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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2007
Applicants:
Jason M. Benes, Mount Joy, PA (US);
Joshua J. Wolters, Ellinwood, KS (US);
Inventors:
Jason M. Benes, Mount Joy, PA (US);
Joshua J. Wolters, Ellinwood, KS (US);
Assignee:
CNH America, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 12/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for chopping and spreading crop residue produced by an agricultural combine wherein the spreader is advantageously disposed directly rearwardly of a cleaning system of the combine for receiving chaff and other crop residue directly therefrom, without aid of a mechanism to convey the chaff to the spreader, and wherein the chopper is disposed just above and/or rearwardly of the spreader and is configured for discharging crop residue from the threshing system of the combine into the spreader for spreading thereby with the chaff.