Residue handling system for an agricultural harvester

摘要

An agricultural harvester includes a chassis and a residue handling system carried by the chassis. The residue handling system includes a set of rotating knives disposed in a housing, a first set of counter-knives, and a residue pivoting platform and/or a second set of counter-knives. Crop residue travels through the system in a residue flow direction. The first set of counter-knives are configured to enter the housing proximate to the set of rotating knives. The residue pivoting platform is positioned proximate to the first set of counter-knives in an upstream direction relative to the crop residue flow direction. The second set of counter-knives are configured to enter the housing proximate to the set of rotating knives. The second set of counter-knives are in a downstream direction relative to the crop residue flow from at least one of the residue pivoting platform and the first set of counter-knives.

主权项

1. An agricultural harvester, comprising:
a chassis; and a residue handling system carried by said chassis, said residue handling system for processing crop residue moving in a crop residue flow direction, said residue handling system including: a housing; a set of rotating knives disposed in said housing; a first set of counter-knives configured to enter said housing proximate to said set of rotating knives; a residue pivoting platform being positioned proximate to said first set of counter-knives; and a shred bar coupled to said residue pivoting platform, said shred bar including fingers that extend between individual knives of said set of rotating knives when said residue pivoting platform is pivoted away from said housing.