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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrie Diederich Visagie, Bothaville, ZA;
Assignee:
CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH, Harsewinkel, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 1/106 ; A23N 5/00 ; B02B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 1/106 ; A23N 5/00 ; B02B 3/00 ;
Abstract
A rotary threshing and separation unit for grain harvesting comprising a rotor housing with a feeding zone, separation zone and discharge zone, sieve at least partially located within the separation zone, rotary driven separation rotor arranged in the rotor housing, fan or blower for generating a main air flow stream moving through at least the separation zone and discharge zone, an auxiliary flow stream, adjustable flaps and grain collecting element arranged below the sieve.