Patent ID: 6547169
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: A01D,A01F,Y02A

Abstract:
A support for a crop residue spreader for an agricultural combine, comprising:an elongate tube including a center portion and a pair of legs extending outwardly in opposite directions from the center portion, each of the legs including an end portion opposite the center portion and an intermediate portion disposed between the center portion and the end portion, each of the end portions including a pivot element, the pivot elements being coaxially aligned about a pivotal axis for pivotal connection to a rear end of the combine, and each of the intermediate portions including a mounting element for supporting a rotatable crop residue accelerator thereon such that the crop residue accelerators will be supported in side-by-side relation on the tube, and the center portion including at least one mount for mounting a pair of crop residue deflectors in cantilever relation to the tube in position so as to extend partially around the crop residue accelerators, respectively.