STRAW CHOPPER WITH FAN HAVING ENHANCED AIR FLOW IN AN AGRICULTURAL COMBINE

A straw chopper for an agricultural harvesting unit includes a housing, and a rotor carried by the housing. The rotor includes a center chopping section a nd a pair of fans respectively positioned at longitudinally outboard ends of the cente r chopping section. Each fan includes a hub rotatable in a...

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Hauptverfasser: DOW, CHAD ALLEN, PEARSON, MARK LEONARD
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Zusammenfassung:A straw chopper for an agricultural harvesting unit includes a housing, and a rotor carried by the housing. The rotor includes a center chopping section a nd a pair of fans respectively positioned at longitudinally outboard ends of the cente r chopping section. Each fan includes a hub rotatable in a direction of rotation, and a plurality of fan blades connected with the hub at a plurality of angularly spaced locatio ns about the hub. Each fan blade has a generally U-shaped portion with a rear wall an d a pair of side walls extending from the rear wall in the direction of rotation.