supporting the drum casing in the housing, and a plurality of parallel supporting rings arranged at a distance from one another on the drum casing, the chopper drum further having a plurality of impact plates, a plurality of transfer strips associated with the straw shaking means and inserted in ring gaps between the supporting rings, and a plurality of counter cutters which deviate under the action of an overload and extend in the ring gaps between the supporting rings at a different location. | |