Patent References 3103241 3521687 3669122 3669123 3794047 Apparatus for chopping and discharging straw from a combine harvester Combine chopper attachment with pivotal broadcast discharge chute Chopper for breaking up stalks Patent #: 6126098 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 10801225 filed on 03/16/2004US Classes:460/112, With chopper241/55, Comminuting element or comminuting element attached, gas moving means241/80, Oversize return to comminuting zone460/73, With beater460/66, Axial flow through threshing section241/101.76, From rear241/47, Gas swept comminuting zone460/101, Sieve or grate239/682PluralExaminersPrimary: Kovács, Árpád FábiánForeign Patent References
International ClassA01F 12/40AbstractA crop discharge device for discharging crop from a harvesting machine, comprising a rotatatable rotor mounted in a housing having a movable a bottom. The bottom can be put into a reciprocating motion in order to convey the crop to be discharged to the crop discharge device. Chaff from a cleaning shoe is directed by an oscillating bottom to the bottom. The discharge device may comprise a straw chopper which discharges chaff and straw from the harvesting machine in the chopping mode. | |