A combine (10) having a feeder housing (20) for receiving harvesting crop, a separating system (24) for threshing the harvested crop to produce grain and residue, at least one of a yield monitor or a loss monitor, a crop cleaning system (26) for separating the grain from the residue, a residue chopper (114) for chopping the separated residue, an automated chopper pan (116) positioned h below the residue chopper (114), the automated chopper pan (114) having adjustable perforations, and a controller coupled to the at least one of the yield monitor or the loss monitor. The controller is configured to determine at least one of throughput from the yield monitor or loss from the loss monitor, compare the at least one of throughput or loss to respective throughput thresholds or loss thresholds, and control the automated chopper pan (116) to adjust the perforations based on the threshold comparison.

The present invention comprises multiple embodiments of an automated, dynamic cover plate system, which may be quickly attached, detached and adjusted to the exterior of a concave grate of a combine harvester in order to adjust the flow characteristics of the concave or separator grate assemblies. The automated, dynamic cover plate system improves the threshing capability of the rasp bar threshing cylinder while simultaneously capturing additional threshed grain. The automated, dynamic cover plate system of the present invention is designed to be controlled, either manually or automatically, by the operator of the combine harvester or by a computerized or automated intelligence system.

A harvesting machine that has a first rotor rotationally coupled to a chassis, a second rotor rotationally coupled to the chassis, and a spine separating the first rotor from the second rotor. Wherein the spine has threshing inserts coupled thereto to facilitate threshing of crop processed by the first and second rotors.

The aim of the invention is to remove the husks of a corncob while preventing the corncob from being crushed. This is achieved in that the device is equipped with a working region (A) for arranging a corncob (2) along a longitudinal axis (X), said working region being divided into a first sub-region (A1) and a second sub-region (A1) along the longitudinal axis (X). Furthermore, a gripping unit (B1) is provided which is designed to carry out a gripping process in a first base position (G1), which is located in the first sub-region (A1), in order to grip a first part of the husks (20) of the corncob (2). Additionally, a first guide unit (FE1), preferably a driven first guide unit (FE1), is provided for the first gripping unit (B1), wherein the first guide unit (FE1) is designed to move the first gripping unit (B1) from the first base position (G1) along a first movement path (P1) in order to exert a lateral force (Fly), which runs outwards laterally relative to the longitudinal axis (X), onto the first part of the husks (20) and remove the first part of the husks (20) from the corncob (2) in a radial direction.

The aim of the invention is to remove the husks of a corncob while preventing the corncob from being crushed. This is achieved in that the device is equipped with a working region (A) for arranging a corncob (2) along a longitudinal axis (X), said working region being divided into a first sub-region (A1) and a second sub-region (A1) along the longitudinal axis (X). Furthermore, a gripping unit (B1) is provided which is designed to carry out a gripping process in a first base position (G1), which is located in the first sub-region (A1), in order to grip a first part of the husks (20) of the corncob (2). Additionally, a first guide unit (FE1), preferably a driven first guide unit (FE1), is provided for the first gripping unit (B1), wherein the first guide unit (FE1) is designed to move the first gripping unit (B1) from the first base position (G1) along a first movement path (P1) in order to exert a lateral force (Fly), which runs outwards laterally relative to the longitudinal axis (X), onto the first part of the husks (20) and remove the first part of the husks (20) from the corncob (2) in a radial direction.

A graphical user interface (60) for a combine harvester (10) includes, in a first portion (62) of the user interface, a graphical representation (66, 70) of an amount of material passing through a threshing system (22) at multiple positions along a longitudinal direction of the combine harvester, and a graphical representation (68, 72) of an amount of material passing through a cleaning system (42) at multiple positions along the longitudinal direction of the combine harvester. The user interface further includes, in a second portion (64) of the user interface, a graphical representation (74, 78) of an amount of material passing through the threshing system (22) at a plurality of locations along a lateral axis of the combine harvester, and a graphical representation (76, 80) of an amount of material passing through the cleaning system (42) at a plurality of locations along the lateral axis of the combine harvester.

The invention comprises a method for increasing the harvesting effectiveness of a combine harvester using a removable cover plate assembly, which may be quickly attached, detached and adjusted to the exterior of a concave grate of a combine harvester in order to adjust the flow characteristics of the concave or separator grate assemblies. The method for using the cover plate assembly increases the threshing capability of the rasp bar threshing cylinder while simultaneously capturing additional threshed grain. Moreover, the cover plate assembly of the present invention enables a single set of concave grate assemblies to better harvest a wider variety of crop types.

A harvester capable of autonomous travel in a field includes: a harvesting unit that harvests a crop from the field; a conveyance device that conveys, toward the rear of a harvester body, a whole culm of the harvested crop harvested by the harvesting unit; a detection sensor that detects a drive speed of the conveyance device; and a clog determining unit that determines a clog of the harvested crop in the conveyance device on the basis of the drive speed. The clog determining unit outputs a vehicle stop command that stops the harvester body when the drive speed becomes lower than a pre-set first threshold during the autonomous travel.

A harvester capable of autonomous travel in a field includes: a harvesting unit that harvests a crop from the field; a conveyance device that conveys, toward the rear of a harvester body, a whole culm of the harvested crop harvested by the harvesting unit; a detection sensor that detects a drive speed of the conveyance device; and a clog determining unit that determines a clog of the harvested crop in the conveyance device on the basis of the drive speed. The clog determining unit outputs a vehicle stop command that stops the harvester body when the drive speed becomes lower than a pre-set first threshold during the autonomous travel.

A combine for harvesting chick peas includes a first rotatable shaft having components that cut a crop and pass the cut crop in a rearward direction, and a drum that includes an outer shell with stationary threshers and a cut crop opening, a rotatable central mount, a plurality of rotatable threshers. Each of the rotatable threshers is attached to the central rotatable mount and in line with a stationary thresher. A plurality of cutters is attached to the outer shell, a flame source projects a flame into the drum, and a water source projects water into the drum. The cut crop passes into the cut crop opening, to be further cut by the plurality of cutters and threshed by the plurality of rotatable threshers, such that the flame and water are projected onto the cut crop, resulting in a processed crop and detritus that is separated from the processed crop.