Patent ID: 6663485
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: A01D,A01F

Abstract:
A combine harvester for harvesting crop and discharging straw, chaff and like material resulting from the harvesting of crop, comprising:a chopper having a material outlet opening, and wherein the chopper is transverse to the direction of the flow of and tangentially receives and discharges the material; a blower having an inlet opening for receiving the material from the chopper, and wherein the blower is subsequent to the chopper with respect to the flow of the material; wherein the material outlet opening of the chopper lies in the same plane as the inlet opening of the blower for transferring the material from the material outlet opening of the chopper directly to the inlet opening of the blower without a change in direction; an outlet zone having the blower operatively arranged therein for spreading the material over and towards the ground; means for changing the position of the blower; and means for maintaining the same plane between the material outlet opening of the chopper and the inlet opening of the blower when the position of the blower changes.