Patent ID: 8475247
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
1. A combine harvester threshing drum threshing bar, comprising: a threshing fixture includes a leading edge and an opposed trailing end, a first face and an opposed second face, a top threshing side, and an opposed bottom threshing drum emplacement side; the opposed first and second faces extend between the top threshing side and the opposed bottom threshing drum emplacement side of the threshing fixture from the leading edge of the threshing fixture to the trailing end of the threshing fixture; the top threshing side includes a trailing threshing face and a leading threshing face that meet at a first corner formed in the top threshing side, the first corner located between the leading edge and the trailing end of the threshing fixture and extends from the first face to the second face; the trailing threshing face extends between the opposed first and second faces of the threshing fixture from the trailing end to the first corner; the leading threshing face extends between the opposed first and second faces of the threshing fixture from the first corner to the leading edge, and inclines downwardly relative to the trailing threshing face from the first corner and meets, and cooperates with, the bottom threshing drum emplacement side and the opposed first and second faces of the threshing fixture at the leading edge to form a wedge in the threshing fixture; the first face includes a rearward surface and a forward surface that meet at a second corner formed in the first face, the second corner is formed between the leading edge and the trailing end of the threshing fixture and extends from the top threshing side of the threshing fixture to the bottom threshing drum emplacement side of the threshing fixture; the rearward surface of the first face extends between the top threshing side and the bottom threshing drum emplacement side of the threshing fixture from the trailing end to the second corner; and the forward surface of the first face extends between the top threshing side and the bottom threshing drum emplacement side of the threshing fixture from the second corner to the leading edge, and is in-turned from the rearward surface and toward the second face of the threshing fixture from the second corner to the leading edge of the threshing fixture forming an oblique crop material deflecting surface.