Patent ID: 6053811
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A01D,A01F

Abstract:
An agricultural combine having a frame, a threshing section provided on the frame to separate grain from crop materials delivered to said threshing section, a cleaning section in communication with the threshing section to remove chaff and the like from material received from the threshing section, and a tailings section wherein incompletely threshed and separated materials are received as tailings from the cleaning section, said tailings section comprising a tailings conveyor to convey the tailings toward an elevator that moves said tailings to one of said threshing and cleaning sections for recycling, said tailings section further including an apparatus to sense the volume of tailings in said tailings conveyor being directed to said elevator and a display responsive to said apparatus to provide an indication of the volume of said tailings being directed to said elevator.