PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a combined harvester and thresher which can perform maintenance work without mounting and dismounting a cover member.SOLUTION: The combined harvester and thresher forms: a surrounding space A2 surrounding a longitudinal feeding screw conveyor 135 by coming a leading end part of a first cover member 145 and the leading end part of a second cover member 153 close to each other when a stalk shredding device 8 is in a normal attitude； and a communicating space communicating to the longitudinal feeding screw conveyor 135 from between a threshing device 6 and the stalk shredding device 8 when the stalk shredding device 8 is in a maintenance attitude.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】カバー部材の取り付けや取り外しを行うことなくメンテナンス作業を行うことができるコンバインを提供する。【解決手段】茎稈細断装置８が通常姿勢であるときに、第１カバー部材１４５の先端部と第２カバー部材１５３の先端部とが近接して、縦送りスクリューコンベヤ１３５を囲む囲繞空間Ａ２を形成するとともに、茎稈細断装置８がメンテナンス姿勢であるときに、脱穀装置６と茎稈細断装置８との間から縦送りスクリューコンベヤ１３５に連通する連通空間を形成する。【選択図】図１３
