Crop threshing or separating inventions 02/06

20060025186 - Axial flow combine harvester with adaptable threshing unit: An axial flow combine harvester is described which comprises a rotor having a thresher section and a separator section. The thresher section includes pairs of rasp bars, which are staggered from one another along a helical path. Individual rasp bars of the pairs of rasp bars are located adjacent to...

20060025187 - Rotary crop residue chopper apparatus with stiffener having air flow generating capability and method of making the same: A crop residue chopper for an agricultural combine, including a housing containing a rotor supporting a plurality of elongate chopper knives for rotation therewith, each of which includes at least one longitudinally extending, integral stiffener extending sidewardly therefrom which, during rotation, can generate an air flow for inducting dust and...

20060025188 - Textured auger trough element for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine: A textured trough element including a concave surface having a curved profile when viewed from a longitudinal end thereof of marginally larger diametrical extent than the circular cross section of a helical tailings auger. The trough element is positionable in a bottom portion of an auger trough with the concave...