Patent ID: 6884161
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
1. A threshing and separating mechanism for a combine having a supporting structure, the mechanism comprising: an elongated rotor mounted in the supporting structure for rotation about a rotor axis, the rotor having a threshing portion and a separating portion; an elongated housing mounted in the supporting structure for rotation about a housing axis, the housing having a threshing section and a separating section, the housing surrounding the rotor and being spaced from the rotor to form an annular space between the rotor and the housing for crop material to flow through in a crop flow direction from an inlet end of the housing to an outlet end of the housing, the threshing portion of the rotor corresponding to the threshing section of the housing and the separating portion of the rotor corresponding to the separating section of the housing; and the housing having a top that is raised above the rotor to define a gap, the gap between the separating portion of the rotor and the top of the separating section of the housing is greater than the gap between the threshing portion of the rotor and the threshing section of the housing.