Sperry Corporation

Walter V Deleu

Cyriel R De Busscher

Francois Van Herpe

A combine harvester including a crop elevator, a threshing mechanism to which in use the crop elevator feeds crop material, and a removable stone trap located between the crop elevator and the threshing mechanism and having an inlet disposed generally at the transition between the crop elevator and the threshing mechanism is disclosed wherein the stone trap is supported in the operative position by a first releasable pivot and is retained in the operative position by a latch, the arrangement being such that on release of the latch the stone trap pivots forwardly of the machine about the first pivot while still being supported by the first pivot, the latter being disengaged on final removal of the stone trap from the machine.

Stone trap for combine harvesters

A combine harvester with a threshing, separating and cleaning device, the cleaning device comprising a grain pan (6), at least one cleaning sieve (7, 8) and a cleaning fan (9) operatively positioned relative to each other and pivotable in unison about a generally fore-and-aft extending axis (53) so that, when the combine harvester is transversely inclined relative to the horizontal, the cleaning device may be leveled to a transverse generally horizontal position.

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Torhout, Belgium

Walter V Deleu