Patent ID: 8251787

Claim:
A separating unit for a combine harvester and operating in accordance with a principle of axial flow, the separating unit comprising: a housing having at least one separating grate provided with openings; a rotatably supported separating rotor located in said housing; a cover having a closed jacket surface including, on a side facing said separating rotor; a plurality of guide elements disposed next to one another coaxially to a longitudinal axis of said separating rotor and extending in sections in a radial direction of said cover; and at least one ramp-shaped crop flow deflecting element extending axially parallel to said longitudinal axis of said separating rotor and arranged on said side of said jacket surface facing said separating rotor, wherein said at least one crop flow deflection element has an axial extension which corresponds to an axial extension of said at least one separating grate.