Patent ID: 7390253
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A flow guide distributor apparatus for a combine spreader having an inlet opening at the top thereof for receiving crop residue, a pair of counter-rotating spreader paddles disposed generally side by side below the inlet opening and forward of a back plate of the spreader, and a discharge opening below the spreader paddles, comprising a flow guide element having an adjusting mechanism, and a coupling connector for coupling said adjusting mechanism to said flow guide element, said adjusting mechanism operable to effect directional movement of said flow guide element in at least one of vertical, horizontal, or rotational directions relative to the spreader paddles to adjustably vary the clearance between the outer swept diameters of the pair of spreader paddles and said crop residue flow surfaces of said flow guide element, whereby, as a flow of crop residue is introduced into the inlet opening of the spreader at least a portion of such flow is directed towards said crop residue surfaces of said flow guide element by operation of the counter-rotating spreader paddles and is adjustably directed by said flow guide element, dependent upon its positioning relative to the spreader paddles, sidewardly outwardly upon the discharge thereof through the discharge opening of the spreader to controllably distribute the crop residue in a desired pattern over a field.