Patent ID: 8062109

Claim:
An agricultural combine for harvesting, threshing and separating an agricultural crop, the combine comprising: a harvesting platform for gathering the crop; a feederhouse mounted for receiving crop from the platform and including a conveyor mechanism for conveying the crop rearwardly to a crop processing assembly including a transverse crop-conveying rotor located just rearwardly of the feederhouse for continuing rearward conveyance of the crop; a crop cleaning arrangement located beneath said crop processing assembly and including a cleaning fan arrangement for causing a rearwardly oriented blast of air at an outlet side thereof; and a dust suppressor arranged for preventing an accumulation of dust-laden air in an enclosed zone extending between an upper end of said feederhouse and an upper side of said crop conveying rotor, the dust suppressor including said cleaning fan and further including an air duct arrangement extending between said cleaning fan and said zone in such a manner that air discharged from said cleaning fan arrangement includes dust laden air drawn through said duct arrangement from said enclosed zone.