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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110034222 | CORN COB CLEANING CONVEYOR SYSTEM The cob cleaning conveyor system provides a capability for positively removing or cleaning lighter crop residue from a flow of cobs. The system can be incorporated with a cob collection device, such as on a trailer, and can be adjustable in several ways for accommodatin... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030979 | Apparatus For Providing Support Of A Cantilevered Component Mounted To A Rigid Frame An apparatus for reducing the stresses placed on a cantilevered component mounted to a rigid frame includes cushioned bushings coupling the cantilevered component to a rigid frame. As the cantilevered component is loaded due to bending moments, the cushioned bushings fl... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029205 | Positive Open Grain Saving Unloading System An unloading system for an agricultural harvesting machine for reducing grain loss by detaining a grain saver door after movement to a fully open position during the unloading process, and by rapidly returning the door to a closed position with sufficient force for urgi... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028193 | SPREADER DISK ASSEMBLY CONVERTIBLE FOR WINDROWING A spreader disk assembly for spreading crop residue such as straw discharged from an agricultural harvesting machine, and more particularly, which has a bat support mechanism that enables the bats to be quickly and easily hingedly or pivotally convertible from a deploye... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110011259 | Cleaning of an air filter screen of an agricultural vehicle A method and apparatus are disclosed for unblocking a perforated rotary filter screen. In the invention, at least one jet of high pressure air is directed at a surface of the filter screen as the filter screen is rotated and the or each jet of air is moved in a directio... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110005440 | Apparatus With Double-Shoot Single Pass Implement A planting unit for depositing fertilizer and seed in a single pass, double shoot manner includes a rotating disc that cuts a furrow in a planting surface and a trailing seed boot, having a cutting edge, that cuts a vertically and horizontally offset trench in the furro... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100331128 | Detachable Hub And Sprocket For Use With A Mechanical Drive Transmission Of An Agricultural Implement A sprocket and hub assembly for use with a mechanical drive assembly of an agricultural implement includes a generally flat disc having an outer edge and a generally center mount portion. A series of teeth are radially defined around the outer edge of the disc. The asse... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100327144 | Agricultural Implement Having Apparatus For Stowing PTO Driveline Shaft When The PTO Driveline Shaft Is Not In Use A power take off (PTO) driveline shaft of an agricultural implement may be securely stowed when not in use using a PTO driveline storage device. The storage device is pivotably mounted to the frame of the agricultural implement, such as the hitch, and may be rotated fro... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100326339 | Inductor Assembly For A Product Conveyance System An inductor assembly is configured to be attached in flow communication to receive a flow of product from a storage hopper of a product conveyance system. The product conveyance system includes a forced fluid source mounted thereon and operable to provide a forced fluid... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100326294 | BELT ROUTING IN A ROUND BALER An improved mechanism for directing movement of a plurality of side-by-side belts in a round baler wherein a bale chamber is optimally configured for bale core formation thereby reducing the need for an aggressive surface on the belts to initiate rotation of the incomin... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100324778 | Off-Road Vehicle with Redundant Non-Contact Multi-Revolution Angle Sensor An off-road work vehicle has a steer-by-wire steering system having a device for determining the angular displacement of a steering wheel. The device has a cam configured to rotate about an axis at an identical angular speed as the steering wheel, a first sensor proxima... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100313800 | Air/Product Flow Splitting Apparatus For Use With Product Distribution System Of An Agricultural Seeding Machine A splitter divides an air/product mixture flow, delivered thereto in an air-powered distribution line, between a primary and a secondary distribution channel, which may be flow-coupled to a product hopper or a hose flow-coupled to another product hopper or another split... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100307398 | Method And Apparatus For Regulating Air Flow Through Supply Conduits Through Which Product Entrained In An Air Flow Is Provided To Multiple On-Row Product Containers Of An Agricultural Implement The present invention provides a method and apparatus to improve seed distribution to a plurality of seed or row units of an agricultural planter. Each row unit is fitted with a seed box having an air/seed inlet and an air outlet through which air is allowed to escape. ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100307219 | METHOD TO CALIBRATE A FLOW BALANCE VALVE ON A WINDROWER DRAPER HEADER A simplified method for calibrating a variable-displacement hydraulic PTO system on an agricultural windrower when powering a header wherein the variable-displacement pump is operated at maximum flow capacity while the engine is operated at a pre-determined speed and a ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100299029 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF A LARGE BALE LOADING APPARATUS A control system for managing rotation of a bale loading arm in a bale loader in which a pair of sensors combined with a purposefully designed sensor target enable loading arm position to be efficiently derived by a controller in order to direct the actuator movements b... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100293935 | HYDROSTATIC GROUND DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A WORK MACHINE WITH SMOOTH TRANSITION BETWEEN SPEED RANGES The control system allows selecting from multiple speed ranges for the ground drive of a work machine without a mechanical transmission. The system does this by controlling a variable displacement fluid pump supplying fluid to variable displacement fluid motors driving ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100291981 | CORN COB CLEANING SYSTEM A cleaning system for corn cobs incorporating a conveyor system providing a capability for positively removing or cleaning other crop residue from the cobs, which is adapted to be towed by a harvester; to be incorporated with a cob collecting device; and which can be ad... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100291980 | CORN COB CONVEYOR SYSTEM WITH POSITIVE DE-HUSKING CAPABILITY A conveyor system for receiving corn cobs with husks still attached thereto after harvesting of the corn from the cobs, and detaching the husks from the cobs, including a conveyor inclined at an angle of at least about 30 degrees and bounding a passage for receiving a f... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100290879 | UNLOADER SYSTEM WITH CAM OPERATED RAISE SYSTEM The unloader system has a conveyor and a raise system having an elongate support element including a flexible first end portion and an opposite second end, the first end portion being connected to a support structure at a location higher than a first end of the conveyor... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100290878 | Bulk Materials Cart Having Dual Unload Capability The bulk materials cart has a dual unload system including at least two inclined belt conveyors bounding an enclosed cavity. A first belt conveyor is operable for conveying bulk materials from the cavity to an unloading conveyor extendable from that side of the cart. A ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100275566 | DEVICE FOR SORTING A HARVESTED STREAM OF FRUIT IN BUNCHES AND SEPARATION SYSTEM FURTHER INTEGRATING A DESTEMMING DEVICE The invention relates a device (1) for sorting a harvested stream of fruit in bunches, said device being intended to be mounted in a harvesting machine. The sorting device comprises at least two transverse sorter bars (3) driven with a cyclic relative move... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100274452 | GRAIN TRANSFER CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD A grain transfer control system, and method of use thereof, for automatedly controlling the transfer of grain from a mobile transferor-type vehicle, such as a combine harvester, to a mobile transferee-type vehicle, such as a crop transport, by varying the position and s... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100267433 | CONCAVE ADJUST ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A TORSION AXLE FOR DAMPING CROP THRESHING IMPULSE LOADS The concave adjust assembly uses a torsion axle connecting a drive to a concave. The torsion axle includes an inner element having an angular sectional shape, a tubular outer element disposed about the inner element and having a larger angular sectional shape oriented s... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100267432 | AGRICULTURAL COMBINE WITH ON-BOARD BALER AND DUST SUPPRESSION CAPABILITY A self-propelled agricultural combine having a capability for baling crop residue produced by operation of the combine, including chaff from the cleaning system. The combine can also incorporate a dust suppression capability. The crop residue produced by threshing is in... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100266377 | GRAIN UNLOADING CONVEYOR WITH DIRECTABLE SPOUT AND CLOSURE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM An unloading conveyor apparatus and system for an agricultural harvester including a spout controllably directable for enabling distributing grain in a desired manner within a region of a receiving storage container, or a transporting truck, wagon, or other vehicle, and... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100262342 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING POINT ROWS FOR QUADRILATERAL FIELDS USING AUTOGUIDANCE A method for generating a swath pattern avoiding point rows for a work vehicle to be driven in a region of a field, which region can be described as having a first side boundary and an opposite second side boundary extending divergently between a first and an opposite s... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100229520 | Rotor tine and rotary element configuration for crop residue treatment systems A rotor tine construction for a rotary element of a crop residue treatment system for effecting improved transport of crop residue along a material flow path and, if a counter knife assembly is spaced from the rotary element across the material flow path, for also effec... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100224085 | HYDRAULICALLY OR MANUALLY CONTROLLED SIDE TENSION RAILS TO CONTROL BALE LENGTH VARIATION IN A 14" X 18" SQUARE BALE CHAMBER An improved mechanism for controlling the pressure applied by the side walls of a square bale chamber comprising two independently positionable opposing pairs of bale tension rails, each pair perpendicularly arranged with respect to each other, whereby a uniform pressur... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100223899 | METHOD FOR ELIMINATING LEAF STALKS A HARVESTED CROP FLOW The invention relates to a method of eliminating leaf stalks (P) from a harvested stream in a machine for harvesting fruit berries (G), said method successively comprising the steps of feeding the harvested stream to a sorting device through which a stream portion compr... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100219264 | SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENT FOR A BOOM LIFT ASSEMBLY OF AN AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER A suspension arrangement mounted in support of a boom lift assembly and boom supported thereon on a chassis of an agricultural sprayer is provided. The boom lift assembly is configured to move the boom between a raised, inoperative position and a lowered, operative posi... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100219009 | Agricultural Vehicle Suspension An agricultural vehicle having a hydraulic system, a cab for the vehicle operator includes a self-levelling cab suspension system having a plurality of suspension units each having a spring, a damper and an accumulator. The accumulator comprises a hydraulic working cham... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100216595 | System and Method for Controlling the Torque Transferable by a Mechanical Drive Employing an Oil-Bath Clutch A system and method for controlling the torque transferable by a mechanical drive between an engine and a shaft of a vehicle includes a first actuator which acts on a variable-speed drive, a second actuator which acts on a clutch to determine the degree of engagement/re... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100212276 | AUTOMATIC LATERAL TILT CONTROL OF A HEADER IN STUBBLE HEIGHT MODE USING MACHINE LEVEL SENSOR A system and method for controlling the lateral tilt of a header of an agricultural plant cutting machine, such as, but not limited to, a combine, windrower or the like, and more particularly, to an automatic lateral tilt control system for precisely controlling an angl... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100205953 | Case Drain Line Pressure Switch With Automatic Fan Drive Motor Shutdown A case drain circuit particularly well suited for use with a bulk fill subassembly or a vacuum fan assembly of an agricultural implement towed by a tractor or similar vehicle includes a pressure switch that may cause illumination of an in-cab warning light and/or soundi... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100205923 | Forage harvester having a blower The invention relates to a forage harvester having a header for harvesting crop from a field, a chopper for comminuting the crop harvested by the header, a spout from which the chopped crop is discharged and a rotary blower (10) for propelling the chopped crop fr... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100200256 | Marker Assembly Having Spring Linkage To Limit Momentum In Marker Assembly During Marker Assembly Deployment A marker assembly includes a first linkage section interconnected to a second linkage section by a pivoting joint. The pivoting joint also includes a spring linkage that limits momentum in the second linkage section before a marking disc carried by the second linkage se... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100200254 | Marker Assembly Having Rigid Link And Cam Assembly A marker assembly mountable to an agricultural implement includes a set of interconnected frame sections that can be pivoted with respect to one another to retract the marker assembly for transport and/or storage. The marker assembly has a support wheel that supports th... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100200253 | Marker Assembly Having Caster Wheel A marker assembly for use with an agricultural implement includes a marker wheel that may caster as needed to reduce loading of the marker assembly during deployment of the marker assembly, in response to variations in surface contour, and in response to changes in trav... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100200252 | Marker Assembly Having Breakaway Feature An agricultural implement has a marker assembly that is pivotable in a generally rearward direction when the marker assembly collides with a relatively massive field obstruction. The interconnection of the marker assembly to a central frame of the implement allows the a... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100179716 | Method for Creating Spiral Swath Patterns for Convex Polygon Shaped Field Boundaries A computationally efficient method for generating a spiral swath pattern for a region of a field bounded by a convex polygon, the method automatically generating curved portions for the swath pattern having radii of curvature greater than a minimum turning radius based ... | 07/15/2010 |
