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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6152820 | Chopping device in a combine A combine includes a housing enclosing a rotary separator. The rotary separator's discharge area is built such that the quality of the chopped crops is improved and a continuous discharge of crops is guaranteed. Guiding devices in the area of the axial-fl... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6120373 | Chopper for breaking up stalks, chiefly straw The invention is directed to a chopper for breaking up stalks such as straw, being provided with a chopper housing in which a rotor equipped with cutting tools and a driver are housed, and which a knife beam with counter blades is positioned. The cutting ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6113491 | Rotary chopper for a harvester combine In a rotary chopper associated with a harvester combine and having a chopper rotor and counter-knives cooperating therewith in the housing of the rotary chopper, a fan is provided for supply of supplementary air at an excess pressure to the housing in ord... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5974776 | Chopper for harvesting machine A crop chopper for an agricultural machine has a rotor having a plurality of fingers displaceable on rotation of the rotor along the passage, and respective blades interleaved with the fingers and each having a front end pivoted about a horizontal axis an... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5944604 | Arrangement for preventing tilting of longitudinally displaceable machine subassemblies, in particular in chopper attachments of combine harvesters An arrangement for attaching a chopper to a combine harvester has two slide rails arrangeable on the combine harvester, a unit for suspending the chopper on the slide rails of the combine harvester, a unit for horizontally displacing the chopper and inclu... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5928080 | Device for chopping the stalks after the ears of corn have been cut off in a combine harvester The object of the invention is a straw-cutting machine which is positioned behind the grain separation devices of a combine harvester and whose separation organs chop the stalks falling from the straw walkers into short pieces. The aim of the invention is... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5928079 | Combine harvester A combine harvester has a mowing table, a feed conveyor for transporting a mowed product, a threshing mechanism located after the conveyor, and two separating devices located after the threshing mechanism in a product flow direction and each having a sepa... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5913724 | Combine harvester A combine harvester has a cutterbar, a feed conveyor for transporting a mowing product, a threshing mechanism arranged after the feed conveyor, a separating device arranged after the threshing mechanism and including a separating rotor provided with perip... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5890353 | Adjustable chopper shaft An adjustable chopper shaft is disclosed including a chopper shaft (14), a gear (18) concentrically mounted on the chopper shaft, the gear being accomodated in a gearbox (40). A setup (30, 32) for selectively allowing rotation of the chopper shaft relativ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5833533 | Harvester thresher A harvester thresher has a housing, a straw shaking means, a chopper drum arranged after the straw shaking means and provided with associated counter cutters for comminuting a threshed straw, a width distributing device arranged under the chopper drum for... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5769711 | Harvester thresher A harvester thresher has a threshing mechanism, a separating device operating in accordance with the principle of an axial flow and having a separating rotor provided with transporting elements and a housing surrounding the separating rotor, at least one ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5676598 | Beater for an agricultural machine The invention is directed to a beater for a combine having a hollow drum having a triangular cross section with first, second and third apexes that define the first, second and third wings of the beater. Identical first, second and third members are mount... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5569081 | Distributing device for chopper A distributing device for a chopper, in particular attachment chopper for harvester thresher, has several motor-adjustable guiding plates arranged in a deviating housing for guiding a chopped product, and a measuring device for determination of a wind dir... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5542883 | Straw spreading system The present invention provides an improved chopper for use with a harvester-thresher having a straw and chaff spreader for delivering a portion of the chopped straw rearwards to the ground and for delivering a portion of the chopped straw to a Kirby type ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5501635 | Combine with strain chopper The combine has a straw chopper (2), to the rear of a threshing and separator apparatus (1); the straw chopper can be shifted on the straw hood (3) via a movement device (4) into a working position (A) and a nonworking position. For this purpose, this str... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5482508 | Apparatus for chopping and discharging straw from a combine harvester A chopper and discharge apparatus includes a stationary housing for attachment to the rear discharge of a combine harvester so that straw is fed from the combine into an inlet of the housing and is discharged from an outlet of the housing. Within the hous... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5232405 | Apparatus for chopping and discharging straw from a combine harvester A straw and chaff chopping and discharge arrangement is attached to a rear discharge opening of a combine harvester. The discharge apparatus includes a horizontal hub member transverse to the combine and carrying upon it a plurality of blade members arran... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5103624 | Method and means for sweeping stalks from furrows onto ridges and shredding same A three-point hitch furrow sweep and trash shredder are positioned with the furrow sweep being centered over the furrows for moving stalks onto the ridges where they are acted upon by the shredders. The shredders include a rotor in a housing having a plur... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5042973 | Straw cutter A straw cutter for a combine has a rotatable rotor (11), counterknives (13) and knife arms (12) which pass between the counterknives. To increase the blowr action of the rotor and to thereby improve the distribution of disintegrated straw, the knife arms ... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5021030 | Straw spreader for a combine harvester and method of spreading A straw spreader for the rear straw discharge of a combine comprises a frame mounted on ground wheels together with a pair of hitch arms which extend forwardly from the frame on either side of the rear portion of the combine for attachment to the combine ... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5021028 | Harvester thresher with chopper A harvester thresher has a housing, several straw shakers located after the threshing device having a discharge end, a threshing and separating device having two lateral product outlet openings, a chopper having two opposite ends, and passages each connec... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4923431 | Chaff spreader A chaff spreader for attachment to a combine includes a pair of spaced circular mounting rings, each having a fan rotatably mounted therein. An elongated drive shaft extends between the fans and is connected to a belt and pulled drive system for rotating ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4913679 | Device for combine harvesters equipped with a rotary straw chopper A device for combine harvesters (11) equipped with impact straw cutters (16) of the kind equipped with a cleaning device (13) for separation of chaff from the grain and which rotary chopper is connected to the straw outlet (17) of the combine harvester, w... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4892504 | Straw chopper and spreader assembly A straw chopper and spreader assembly for receiving straw from a threshing machine, has a casing enclosing a pair of contra-rotatable flail assemblies. The flails are mounted in different horizontal planes and have blades which overlap so as to shear and ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4735216 | Straw chopper and spreader assembly A straw chopper and spreader assembly for receiving straw from a threshing machine, has a casing enclosing a pair of contra-rotatable flail assemblies. The flails are mounted in different horizontal planes and have blades which overlap so as to shear and ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4669489 | Straw chopper mounting for a combine The rear mounted straw chopper of a combine harvester receives the straw discharge from the straw walkers of the combine and discharges chopped straw rearwardly. The chopper is slidably supported on a pair of spaced apart, longitudinally oriented guide ra... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4646757 | Harvester-thresher In a combine harvester which conveys the straw which has been separated from grain to the rear outlet by means of a shaker, and wherein grain which is still present is fed to a sieve box, the straw is supplied to cutter means for comminuting purposes, sai... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4637406 | Chaff and straw spreading attachment for combines The discharge hood of an agricultural combine has a housing suspended from the bottom thereof in disposition for receiving straw from straw walkers of the combine into a rotary chopper which impacts the straw and propels it rearwardly out through a spread... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4617942 | Chaff spreading apparatus A chaff spreading apparatus is adapted to be functionally mounted to conventional combine threshing machines in a manner to perform a secondary chopping and spreading of straw and chaff exiting the rear of the threshing machine that somehow bypass the thr... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4614197 | Chaff spreading arrangement for a combine In a combine harvester, the chaff discharged from the cleaning shoe is funneled towards the downwardly directed inlet of a pneumatic conveyor and transferred, by the conveyor, to the inlet of a rear mounted straw chopper. In this way, the relatively light... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4612941 | Combine harvester straw chopper stationary knife adjustment In the straw chopper of a combine harvester, an array of stationary knives may be adjusted generally radially into greater or lesser intermeshing engagement with blades of the chopper rotor. Guide and mounting means ensure that the relative angularity bet... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4532941 | Discharge control attachment for a combine harvester An attachment for a combine comprising a base plate and two side plates together with mounting brackets whereby the assembly can be attached to the straw chopper and discharge of a combine with the plate inclined to the ground so that straw from the chopp... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4526180 | Straw chopper and spreader assembly A straw chopper and spreader assembly for receiving straw from a threshing machine, has a casing enclosing a pair of contra-rotatable flail assemblies. The flails are mounted in different horizontal planes and have blades which overlap so as to shear and ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4510948 | Discharge assist means for combine harvesters A combine harvester having a rotary separating mechanism operable to separate grain from crop material and to propel straw in a desired path for discharge from the machine through a discharge opening is disclosed wherein a rotary straw discharge assist be... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510947 | Combine harvester straw hood A combine harvester having a rotary perforated air screen and a device operable to suck air inwardly through the air screen is disclosed wherein the rotary air screen is mounted adjacent a generally horizontal surface of the machine and is provided with a... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4489734 | Straw discharge deflectors for combine harvesters A combine harvester having a main frame, rotary separating mechanism mounted on the frame transversely of the machine and operable to subject crop material to a separating action while moving it spirally therearound to respective ends of the separating me... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4484587 | Axial-flow thresher-separator unit for combine harvesters The thresher-separator unit has a cutter unit at its discharge end including a cutter member carried at the discharge end of the thresher-separator cylinder and provided with at least one radial bracket with a series of blade sections. The cutter unit fur... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4342319 | Combined chopper and impeller for an axial flow combine An axial flow combine with a transverse rotor (18) employs a combined impeller and chopper (66) having knives which strip crop material from a rotor discharge paddle impeller (34), chop it in cooperation with selectively retractible blades (96) and throw ... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4137923 | Chaff spreading attachment for harvesters A chaff spreading attachment that is mountable adjacent the chaff discharge of a harvester, wherein the chaff discharge is located elevationally below and forward of a straw or stalk discharge. The chaff spreading attachment is utilized to create transver... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4056107 | Crop residue deflector means A deflector panel is pivotally mounted within the straw hood of a combine and is disposable between a first position wherein residue material emanating from the combine is deflected into a straw chopper and a second position wherein the emanating material... | 11/01/1977 |
