Crop threshing or separating inventions 10/06

20060240883 - Active combine rotor deceleration: A system and method for actively decelerating a combine rotor is provided. The system includes an electronic control system configured to disengage the combine rotor from an engine, to brake the combine rotor at a first deceleration rate for a first time interval, and to subsequently brake the combine rotor...

20060240884 - Ultrasonic sensor on a grain tank cover: The invention concerns a grain tank for a combine harvester with a grain tank cover which can move between a closed and an opened position, closing off the grain tank at the top in the closed position, and in the open position expanding the useful volume of the grain tank...

20060234790 - Discharge elbow for a forage harvester: A discharge elbow for a forage harvester. The discharge elbow includes an outer wall and two side walls that extend away from the outer wall. Together, the walls form a guidance for the flow of harvested crop ejected by the forage harvester. The discharge elbow includes an optical sensor for...

20060229119 - Drive system for a crop conveying device: In a method and a device for driving a crop conveying unit composed substantially of at least one pan with at least one sieve the pen and receive are hung in an oscillation-facilitating manner in a machine housing, at least one oscillation-reducing drive unit is provided, drive unit is formed...

20060223598 - Anti-wind wiper with adjustable extension: An anti-wind wiper including an extension adjustably mountable in a desired spaced relation and angular orientation relative to a leading edge of a flight of a front rotor inlet section of a combine, for interaction with the flight during rotation of the rotor, for directing and guiding crop material, particularly...