DRUM OF THRESHING APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A01F12/20 

FIELD: agricultural engineering, in particular, threshing technique.

SUBSTANCE: drum of threshing apparatus has disks mounted on shaft. Disks are formed as round plates with hubs. Rings are positioned along outer contour of round plates and provided with beater bars fixed thereon and equipped with beater bar members, each positioned beneath respective beater bar. Each of said members has length equal to distance between two adjacent disks defining sections. Beater bars of each section are arranged at equal angular pitch. Position and number of beater bars in each section may coincide or may not coincide, and distance between disks may be equal or unequal. Rings are manufactured from sheet material having corner-shaped cross section and are equipped with openings for fastening of beater bars and openings for fastening of rings to round plates of disks. Said openings allow beater bars to be repositioned in each section and rings to be rotated with respect to one another.

EFFECT: increased versatility and efficiency of threshing apparatus due to optimized circuit of arrangement of drum beater bars depending on kind of crop to be harvested and state of said crop.

4 cl, 8 dwg