Harvesting machine with side access openings and cover panels
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1. A harvesting machine comprising:
- a pair of side sheets;
an elongated crop processing unit extending in a fore and aft axial direction between the side sheets and being mounted thereto, the crop processing unit including a housing with a rotor therein to process crop material passing between the housing and the rotor, a lower portion of the housing having openings therein for grain to pass through out of the housing;
a cleaning system between the side sheets and below the housing for receiving and cleaning grain falling from the housing;
one side sheet having an opening therein above the cleaning system to provide access to the housing; and
at least one cover panel removable mounted to and extending from a lower edge of the opening in the side sheet to the housing at a location above the openings in the lower portion of the housing to close the opening.
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A harvesting machine having a rotary crop processing unit supported between a pair of spaced side sheets with openings for access to the crop processing unit and a cleaning system therebelow. Molded plastic cover panels extend from the lower edge of the access openings on the side sheet to the crop processing unit to close the access openings. Multiple cover panels are used in each opening to minimize the size of each cover panel for ease in handling and the cover panels are retained by hand manipulated pins or fasteners to remove and install the panels without the use of tools.
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19 Claims
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1. A harvesting machine comprising:
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a pair of side sheets;
an elongated crop processing unit extending in a fore and aft axial direction between the side sheets and being mounted thereto, the crop processing unit including a housing with a rotor therein to process crop material passing between the housing and the rotor, a lower portion of the housing having openings therein for grain to pass through out of the housing;
a cleaning system between the side sheets and below the housing for receiving and cleaning grain falling from the housing;
one side sheet having an opening therein above the cleaning system to provide access to the housing; and
at least one cover panel removable mounted to and extending from a lower edge of the opening in the side sheet to the housing at a location above the openings in the lower portion of the housing to close the opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A harvesting machine comprising:
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a pair of side sheets;
an elongated crop processing unit extending in a fore and aft axial direction between the side sheets and being mounted thereto, the crop processing unit including a housing with a rotor therein to process crop material passing between the housing and the rotor, a lower portion of the housing having openings therein for grain to pass through out of the housing;
a cleaning system between the side sheets and below the housing for receiving and cleaning grain falling from the housing;
one side sheet having an opening therein above the cleaning system to provide access to the lower portion of the housing; and
multiple cover panels removably mounted in the opening to close the opening to prevent access to the lower portion of the housing and the cleaning system, the multiple panels extending from a lower edge of the opening in the side sheet to the housing at a location above the openings in the lower portion of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A harvesting machine comprising:
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a pair of side sheets;
an elongated crop processing unit extending in a fore and aft axial direction between the side sheets and mounted thereto, the crop processing unit including a rotor housing with a rotor therein to process crop material passing between the housing and the rotor, the housing having threshing section and a separating section rearward of the threshing section;
the housing being mounted to the side sheets through a front bulkhead at a forward end of the threshing section, an intermediate bulkhead between the threshing and separating sections and a rear bulkhead rearward of the separating section;
a cleaning system between the side sheets and below the housing for receiving and cleaning grain falling from the housing;
the side sheets having an access opening to the threshing section of the housing extending between the front and intermediate bulkheads and an access opening to the separating section extending between the intermediate and rear bulkheads; and
multiple cover panels removably mounted in the access openings to close the openings and prevent access to the crop processing unit therethrough, the multiple cover panels extending from a lower edge of the opening in the side sheet to the housing at a location above the openings in the lower portion of the housing.
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