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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Thomas Barrelmeyer, Halle/Westfalen, DE;
Heinz Peters, Warendorf, DE;
Christoph Molitor, Guetersloh, DE;
Ernst Reineke, Marienfeld, DE;
Thomas Barrelmeyer, Halle/Westfalen, DE;
Heinz Peters, Warendorf, DE;
Christoph Molitor, Guetersloh, DE;
Ernst Reineke, Marienfeld, DE;
CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH, Harsewinkel, DE;
Abstract
A separating unit for a combine harvester and operating in accordance with a principle of axial flow, has a housing having at least one separating grate provided with openings, a rotatably supported separating rotor located in the housing, a cover having a closed jacket surface including, on a side facing the separating rotor, a plurality of guide elements disposed next to one another coaxially to a longitudinal axis of the separating rotor and extending in sections in a radial direction of the cover, and at least one ramp-shaped crop flow deflecting element extending axially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the separating rotor and arranged on the side of the jacket surface facing the separating rotor.