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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lutz Bischoff, Dellfeld, DE;
Fritz Lauer, Krähenberg, DE;
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 1/200 ; B02B 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 1/200 ; B02B 7/02 ;
Abstract
A rotary conveyor being disposed above the straw walkers of a combine is provided with a rotating body and disappearing tines. The rotary conveyor is an undershot conveyor and is designed to more aggressively loosen threshed crop material passing over the straw walkers. The tines are eccentrically supported in bearings. The tines can move radially in through tines guides that are located in recessed regions of the rotating body. The recessed regions being parallel to the transverse axis of the rotating body.