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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Agco Corporation, Hesston, KS (US);
Inventor:
Joseph Mark Biggerstaff, Wichita, KS (US);
Assignee:
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 12/40 (2006.01); A01D 41/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/1243 (2013.01); A01F 12/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A combine harvester includes a residue management system having a chaff spreader mounted to a straw chopper. The chaff spreader is positioned in front of the straw chopper and is configured to collect and spread chaff from a cleaning shoe when in a spreading position. A mechanical linkage is provided between the straw chopper and chaff spreader so that movement of the straw chopper from an operating position to a non-operating position is translated into pivoting of the chaff spreader from a spreading position to a non-spreading position.