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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1994
Mark R Underwood, Burr Oak, KS (US);
Sushil V Dwyer, Arkansas City, KS (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A grain combine according to the present invention includes a primary threshing rotor which rotates to thresh grain from crop, a sieve section for separating grain from chaff, a clean grain conveyor, a clean grain storage bin, and a rethreshing section for rethreshing tailings. The rethreshing section has a rethreshing rotor which receives the tailings from the sieve section. The rethreshing rotor extends completely across an end of the sieve section for rotating about an axis which extends in parallel to the end of the sieve section. The rethreshing rotor includes rasp bars which extend along the end of the sieve section for receiving the tailings and pressing the tailings against a rethreshing pan. In a preferred embodiment, blowers are provided for removing loose chaff from the tailings in the rethreshing section. The rethreshed tailings, including clean grain separated from the tailings by rethreshing, are returned to the primary rotor for rethreshing.