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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanley A. Brantley, Ivor, VA (US);
Junius Warren White, Hobbsville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Amadas Industries, Suffolk, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 2/900 ;
Abstract
A combine having a variable speed drive that rotates at least one of a plurality of thrashing cylinders that thrash crops. Three of the thrashing cylinders have a gradually increasing number of flexible fingers that thrash the crops. The combine also includes a drum separator located downstream of the thrashing cylinders with respect to the direction of crop flow in the combine. The drum separator separates desirable portions of the crops and is part of a tailings return system. The combine also includes disk separators that are configured to minimize damage to desirable portions of the crops.