Patent ID: 6656038
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: A01D,A01F

Abstract:
A combine harvester comprising:a device for discharging husks, the husk discharging device having at least one fan rotatably mounted in a fan casing, the fan casing having at least one husk discharge opening; a device for chopping straw arranged downstream of the husk discharging device, the straw chopping device having a rotating cutting rotor in a rotor casing for chopping straw, the rotor casing having an inlet for unchopped straw and an outlet for chopped straw; and a control device arranged between the husk discharging device and the straw chopping device, the control device being movable between a first position, in which the control device closes the inlet of the rotor casing to bypass the straw chopping device and a second position in which the inlet of the rotor is open to allow chopping of the straw, wherein the husk discharge opening in the fan casing is shiftable between a first position in which husks are permitted to be spread over a substrate, and a second position in which the husks are permitted to mix with unchopped straw.