Patent ID: 8529325

Claim:
A combine harvester threshing drum threshing bar, comprising: a rigid, integral, unitary threshing fixture includes a leading edge and an opposed trailing end, a first outer face and an opposed second outer face, an outer top threshing side and an opposed bottom threshing drum emplacement side; the opposed first and second outer faces extend between the outer 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 outer top threshing side includes a trailing threshing face and a leading threshing face that meet at a corner formed in the outer top threshing side, the 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 outer faces of the threshing fixture from the trailing end to the corner; the leading threshing face extends between the opposed first and second outer faces of the threshing fixture from the corner to the leading edge, and inclines downwardly relative to the trailing threshing face from the corner and meets, and cooperates with, the bottom threshing drum emplacement side and the opposed first and second outer faces of the threshing fixture at the leading edge to form a wedge in the threshing fixture; and a blade has a cutting edge, the blade extends outwardly from the leading threshing face to the cutting edge, the cutting edge is directed outwardly and forwardly of the leading threshing face toward the leading edge of the threshing fixture to be available for cutting crop cuttings ahead of the leading threshing face and the trailing threshing face.