Patent ID: 9414545
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A01D,A01F

Claim Text:
1. A separating device for a combine harvester that operates according to the principle of axial flow, the separating device comprising: a housing having a separating grate arrangement and a cover arrangement that together jointly form a hollow cylinder; and a separating rotor arranged in the hollow cylinder of the housing in a rotatably supported manner such that an intermediate space (Z a plurality crop-stream engagement elements disposed lengthwise on an inner surface of the cover arrangement facing the separating rotor, one behind the other along the longitudinal axis (LA) of the separating rotor; wherein each crop stream engagement element engages radially, in a ramp-type manner, around a circumference of the separating rotor, into a crop stream that circulates in the intermediate space (Z a plurality of drive units connected respectively to each of the crop stream engagement elements drive an adjustment depth thereof into the intermediate space (Z wherein each of the drive units is activated from outside the housing in order to drive each respective adjustment.