Patent ID: 8079900

Claim:
A harvester ( 10 ) comprising: a chassis ( 12 ), which can be moved across a field in a forward direction, a crop processing device ( 26 ) having an outlet ( 62 ) for straw, a rotatable ejector drum ( 60 ), which is associated with the outlet ( 62 ) and discharges the straw rearwards in free flight, a straw chopper ( 60 ) with an inlet ( 58 ), a further conveyor for conveying straw, which operates in an overshot manner and is arranged downstream of the ejector drum ( 64 ), and a guiding device, which is arranged downstream of the further conveyor and upstream of the inlet ( 58 ) of the straw chopper ( 60 ) and which can be moved, by pivoting about an axis ( 82 ), into a chopping position, in which it deflects the straw downwards into the inlet ( 58 ) of the straw chopper ( 60 ), and a swath deposit position, in which it allows the straw to pass through to a chute ( 88 ), which is arranged to the rear of the straw chopper ( 60 ) and on which it reaches the ground, characterized in that the further conveyor is a drum conveyor ( 68 ), in that the guiding device comprises a single flap ( 80 ), the axis ( 82 ) of which is situated at its end of the flap ( 80 ) that is adjacent to the drum conveyor ( 68 ) and which is situated above the drum conveyor ( 68 ), and in that the flap ( 80 ) has a shape which is made complementary to an envelope curve of the drum conveyor ( 68 ) and hugs said curve.