PLANT FRACTIONAL HARVESTING COMBINE Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: combine has frame connected with spoke and mounted on two pneumatic wheels. Spoke carries rotor, auger and thrower, which are operatively connected and disposed in separate housings. Throat is attached to thrower housing outside combine. Silage guide with guiding shield is supported by throat. Segment-finger type cutterbar for mowing stalk part of plants is positioned behind rotor under auger housing. During operation of combine, leaf part of plants is cut by rotor and delivered by discharge silage guide into vehicle. Stalk part of plants is cut off by cutterbar and laid onto mowed part of field. Separate harvesting of leaf and stalk parts of plants allows high-quality grass flour to be produced from leaves and high-quality hay to be produced from stalks. EFFECT: increased efficiency and wider operational capabilities. 4 cl, 5 dwg