Axial flow rotary separator
US4611605A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 1984 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF21S41/37
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In the axial flow rotary separator of a combine harvester spiral propulsion of the crop material mat is achieved through the cooperation of helical guide vanes in the separator casing and rotor fingers free to swing axially. The rotor is eccentrically mounted so that each finger fully engages the mat for only part of each revolution. While in engagement, the fingers maintain the circumferential propulsion of the mat but each finger is free to be carried downstream by the mat under the influence of the guide vanes, deflected from its normal free fully radially extending position. On disengagement from the mat, centrifugal force restores the finger to its fully extended position ready for reengagement of the mat.
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