Chopper and Spreader for an Agricultural Harvester

摘要

An agricultural harvester includes a chassis, with a separating system and a residue handling system each carried by the chassis. The separating system receives a flow of crop material producing a chaff flow and a residue flow. The residue handling system receives the chaff flow and the residue flow from the separating system, and the residue handling system includes a residue chopper operationally positioned immediately above a residue spreader. The residue spreader is oriented to receive the chaff flow and the residue flow chopped by the residue chopper.

主权项

1. An agricultural harvester, comprising:
a chassis; a separating system carried by said chassis, said separating system receiving a flow of crop material and producing a chaff flow and a residue flow; and a residue handling system carried by said chassis for receiving the chaff flow and the residue flow from said separating system, said residue handling system includes a residue chopper and a residue spreader, said residue chopper being configured to at least one of chop and move the residue flow presented thereto and is operationally positioned immediately above said residue spreader, said residue spreader being oriented to receive the chaff flow and the residue flow chopped by said residue chopper.