Patent ID: 6070816
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: A01F,Y10S

Abstract:
A straw chopper arrangement for an agricultural harvesting machine, the straw chopper arrangement comprising:a chopper housing having a wall and a supply side having an opening for receiving crop material, wherein a portion of the crop material is fed into the chopper housing from the side;a rotor being rotatively mounted in the chopper housing, the rotor defining a circumference, the rotor is provided with a hub and at least one impeller blade extending radially outward from the hub, the impeller blade having a radially outermost end to which are pivotally mounted flails, the flails defining vertically intervening spaces, wherein the portion of ther crop material fed into the chopper housing from the side is fed to the circumference of the rotor;shear bars are mounted to the wall of the housing and are located in the intervening spaces defined by the flails.