Patent ID: 7452267

Claim:
A method for deslugging a threshing system of an agricultural combine, comprising steps of: providing a drive controllably operable for rotating a rotor of the threshing system within a concave thereof, in opposite first and second rotational directions; providing a control in operative control of the drive; providing a sensor for sensing information representative of load conditions opposing rotation of the rotor; providing a plurality of selectable deslugging routines automatically executable by the control for controlling the drive, including: a. a routine wherein the rotor is automatically rotated alternatingly in the first rotational direction and in the second rotational direction, through predetermined increments of rotational travel; b. a routine wherein the rotor is automatically rotated in at least one of the first and second rotational directions, and wherein the rotation is automatically reversed responsive to presence of information representative of a predetermined loading condition opposing the rotation; c. a routine wherein the rotor is automatically rotated alternatingly in the first and second rotational directions through progressively increasing increments of rotational travel; and d. a routine wherein the rotor is automatically rotated alternatingly in the first and second rotational directions through increasing increments of rotational movement while the sensed information representative of loads opposing the rotation is monitored for information representative of a predetermined load level, and wherein at least one subsequent increment of rotational movement is automatically altered responsive to presence of the information representative of the predetermined load level.