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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2004
Applicants:
Dirk Weichholdt, Sarreguemines, FR;
Klaus Braunhardt, Zweibrucken, DE;
Fritz Lauer, Kraehenberg, DE;
Inventors:
Dirk Weichholdt, Sarreguemines, FR;
Klaus Braunhardt, Zweibrucken, DE;
Fritz Lauer, Kraehenberg, DE;
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 12/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A crop discharge device for discharging crop from a harvesting machine, comprising a rotatatable rotor mounted in a housing having a movable a bottom. The bottom can be put into a reciprocating motion in order to convey the crop to be discharged to the crop discharge device. Chaff from a cleaning shoe is directed by an oscillating bottom to the bottom. The discharge device may comprise a straw chopper which discharges chaff and straw from the harvesting machine in the chopping mode.