...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7690974 | Debris deflector between cab and header A debris deflector having a proximal end, a distal end, and opposed sides. The debris deflector uses a flexible connecting device for attaching the proximal end to a combine and a rigid connecting device for attaching the distal end to a header of the combine. The f... | 04/06/2010 |
| 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 |
| 6659859 | Shield for preventing the accumulation of crop particles on drive component housings of a self-propelled forage harvester A self-propelled forage harvester is equipped with a crop gathering device which transports crop material from the ground to feed rolls that position the crop for being chopped into small pieces by a chopper drum. To prevent pieces of crop material from a... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6036600 | Combine dust eliminator A combine dust eliminator attachable to the feeder housing of a John Deere carbine consists of an elongate dust eliminator housing having a pair of dust discharge chutes at either end. The dust discharge chutes are swingably mounted on the dust eliminator... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5895319 | Air intake system for an off-highway machine An off-highway machine such as an agriculture harvester has an enclosed cab and a pressurizing blower or fan assembly for developing a primary or rapidly moving flow of air theretoward and directing a pressurized stream of a away therefrom. An apparatus i... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5474498 | Combine harvester shielding A shielding system for the engine compartment of a combine harvester includes shields that are mounted around the engine coolant radiator to close openings around the radiator communicating between the engine compartment and outside ambient conditions. It... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5322472 | Combine harvester with dust collection A conventional header of a combine harvester includes a sickle knife and a table onto which the crop material is deposited by a reel. The crop material is transported toward the feeder housing of the combine harvester by an auger transportation system. At... | 06/21/1994 |