Patent ID: 6342006
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: A01D,A01F,Y10S

Abstract:
In a harvester havingthreshing means for receiving at an intake a mixture of straw and grain and for separating the mixture into grain, straw, and tailings comprised of mixed grain and straw; and conveyor means for recirculating a stream of the tailings along a path back to the intake and including a housing extending above and parallel to the intake and having structure forming an array of downwardly open holes and an auger in the housing for displacing the tailings stream therethrough such that particles of the stream drop through the holes, the improvement comprising: means including a sensor positioned in the path downstream of the structure and intercepting at least a portion of the stream for counting a number of grains in the portion of the stream passing through the holes and intercepted by the sensor.