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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118652 | Beater and feed mechanism for a combine harvester A beater (17) for use in a combine harvester in which harvested crop is fed as a number of separate streams towards a threshing and/or separating rotor (21) which rotates within a housing (20) about an axis disposed generally longitudinally rela... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7051505 | Tomato harvester A new and more efficient tomato harvesting machine is capable of simultaneously severing up to three (3) rows of tomato vines or other similar crops. The harvesting machine comprises pick up means adjacent to the forward end of the machine for picking up and severin... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6979261 | Dust reducing airflow diverter for combine An agricultural combine for harvesting, threshing and separating an agricultural crop includes a processing assembly. A conveying mechanism moves harvested crop material to the crop processing assembly. A rotating member feeds crop material from the conveying mechan... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6959527 | Process and device of relative positioning between agricultural machines and crops on their planting rows A method of relative positioning between agricultural machines and crops on their planting rows having the steps which are performed in real time and during a harvest work and include determining a positioning of each tree top on a trees row, a machine rotor column ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6958012 | Threshing machinery concave arrangements A concave arrangement is disclosed for a threshing machine such as a combine harvester 10. The arrangement includes a concave 30 having a moveable rear portion 48 that is adapted to vary the break-over angle presented to straw passing downstream... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6901731 | Automatically adjusting shaker head harvester with steering correction and improved shaker head mounting A harvester incorporating at least one force balanced shaker vibratory brush as the harvesting apparatus uses a sensing system connected to spring feelers to generate a signal responsive to the location, shape and position of a tree. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6572035 | Rotary accelerating apparatus for a crop residue spreader of an agricultural combine Rotary accelerating apparatus for a crop residue spreader of an agricultural combine, including blades mounted to a rotatable hub for rotation therewith, each of the blades having a surface oriented to face in the direction of rotation, the surface having... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6551186 | Beater for a combine harvester The rotary beater has a number of untwisted, flat, feeding plate segments angularly disposed about its periphery. The plates are arranged in a left-hand group and a right-hand group so oriented that they converge the crop material centrally as they feed a... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6503143 | Agricultural beater having replaceable blades A beater for an agricultural combine comprises an open rotor frame mounted on a drive shaft. The open frame defines a cylindrical periphery to which are mounted transversely extending mounting plates. Adjacent mounting plates define mounting channels. Rep... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6190253 | Straw walkers having a supplemental rotary separator Conventional agricultural combines are equipped with straw walkers for separating grain entrapped in the threshed crop mat. A rotary separator having two transverse rotors arranged one behind the other is positioned above the straw walkers. The rotors can... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6036599 | Crop processing arrangement A crop processing arrangement (28) is proposed with a cylindrical rotor housing (42), an eccentric axle (44) rotatively supported in bearings therein and tines (46) rotatively supported in bearings on the eccentric axle (44). The transverse inclination of... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6012276 | Cane separator for dried-on-the-vine raisin harvester A harvester (10) includes a separator (22) to help separate unwanted plant material from a crop. Separator (22) includes a series of paddles (46) which are rotated in unison by a drive system (50). The crop, which will often comprise a vine or tree crop, ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5976012 | Feeder means for a forage harvester A forage harvester is provided with a front unit, comprising a rotatable cutterhead to which crop material is fed by feeding apparatus comprising stationary lower feedrolls and movable upper feedrolls. The upper feedrolls are suspended from the feeder fra... | 11/02/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5908352 | Adjustable four-weight shaker head The invention provides a harvesting shaker with a set of primary eccentric weights and secondary eccentric weights. The invention rotates the primary and secondary eccentric weights at the same speed, but may on the fly, using a hydraulic rotary actuator,... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5895320 | Defoliating flail A polyurethane sugar beet flail including one or more tapered arms which radiate from a hub that contains a hardened support bearing. One multi-arm flail includes a support hub containing a bored nylon bearing having a pair of co-planar arms which radiate... | 04/20/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5862656 | Forage harvester and method of operating the same In a forage harvester having a mechanically driven front attachment and hydrostatically driven compression rollers, the front attachment can be disconnected from its mechanical drive and instead connected with a hydrostatic drive of the compression roller... | 01/26/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5813910 | Adjustable four-weight shaker head The invention provides a shaker with a set of primary eccentric weights and secondary eccentric weights. The invention rotates the primary and secondary eccentric weights at the same speed, but may on the fly change the rotational phase between the primar... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5775991 | Hour glass shape discharge beater A straw discharge assembly allows the beater to reach further towards the rotational axis of the threshing rotor, thus enabling it to remove a greater percentage of the straw which otherwise collects on the housing frame members. The beater has a barrel-s... | 07/07/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5733192 | Beater bar assembly for threshing machine A beater bar assembly for use in a threshing machine. The beater bar assembly is formed of a chute assembly and interfitting, horizontally oriented, rotating cylindrical drum having a plurality of extending teeth forming racks of combs. The chute assembly... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5685773 | Adjustable four-weight shaker head The invention provides a shaker with a set of primary eccentric weights and secondary eccentric weights. The invention rotates the primary and secondary eccentric weights at the same speed, but may on the fly change the rotational phase between the primar... | 11/11/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5666796 | Beater rod assembly and method for a mobile harvesting machine A beater rod assembly for a crop harvesting machine where the beater rods rotate into and out of a crop row as the harvesting machine moves along the crop row. Each beater rod comprises an elongate fiberglass core surrounded by polyethylene sheath that ex... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5661961 | Crop processor for round hay balers A crop processor for attachment to a round hay baler for cutting, chopping and shredding various crops, especially hay and all types of crops with stems or stalks extending above ground with the cut, chopped or shredded crop being discharged into a round ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5495796 | Apparatus for despining cactus Spiny pads are centrifugally propelled in a spiralling-outward pathway by a plurality of fingers that swing around a cylindrical chamber from a concentric shaft. The interior surface of the chamber is partially lined with spine shearers such as a rasp, so... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5453051 | Corn cob mill An apparatus for forming a forage mixture of corn kernels and cobs in a field of high-moisture corn includes a separating cylinder and beaters, grids through which cracked and crushed corn material may pass, a roller mill for forming this material into pa... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5395287 | Multi-profile transition element A camming member is used to adjust two beater grates. The camming member has two circular camming discs. The first camming disc engages an oval aperture on the first beater grate. The second camming disc engages a U-shaped slot on the second beater grate.... | 03/07/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5096499 | Slitting apparatus for sugarcane rind A sugarcane rind-slitting apparatus of the type having a pair of counter-rotatable cylindrical members with a multiplicity of intermeshing annular projections. The apparatus includes disks on each cylindrical member, each disk having axially-recessed side... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5045025 | Co-rotational axial flow combine A combine for cutting and threshing grain has an axial flow threshing drum. A feeder head mounts to the forward end of the threshing drum. Impellers on the feeder head push grain into the threshing drum housing and also provide threshing. Rasp bars on the... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4739773 | Feeding arrangement for an axial flow rotary separator In a combine harvester having a twin rotor axial flow rotary separator with side-by-side separator portions downstream of a conventional threshing cylinder and concave, crop material is guided by an overhead beater and guide plate into the overhead triang... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4535787 | Axial flow combine A combine for harvesting and threshing grain has features to prevent grain and time wastage even if the combine is tilted sideways, and other features to simplify the threshing equipment. The combine has a sieve housing that is mounted on rollers to the f... | 08/20/1985 |
| 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 |
