Patent ID: 8128466

Claim:
A harvested material residue chopping and distributing arrangement for a combine ( 10 ) moveable in a forward direction over a field, the harvested material residue chopping and distributing arrangement comprising: a straw chopper ( 60 ) equipped with chopping blades ( 96 ), two distribution blowers ( 100 ) arranged laterally one next to the other downstream of the straw chopper ( 60 ) and that rotate in opposing directions during operation, each of the blowers ( 100 ) having a rotational axis ( 108 ) and each of the blowers having a portion facing the straw chopper, wherein said portions of the blowers ( 100 ) facing the straw chopper ( 60 ) move toward each other during operation; a guide element ( 150 ) disposed between the two distribution blowers ( 100 ) and comprising a tip ( 156 ) facing the straw chopper ( 60 ), wherein the tip ( 156 ) of the guide element ( 150 ) is positioned in the vicinity of an envelope circle of the chopping blades ( 96 ) such that, during operation, the chopping blades ( 96 ) remove harvested material residue from the tip ( 156 ), wherein the straw chopper ( 60 ) is arranged within a straw chopper housing ( 90 ) with a concave floor ( 112 ) and a flat harvested material residue guide element ( 122 ) adjoins a rear end of the floor ( 112 ) of the straw chopper housing ( 90 ), wherein the guide element ( 150 ) comprises a front part ( 152 ) and a rear part ( 154 ), wherein the front part ( 152 ) is mounted on the harvested material residue guide element ( 122 ), wherein the front part ( 152 ) comprises the tip ( 156 ) and a slot ( 158 ) is formed on the rear side of the front part ( 152 ), wherein the rear part comprises a flat front plate ( 160 ), and wherein the flat front plate ( 160 ) penetrates into the slot ( 158 ), wherein the rear part ( 154 ) is hollow, and the rear part ( 154 ) expands laterally behind the front plate ( 160 ) and the rear part ( 154 ) is mounted on a top side of an angled floor plate ( 128 ), and the angled floor plate ( 128 ) has a front section that extends in a plane of the harvested material residue guide element ( 122 ) between a rear end of the harvested material residue guide element ( 122 ) and a rear end of the front section of the angled floor plate ( 128 ) at a position slightly in front of the rotational axes ( 108 ) of the distribution blowers ( 100 ), the angled floor plate ( 128 ) transitioning at the rear end of the front section of the angled floor plate ( 128 ) into a rear section of the angled floor plate ( 128 ) that extends under a rear end of the distribution blowers ( 100 ) and extends orthogonal to the rotational axes ( 108 ).