Patent ID: 6241605
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
An axial crop processing unit for an axially arranged rotary agricultural combine, comprising:a drum, having an infeed section for receiving harvested crop material, a threshing section for threshing the harvested crop material from the infeed section, and a separating section for separating grain from the threshed crop material received from the threshing section, the separating section having crop engaging elements, a discharge section merging with the separating section for discharging crop material other than grain from the axial crop processing unit, the discharge section having crop engaging elements that are the same as those used in the separating section, the drum having a direction of rotation;the direction of rotation defining a downward swept side, and upward swept side and a bottom located between the upward swept side and the downward swept side in the discharge section, the discharge section being provided with a ramp having a metering edge for metering the flow of crop material from the downward swept side, a floor located below the ramp is provided with a first vane for keeping the crop material other than grain discharged over the metering edge on the downward swept side of the discharge section and directing the material other than grain to a transverse discharge beater.