Patent ID: 8029347

Claim:
A crop residue chopping-and-distributing arrangement for a combine, comprising a straw chopper ( 60 ) equipped with chopping blades ( 96 ), and two distribution blowers ( 100 ) arranged laterally alongside one another downstream of straw chopper ( 60 ), which rotate in opposite directions about axes of rotation ( 108 ) in operation, with their areas facing straw chopper ( 60 ) moving toward one another, and on the periphery of each of which is provided a first shield ( 144 ) and a second shield ( 146 ) having a circumferential dimension which is less than a circumferential dimension of the first shield ( 144 ), a rotary holder ( 176 ) being rotatable about the axis of rotation ( 108 ) of each blower ( 100 ) and having a respective first shield ( 144 ) and a respective second shield 146 fixed thereto, whereby the rotary holders ( 176 ) are respectively adjustable about the axes of rotation ( 108 ) for modifying the distribution characteristics of the distribution blowers ( 100 ) by respectively bringing one or the other of the first and second shields into an active position.