Patent ID: 7654892
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
1. A combine harvester comprising: a threshing section for threshing harvested crop material received into said combine; a cleaning section for separating threshed grain from incompletely threshed tailings; a re-threshing, section for receiving tailings through an inlet and delivering re-threshed tailings through an outlet; said threshing section occupying a first area, said re-threshing section occupying a second area, said first area is at least partially geometrically non-coextensive with said second area; a first delivery path for receiving tailings from the cleaning section and transporting the tailings to the inlet of the re-threshing section; a second delivery path for receiving re-threshed tailings from said outlet and delivering said re-threshed tailings to said cleaning section; said second delivery path also for receiving tailings from a bypass delivery path; said bypass delivery path connecting said first delivery path to said second delivery path; and a deflector arranged to selectively open or close said inlet.