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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1997
Alfons Roberg, Harsewinkel, DE;
Claas KGaA, Harsewinkel, DE;
Abstract
A combine harvester has a mowing table, a feed conveyor for transporting a mowed product, a threshing mechanism located after the conveyor, and two separating devices located after the threshing mechanism in a product flow direction and each having a separating rotor, each of the separating devices in a region which faces away from the threshing mechanism being provided with a chopper device, the chopper device having chopping knives which are pivotable between an operative position and an inoperative position, spaced from one another by a distance, and fixedly supported on supporting axles which are axis-parallel to rotary axes of the separating rotors of the separating devices, at least one swing lever fixedly mounted on each of the supporting axles and having an end which faces away from the supporting axles, a connecting strap which movably connects the ends of the swing levers with one another, and a drive unit having a driving element with a free end on which the connecting strap is mounted.