A harvesting machine has a crop tank and a conveyor screw inside the tank which extends from a material inlet opening on a wall of the crop tank into the interior of the crop tank. The conveyor screw comprises at least one proximal portion adjacent to the material inlet opening and one distal portion spaced apart from the material inlet opening at least by the proximal portion. The proximal portion and distal portion are rotatable around conveying axes running in different directions. The conveyor screw can be operated in a work position in which the conveying axis of the distal portion is oriented to be steeper than the conveying axis of the proximal portion.

A harvesting machine has a crop tank and a conveyor screw inside the tank which extends from a material inlet opening on a wall of the crop tank into the interior of the crop tank. The conveyor screw comprises at least one proximal portion adjacent to the material inlet opening and one distal portion spaced apart from the material inlet opening at least by the proximal portion. The proximal portion and distal portion are rotatable around conveying axes running in different directions. The conveyor screw can be operated in a work position in which the conveying axis of the distal portion is oriented to be steeper than the conveying axis of the proximal portion.

A method and system of a pneumatic conveying system for moving separated grain and small plant material to an onboard storage tank or out of the combine harvester. The pneumatic conveying system having a gateway for introducing the material into an air flow channel, and with a diverter valve or an airlock directing separated grain and small plant material to the tank or outside of the harvester.

A containment panel liner for use with a containment panel of a threshing assembly of a farm combine is provided. The containment panel liner includes an inner surface and an outer surface opposing the inner surface. A first major edge connects the inner and outer surfaces. A second major edge opposes the first major edge and connects the inner and outer surfaces. A first minor edge connects the first major edge to the second major edge and connects the inner and outer surfaces. A second minor edge opposes the first minor edge and connects the first major edge to the second major edge and connects the inner and outer surfaces. Taken together, the inner and outer surfaces form an arcuate cross-sectional shape that approximates an arcuate cross-sectional shape of a containment panel.

A lid is supported so as to be open and close by swinging upward and downward about a swing axis that is not parallel with the screw axis of a bottom screw.

A lid is supported so as to be open and close by swinging upward and downward about a swing axis that is not parallel with the screw axis of a bottom screw.

A spreader of a combine for conveying crop residue rearwardly from a rotor assembly includes a frame coupled to the combine and has a top portion adapted to receive a portion of crop residue during a harvesting operation. An impellor includes one or more blades for rotatably conveying crop residue rearwardly, and an actuator is controllably moved between an extended position and a retracted position. The actuator is pivotally coupled to the combine. A linkage assembly is pivotally coupled to the actuator at one end and to the frame at another end. The spreader is disposable in a first position when the actuator is in the extended position, and the spreader is disposable in a second position when the actuator is in the retracted position. A movement from the extended position to the retracted position induces pivotal movement of the spreader from the first position to the second position.

A combine harvester is provided with left and right main frames that extend in the front-rear direction of a vehicle body, and a threshing device installed between the left and right main frames. The threshing device is provided with a threshing unit that performs a grain removal process, and a sorting unit that is provided below the threshing unit and performs a sorting process of sorting processed articles after the grain removal process has been performed by the threshing unit. A threshing frame included in the threshing unit is mounted on and supported by the left and right main frames, and a sorting unit frame included in the sorting unit is suspended from and supported by the left and right main frames.

A combine harvester is provided with left and right main frames that extend in the front-rear direction of a vehicle body, and a threshing device installed between the left and right main frames. The threshing device is provided with a threshing unit that performs a grain removal process, and a sorting unit that is provided below the threshing unit and performs a sorting process of sorting processed articles after the grain removal process has been performed by the threshing unit. A threshing frame included in the threshing unit is mounted on and supported by the left and right main frames, and a sorting unit frame included in the sorting unit is suspended from and supported by the left and right main frames.

A combine harvester is provided with: a threshing device that performs a threshing process of threshing a crop; a grain tank that stores grain obtained by the threshing process; a grain discharging device that discharges grain to be stored in the grain tank to the outside of the vehicle body; a travel driving device that drives travel of the vehicle body; and an engine that serves as a power source. The combine harvester includes a first relay shaft to which power is transmitted from an output shaft of the engine, and the power of the engine is transmitted from the first relay shaft to the grain discharging device and the travel driving device in a branched manner.