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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2014
Agco S/a, Hesston, KS (US);
Morten Leth Bilde, Langaa, DK;
AGCO A/S, Randers, DK;
Abstract
A combine harvester () comprising axial separating apparatus () is provided. The axial separating apparatus comprises at least one rotor () mounted for rotation in a rotor cage () and is arranged to convey crop material in a spiral path from a front end to a rear end. The rotors () may also serve to thresh the crop material before separation. The rotor cage () includes a grate () for allowing separated grain to fall there through under gravity. Two return conveyors () are positioned below the grate (), one behind the other. A first return conveyor () disposed under a front portion of the separating apparatus is arranged to catch a portion of said separated grain and convey the caught grain forwardly to a first front edge () from where the grain falls under gravity onto a first region of an underlying grain pan (). A second return conveyor () disposed under a rear portion of the separating apparatus is arranged to catch a portion of said separated grain and convey the caught grain forwardly to a second front edge () from where the grain falls under gravity at a distance located behind the first region. The grain pan () serves to convey the collected grain in a rearward direction to a cleaning unit ().