Deere & Company

Dirk Schubert

Oliver Klein

Volker Fuchs

Martin Rittershofer

Christopher J Faulkner

Gregor Diessner

Peter Mischler

Christina Fries

Martin Stock

A chopper for an agricultural harvester comprises a housing, a rotor, a bank of counter-knives, and an adjuster. The housing comprises a variable geometry outlet floor. The is positioned in an interior region of the housing for rotation therein relative to the housing. The bank of counter-knives is movable relative to the rotor between a first aggressiveness position and a second aggressiveness position to adjust chopping aggressiveness of the chopper. The outlet floor comprises a ramp movable relative to the rotor between a first ramp position and a second ramp position. The adjuster positions the ramp in the first ramp position when the bank of counter-knives is positioned in the first aggressiveness position and positions the ramp in the second ramp position when the bank of counter-knives is positioned in the second aggressiveness position.

Chopper with movable outlet floor ramp

A combine harvester has a straw chute with a straw conveyor which comprises a conveyor rotor which can be set into rotation and has dogs distributed helically around the conveyor rotor.

Combine harvester with a straw chute and a straw conveyor

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Rehweiler, Germany

Dirk Schubert