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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Agco International Gmbh, Hesston, KS (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Mygind Bojsen, Randers, DK;
Assignee:
AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 7/06 (2006.01); A01F 12/56 (2006.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 12/56 (2013.01); A01D 41/1274 (2013.01); A01F 7/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A combine harvester with an axial flow crop processor with a rotor mounted for rotation inside a rotor housing arranged longitudinally with respect to the harvester. A feed beater is mounted for rotation on a substantially transverse axis and serves to tangentially impel crop material into the crop processor. A drive system drives the rotor and feed beater, wherein the drive system includes a rotor drive device for transmitting torque from a drive stage to the rotor, and a drive connection between the rotor drive device and the beater.