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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1984
Daniel M Van Overschelde, Roeselare, BE;
Sperry Corporation, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A combine harvester having a main frame, rotary separating mechanism mounted on the frame transversely of the machine and operable to subject crop material to a separating action while moving it spirally therearound to respective ends of the separating mechanism, straw choppers associated with respective ends of the separating mechanism, but spaced therefrom, so as to be capable of receiving crop material from the separating mechanism, is disclosed wherein deflectors, pivotable about generally vertical axes and disposed between each end of the separating mechanism and the associated straw chopper, are selectively positionable so as either to allow crop material to flow to the straw choppers from the separating mechanism or to deflect the crop material inwardly of the machine for discharge from the latter in a central windrow.