(under subclass 59) Subject matter including a drum, or rotor, or cylinder having protruding fingers or similar elements which is usually mounted behind and acting in cooperation with the threshing cylinder.
(1) Note. The device prevents wrapping of the crop material about the threshing cylinder and thereby feeds the material downstream.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
113, for beater, per se
142, for drum and beater.
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56, Harvesters,
13.2, which includes means to beat the vegetation and which usually comprises a rotating shaft having bristles or loosely-mounted flail elements. 99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus,
595, in which the device includes means to feed the food material past the separating means; subclasses 609+ which includes dynamic means to move or to control movement of grain to or from the hulling zone.
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,
278, and 283 in which the sifters include rotating agitators; subclass 299 which includes means to beat the material.
