Combine spreader arrangement having independently positionable spreader disks

摘要

A spreader assembly for a combine harvester, the assembly including a pair of disks configured to be rotated such that chaff material dropped onto the disks is spread about the combine harvester, wherein each disk is operably connected to its own motor and a spreader frame assembly. The spreader frame assembly includes a first side support pivotably connected to a frame of the combine harvester, a second side support pivotably connected to the frame of the combine harvester, and at least one disk support configured to support at least one of the pair of disks. The spreader frame assembly further defines an opening configured such that when the combine harvester is windrowing material, no portion of the spreader frame assembly interferes with the flow of windrowing material.

主权项

1. A spreader assembly for a combine harvester comprising:
a pair of disks that are rotatable to spread chaff material dropped thereon, each disk associated with a respective motor; each disk rotationally mounted onto a spreader frame assembly such that a disk is moveable independent of another disk; the spreader frame including:
a first side support pivotably connected to a frame of the combine harvester;a second side support pivotably connected to the frame of the combine harvester, each of the first side support and the second side support operate independently when positioning a respective disk of the pair of disks in storage position;wherein the spreader frame assembly defines an opening without a horizontal cross member bar between the first side and the second side, the opening configured such that when the combine harvester is windrowing material, no portion of the spreader frame assembly interferes with a flow of windrowing material.