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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110237316 | CROP RESIDUE FLOW DISTRIBUTOR FOR AN AGRICULTURAL COMBINE An adjustable flow distributor for a spreader of an agricultural combine operable for discharging a flow of straw and other crop residue in a sideward direction for deposition over a field, the flow distributor including an edge portion oriented at an oblique angle to a... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110165922 | AIR CURTAIN DISCHARGE PROTECTION FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER A discharge system for an agricultural harvester is disclosed to provide an air curtain that shields straw, chaff and other crop residue from the wind. The system includes a blower adapted for mounting to an agricultural harvester and having an intake side and a dischar... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110130181 | REGULATOR OF RESIDUE FLOW FOR SPREADING DEVICES ON AGRICULTURAL COMBINES An agricultural combine having an adjustable spreader assembly is provided that includes a spreader with one or a pair of regulators. The spreader includes a discharge opening about its lateral side. The regulator is pivotably connected to the lateral side of the spread... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110093169 | Apparatus and Method for Automatically Controlling the Settings of an Adjustable Crop Residue Spreader of an Agricultural Combine An apparatus and method for automatically controlling the settings of an adjustable crop residue discharge system of an agricultural combine is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor, an actuator, and a controller. The sensor detects a position of a residue deflector... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110053667 | SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR MOVEABLE MEMBERS OF AN AGRICULTURAL COMBINE AND DEVICES THEREOF A support assembly for supporting a moveable member of an agricultural combine is provided. The support assembly includes a moveable member, such as a foldable chaff pan assembly for spreading chaff and other crop residue from the rear of an agricultural combine, a supp... | 03/03/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20100291982 | REMOTELY POSITIONABLE INTERRUPTION PLATE A remotely positionable interruption plate system for altering chop quality in a chopper assembly. The system includes a base and an interruption plate slidably mounted to the base. The interruption plate is arranged and disposed to selectively position the interruption... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20090253474 | Reflexing deflector-elements for automatically discarding, from a combine harvester, oversized wads of harvest residue A vertical spreader of a combine harvester has a reflexing deflector elements hingedly secured to a flow guide element, and the deflectors are reinforced by over-center linkage so as to automatically hinge in response to the positive pressure of an oversized wad of crop... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090088231 | Windrow forming construction A windrow forming construction mountable at the rear of a combine above the level of a spreader assembly, such construction extending rearwardly from the combine to beyond the rear extent of the spreader assembly footprint and laterally across the expanse of the spreade... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090005137 | Adjustable convergence panels for discharging residue from a combine harvester A convergence panel construction for an agricultural combine that permits a user to adjust or controllably vary to some extent, depending upon whether windrowing or swath spreading of crop residue is desired, lateral flow concentration or dispersion of the crop residue ... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080268927 | Apparatus and method for automatically setting operating parameters for a remotely adjustable spreader of an agricultural harvesting machine Apparatus and a method for automatically recognizing a header connected to a harvesting machine and setting operating and/or adjustment parameters of a spreader of the machine for use with the header. The apparatus includes a memory containing information representative... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080207288 | Adjustable axial rotor discharge deflector An adjustable deflector apparatus having a deflector plate for transitioning crop residue from the rotor of an axially arranged threshing system of a combine to a crop residue distribution system is disposed with the deflector plate pivotally mounted at approximately th... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080188275 | STRAW CHOPPER AND SPREADER FOR A COMBINE HARVESTER WITH IMPROVED FIN DESIGN A straw chopper is mounted at the rear hood of a combine harvester and includes a housing with a feed opening and a discharge opening and a rotor mounted in the housing comprising a hub with a plurality of blades mounted on the hub for chopping the fed materials and acc... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20070275775 | Flow distributor apparatus for controlling spread width of a straw spreader A flow distributor apparatus for a vertical spreader operable for discharging a flow of straw or other crop residue in a sideward direction over a field, the flow distributor apparatus including a flow guide element, an adjusting mechanism, and a coupling connector conn... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070111766 | Combine harvester having spreader for crop residues A spreader, connected to the rear end of a combine harvester, is disclosed for spreading the crop residues existing from a cutter incorporated in the combine harvester behind the spreader across a width that considerably exceeds the width of the combine harvester and th... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070037620 | Adjustable flow deflector apparatus for transitioning crop residue flow from an axially arranged threshing system to a residue distribution system of an agricultural combine Adjustable deflector apparatus for transitioning crop residue from an axially arranged threshing system of a combine to a crop residue distribution system is disposed in a position such that at least a portion of a crop residue flow from the threshing system will strike... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070015556 | Wide-spread impeller spreader for harvesting combine The present invention is for a chopper and wide-spread impeller spreader that feeds crop residue from the chopper into the spreader at a specific upward angle to more fully utilize the momentum the crop residue achieves in the chopper. The spreader incorporates air inta... | 01/18/2007 |
| 20060246965 | Deflector for grinding chaff in swath mode The invention concerns a combine harvester, with a separating mechanism from which a first crop stream can go optionally to a straw chopper in a chopping operating mode or bypass the straw chopper in a straw deposit mode and be placed as a swath on the ground of a field... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060189362 | Chopping and distributing device For operating a self propelling harvester provided with a cutterbar and a chopping and distributing device located in a discharge region and supplying a crop stream to at least one ejecting blower, a discharge direction of the crop stream from the ejecting blower is adj... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060183519 | Unitary pivoting spreader apparatus Spreader apparatus for a crop residue chopper of an agricultural harvesting machine or combine, mountable in a simple manner and quickly and precisely pivotable sidewardly, and optionally upwardly and downwardly, in a unitary manner, for adjusting or varying a direction... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20050277454 | Device and method for collecting chaff Chaff exiting a combine is collected by a device comprising a trough supported below the straw exit and chaff exit at the rear of a combine. Both straw and chaff are collected in the trough and mixed together by an auger in the trough which conveys the mixed straw and c... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050192070 | Releasable locking apparatus Locking apparatus adapted for releasably holding a first member, which can be, for instance, a relatively heavy member or device such as a crop residue spreader, in one or more predetermined positions relative to a second member, which can be, for instance, a fixed stru... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050124399 | Combine chaff discharger A chaff discharger (2) intended for a combine harvester (1) for discharge of chaff (5) from a sieving on the combine, is positioned downstream of the sieving unit and has least one radial fan wheel (7), which is rotationally mounted in a fan ... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050124400 | ROTARY ACCELERATING APPARATUS FOR A VERTICAL STRAW AND CHAFF SPREADER OF AN AGRICULTURAL COMBINE Rotary accelerating apparatus for a vertical crop residue spreader of an agricultural combine capable of receiving, combining and accelerating a relatively high velocity of voluminous flow of relatively heavy, bulky crop residue including straw and the like deflected do... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050003876 | Devices for regulating the processing of harvested crop An agricultural machine having at least one crop processing work unit, a plurality of crop transport units operatively assembled as a straw walker step, wherein the crop transport units convey crop streams in opposite directions and are spaced apart defining a crop thro... | 01/06/2005 |
