Patent ID: 8858310
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
1. A combine harvester, comprising: an auger assembly positioned between opposed side sheets of the combine harvester, the auger assembly further including: an auger trough having side walls with a length so as to extend laterally between said opposed side sheets, said side walls having bottom edges; guide tracks configured along said bottom edges, to hold a flexible bottom cover member in place, the flexible bottom cover member being one continuously curving element; the flexible bottom cover member slidably engaged within said guide tracks without a lip attachment or a flange attachment, said flexible bottom cover member removably attached to said side walls by being slid into and out of said guide tracks from a longitudinal end of said side walls outboard of said side sheets; and wherein a spacing of the guide tracks dictate a curvature of the flexible bottom cover member when the flexible bottom cover is slid in the guide track, said flexible bottom cover member is removable from said auger trough for a clean-out procedure.