GRAIN HARVESTING AND DRYING COMBINE Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A01D41/02 A01D41/133 

FIELD: agricultural engineering, in particular, equipment used in combines having drying devices.

SUBSTANCE: combine has adapter, thresher, hopper with discharge screw provided within housing, straw grinder-thrower, pulling device, and pull-type cart. Hopper is mounted on cart and positioned downstream of straw grinder-thrower. Hopper is furnished with triangular box having upper screen-type non-sieving walls. Internal cavity of box is connected with outlet opening of centrifugal fan. There are sequentially positioned furnace with combustion chamber and blower fan and drying chamber with charging funnel and grain elevator between hopper and straw grinder-thrower. Heated pure air provides for drying of grain. On useful arrangement, combine provides for harvesting and high-quality drying of grain with pure air, with adjustable usage of part of ground straw as fuel being utilized for heating of drying air.

EFFECT: increased efficiency in harvesting and high-quality drying of grain, and useful utilization of part of ground straw as fuel to heating of drying air.

3 cl, 5 dwg