Patent ID: 6238285
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
An agricultural harvesting machine, comprising:an axial flow threshing and separating mechanism for threshing and separating crop material;anda cleaning mechanism for cleaning the threshed and separated crop material, the cleaning mechanism further comprising:a grain pan for receiving threshed and separated crop material and transporting the latter rearwardly, the grain pan havingat least one portion which is inclined in a sideways direction for sideways movement of a portion of said threshed and separated crop material, said portion threshing and separating mechanism, while it is being conveyed rearwardly towards a horizontal area behind said inclined portion, the horizontal area for leveling the crop material;a sieve installed behind said grain pan for receiving the material from the horizontal area of said grain pan and moving it through and along; anda fan operable to cause an air flow through said sieve for lifting up discardable part from the crop material and transporting it out of the harvesting machine.