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Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2012
Applicant:

Cnh America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);

Inventors:

Octavian Stan, Davenport, IA (US);

Karl Robert Linde, Leola, PA (US);

Assignee:

CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 12/48 (2006.01); B07B 1/55 (2006.01); B08B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A grain cleaning system of an agricultural combine directs a flow of high velocity air in a first direction about an inlet end of a cleaning shoe. The system further monitors the cleaning shoe in order to detect a change in an operational parameter of the cleaning shoe, wherein the operational parameter is one of a transient effect of a sieve of the cleaning shoe, a flow rate about and exit end of the cleaning shoe and a flow velocity about an exit end of the cleaning shoe. Further, the flow of high velocity air about the inlet end of the cleaning shoe can be redirected in a second direction in response to a detected change in the operational parameter.


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