Patent ID: 9723792
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A01D,A01F

Claim:
1. A concave for an agricultural combine, comprising: a first frame connected to a second frame for movement between an open position and a closed position relative to the second frame; threshing bars, the threshing bars each include a separating grate; an engagement assembly non-destructively connects each of the threshing bars to the first frame, the threshing bars are spaced apart forming openings therebetween for grain to pass through, and the separating grate of each of the threshing bars extends across an adjacent one of the openings for separating grain from threshed crop material; the threshing bars are non-destructively connected to the first frame via the engagement assemblies, when the first frame is in the open position relative to the second frame and when the first frame is in the closed position relative to the second frame; the engagement assemblies allow independent non-destructive removal of the threshing bars from the first frame, when the first frame is in the open position relative to the second frame; and the second frame restrains independent non-destructive removal of the threshing bars relative to one another from the first frame via the engagement assemblies, when the first frame is in the closed position relative to the second frame.