Patent ID: 7186179

Claim:
Apparatus for adjustably transitioning a flow of crop residue expelled from an axially arranged threshing system of an agricultural combine having a rotor extending along a longitudinal axis of the combine so as to flow into a crop residue distribution system of the combine, comprising: a deflector at a location pivotally mounted adjacent to the rotor so as to be to in a path of the flow of crop residue when expelled from the rotor thereof such that at least a portion of the flow will impinge the deflector and be deflected thereby downwardly into the crop residue distribution system, the deflector rotatable about a pivot axis, the pivotal axis being substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the rotor; and an adjusting mechanism operable for moving the deflector within the path of the flow of the crop residue for changing a transverse location of the deflector at which the flow deflected by the deflector will flow into the crop residue distribution system.