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Deflector for grinding chaff in swath mode

US7544126B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

5Claims

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Assignee

Deere & Company · US

Inventors

Fritz Lauer · Gaimersheim, DE
Rico Priesnitz · Lebach, DE
Dirk Weichholdt · Sarreguemines, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 2006
Grant date	Jun 9, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 29, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S460/901
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A combine harvester, with a separating mechanism from which a first crop stream can go optionally to a straw chopper in a chopping operating mode or bypass the straw chopper in a straw deposit mode and be placed as a swath on the ground of a field, a cleaning mechanism, from which a second crop residue stream in the chopping mode and in the straw deposit mode can be taken to the straw chopper, and a guide mechanism that is arranged downstream from the straw chopper and can move optionally between a straw depositing position and a chopping position.

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