Patent ID: 8622791

Claim:
A cleaning shoe ( 102 ) for an agricultural combine having a body 106 ) comprising: a cleaning shoe frame ( 200 ) having opposite, transversely spaced, fore-and-aft extending sidewalls ( 204 , 206 ); a first plurality of hangers ( 104 ) supporting the cleaning shoe frame ( 200 ) on the body ( 106 ) for fore-and-aft movement relative to said body; a sieve ( 212 ) disposed between the sidewalls ( 204 , 206 ) of the cleaning shoe frame ( 200 ); two fore-and-aft extending, parallel, transversely spaced rods ( 216 , 218 ) being, supported on the cleaning shoe frame ( 200 ), wherein each rod is constrained to pivot about a fore-and-aft axis with respect to the cleaning shoe frame ( 200 ); and a second plurality of hangers ( 214 ), with some having first ends constrained to pivot with a first of said two rods, and with others having first ends constrained to pivot with a second of said two rods, and with all of said second plurality of hangers having second ends coupled to the sieve ( 212 ) to support the sieve ( 212 ) and constrain the sieve ( 212 ) to reciprocate in a lateral direction with respect to the cleaning shoe frame ( 200 ) together with oscillating pivotal movement of said two rods.