Combine rotor drive anti-trash system
CA 1105342 A · Owner: Case Corporation · Inventors: Smith, Harold E.; Dunn, Neil C.; Francis, Robert L.
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An axial flow combine having a crop harvesting header including a feeder for cutting a crop and feeding it rearwardly into a threshing and separating mechanism. The mechanism includes a casing for receiving the crop material and a rotor within the casing for threshing and separating grain from the crop material. The rotor has a central drive shaft driven through a gear case behind the rotor. The gear case is partially enclosed within a cover having a smooth exterior surface. The end of the rotor is configured in a smooth exterior surface which is complementary to the surface of the cover to inhibit collection of chaff about the drive shaft. Impeller blades are secured on the rotor for …
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- Granted July 21, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 21, 1998.
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