Patent ID: 7393275
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. In a combine harvester, the improvement comprising: a clean grain holding bin including a discharge side; an inclined unloading conveyor having an upper discharge end located laterally outwardly beyond the discharge side, said unloading conveyor including an outer conveyor section that is foldable relative to an inner section of the conveyor from an unloading position in which the outer section is axially aligned with the inner section to a transport position in which the outer section is transverse to the inner section, said outer conveyor section being adapted to separate from the inner conveyor section at a point outboard of said discharge side of the bin when the outer conveyor section is folded toward said transport position; and a catch basin disposed to receive grain spilled from the point of separation of the inner and outer sections of the unloading conveyor and direct the spilled grain back into the bin.