US 11,712,002 B2
Residue spreader for a combine harvester
Thomas Mygind Bojsen, Randers (DK)
Assigned to AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Appl. No. 17/756,289
Filed by AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
PCT Filed Nov. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/083058
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/099633, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1917024 (GB), filed on Nov. 22, 2019; and application No. 2012140 (GB), filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408642 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A01D 41/12 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 41/1243 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A residue spreader for receiving crop residue from a residue chopper of a combine harvester and for spreading crop residue onto the ground, the spreader comprising:
a body having an inlet side and an outlet side;
a plurality of outlet deflectors, each outlet deflector being mounted on the body in juxtaposed position and configured to laterally deflect the crop residue between the inlet side and the outlet side, wherein each outlet deflector is pivotally mounted on the body; and
a plurality of inlet deflectors, each inlet deflector being pivotally mounted on the body in juxtaposed position and extending forwards from a respective pivot axis towards the inlet side and each being configured to laterally deflect the crop residue between the inlet side and the outlet side upstream of the outlet deflectors;
an outlet deflector control actuator coupled to the plurality of outlet deflectors to operably adjust the outlet deflectors.