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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2020
Agco International Gmbh, Neuhausen, CH;
Jonas Toft Andersen, Randers, DK;
AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen, CH;
Abstract
A crop processing system in a combine harvester for directing grain and MOG on a return pan, having a crop processor arranged to thresh and separate grain from a crop stream, a return pan located below a rear portion of the crop processor to collect separated material falling from the crop processor and convey the material forward with respect to the normal forward direction of travel of the combine harvester, a plurality of paddles on the return pan, an inclinometer which measures the angle of the slope of the combine to the horizontal, and an ECU coupled to the paddles and able to command one or more actuators coupled to the paddles and adjust them to a preferred position according to the slope of the combine.