Frusto-conical drum infeed and threshing region for a combine rotor
US7462101B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 20, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01F12/20
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A rotor, in an agricultural harvester crop processing unit, comprising a drum to which crop processing elements for an infeed section and a threshing section are affixed. The drum comprises a rearward cylindrical portion and a forwardly extending frusto-conical portion. The frusto-conical portion is divided into an aft-region adjacent to the rearward cylindrical portion of the drum, and a fore-region. The infeed section has at least one infeed element located on the fore-region of the frusto-conical portion of the drum. The crop processing section has at least one crop processing element located on the aft-region of the frusto-conical portion of the drum.
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