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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Corwin M. Puryk, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Christopher J. Faulkner, Eldridge, IA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/12 (2006.01); A01F 12/18 (2006.01); A01F 12/30 (2006.01); A01F 12/40 (2006.01); A01F 12/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/1243 (2013.01); A01F 12/18 (2013.01); A01F 12/30 (2013.01); A01F 12/40 (2013.01); A01F 12/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system of chopping and spreading residue for an agricultural combine comprises a chopper disposed in front of a residue accelerator at the rear of an agricultural combine. The chopper is disposed to receive crop residue from a threshing and separating section of the combine and to chop that residue into smaller portions, the residue accelerator is disposed behind the chopper to receive the chopped crop residue from the chopper, and to accelerate it.