(2) self feeding type thresher(head-feeding type thresher) self-feeding type thresher is used for the paddy reaped by binders and dried in the field. Dried bundles of paddy are gathered about machine and are supplied to feed-chain at intervals of 2-3 seconds by hand operation. Subsequently, they are clamped by the feed chain and automatically carried to the threshing unit and only the heads of the crops are threshed.
After the threshing is over in the threshing chamber, the straws are discharged out of machine by a straw conveying belt. Some of thresher have a straw cutter or a straw binder.