Massey-Ferguson Industries Limited

Robert Ashton

Wilbert D Weber

An axial flow combine harvester with a frame and an axial flow threshing and separating rotor rotatably mounted on the frame in a tubular casing. Feed means are provided for feeding crop material from a crop harvesting table to the axial flow threshing and separating rotor. The feed means includes an auger beater with a shaft rotatably journaled on the frame, at least one spiral flight section with a right hand helix attached to the shaft and at least one spiral flight section with a left hand helix attached to the left. The auger beater receives a mat of crop material, moves both edges of the mat toward the center and then feeds the mat to the axial flow threshing and separating rotor.

Axial flow combine harvester

A grain saving apparatus for a combine disposed at the discharge end of the combine includes a vaned member rotated relative to a straw support in the form of an open grate concave to receive a mixture of straw and grain from straw walkers in the separating sections of the combine and to change direction and velocity of movement of the material and direct it between the vaned member and straw support to separate grain and straw so that the heavier grain is collected for processing in the combine and the lighter straw is discharged by the vaned member to the rear of the combine.

Grain saving apparatus

A crop gathering table for combine harvesters has a pair of auger tubes each supported on bearings at one end of the table and bolted together at the center. Supported on the fastening bolts are a plurality of anti-friction rollers lying between the adjacent ends of the augers. A circular track forms a support for the rollers and is self-supported from the main frame of the table.

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Islington, Canada

Robert Ashton