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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142266 | Threshing system including threshing elements having openings for grain passage A threshing system for an agricultural harvester including a plurality of threshing elements supported on a rotor at spaced intervals in a generally helical pattern about an outer surface of the rotor, each threshing element including a set of discrete threshing bar... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8079899 | Mounting component for securing a crop handling element to a separator rotor A mounting component for securing a crop handling element to a separator rotor is embodied as a profile-section component, with side walls facing toward one another and extending in some portions in the circumferential direction of the separator rotor; for securing ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075377 | Rear rotor cone The invention provides an improved threshing and separating mechanism and method for a combine. The mechanism includes an elongated rotor mounted for rotation about a rotor axis within a rotor housing on the combine. The rotor has a threshing portion and a separatin... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7632180 | Method of making a rotor for a threshing system of an agricultural combine A method of making a rotor for a threshing system of an agricultural combine, the rotor including a main body segment made from a sheet formed into a tube and including specially shaped interlocking edges forming a serpentine joint routed locations where threshing e... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7632181 | Harvested crop processing unit with number of circulation circuits depending on throughput A harvested crop processing unit with a rotor and a rotor housing enclosing the rotor, that includes a cover element under which a first group of helically shaped guide rails and a second group of helically shaped guide rails are attached, where the guide rails of t... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7297051 | Clean grain and tailings conveying system for an agricultural combine A clean grain and tailings conveying system for an agricultural combine, including a pan fixedly mounted beneath a lowermost sieve of a cleaning system. The pan includes a tailings receiving portion disposed below a peripheral edge portion of the sieve, for receivin... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7252587 | Crop processing device with relief system A crop processing device includes a rotor with crop engaging means, a sheet partly surrounding the rotor, whereas the sheet is circumferentially moveable with respect to the rotor, and a control providing resistance to circumferential movement of the sheet. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7223167 | Anti-wind wiper with adjustable extension An anti-wind wiper including an extension adjustably mountable in a desired spaced relation and angular orientation relative to a leading edge of a flight of a front rotor inlet section of a combine, for interaction with the flight during rotation of the rotor, for ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7186179 | 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 st... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7166026 | Stepped grate for an agricultural combine A grate for an agricultural combine includes curved grate segments, each of which include mounting holes in at least one end segment. To provide a threshing grate, the end segments of the grate segments are offset to provide a “step”, or discontinuity in the rad... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7140961 | Combine harvester A combine harvester with a rotor housing which is positioned in a lengthwise direction and with an inclined angle towards the horizontal line inside of the combine. To arrange the rotor housing in a favorable way inside of the combine harvester, it is suggested to u... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7074126 | Discharge device for a harvesting machine A crop discharge device for discharging crop from a harvesting machine, comprising a rotatatable rotor mounted in a housing having a movable a bottom. The bottom can be put into a reciprocating motion in order to convey the crop to be discharged to the crop discharg... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070498 | Frusto-conical drum infeed and threshing region for a combine rotor A rotor, in an agricultural harvester crop processing unit, comprising a drum to which crop processing elements for an infeed section and a threshing section are affixed. The drum comprises a rearward cylindrical portion and a forwardly extending frusto-conical port... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063613 | Combine with straw chopper A combine comprising an axial separator having an outlet for directing crop material to a rotatively driven discharge beater. The discharge beater is adjacent to the outlet of the axial separator and is aligned to propel crop material discharged from the axial separ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059960 | Composite threshing element for a combine rotor A composite threshing element, for a rotor in an agricultural harvester crop processing unit, comprising a hollow support structure with at least one outwardly extending crop engaging portion, and a forwardly extending infeed element attachment feature. The rotor co... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7028457 | Threshing plate for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine A threshing plate installable in a housing of a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine for causing threshing of a flow of tailings propelled through the housing by rotation of an impeller therein. The threshing plate can include a threshing surface having a wi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022013 | Axial flow combine harvester with adaptable separating unit An axial flow combine harvester comprises a rotor having a separator section which can be adapted to suit different crops. Within the separator section staggered crop engaging elements are spaced from one another along a first helical crop flow path. The crop flow p... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7001268 | Latch mechanism for a grate in an agricultural combine In an agricultural combine, a latch mechanism for attaching a grate to the crop processing unit. The latch mechanism comprises a support bar on the crop processing unit, a support receptacle on the grate, a latch handle, and a latch retainer. The support receptacle ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6976912 | Rotor for a combine harvester A rotor for a combine harvester comprises a thresher portion to which a plurality of thresher elements are fitted for threshing the crop material and a driver portion for driving the threshed material rearwardly through the housing. Impeller blades are fitted to the... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6908378 | Threshing rotor inlet flight extension The extension has an elongate blade shape and is positionable in radially outwardly extending relation along a leading edge of a rotor inlet flight, the blade having a leading edge located forwardly of the leading edge of the flight so as to rotate in advance thereo... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6517431 | Combine harvester having a transfer zone with side panels A self-propelled combine harvester includes a transfer zone with side panels and a meshing and feed drum which functions on the tangential flow principle. The feed drum feeds the harvested crop to the separating rotors, which function on the axial flow pr... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6500063 | Discharge means for a threshing and separating unit in a combine harvester A combine harvester comprises a threshing and separating mechanism mounted to a main frame, which includes a generally cylindrical chamber having a generally longitudinal axis, and a separating concave assembly. The arrangement further includes a rotor as... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6485365 | Support structure for a concave assembly for a rotary combine A rotary combine is disclosed to include a wheel-supported main frame supporting, among other components, a cylindrically shaped rotor and a grain bin having sides and a bottom for the temporary storage of crop material treated by the combine. A support s... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6475082 | Flap openings in a grain harvesting threshing and separation unit A rotary threshing and separation unit for grain harvesting comprising a rotor housing with a feeding zone, separation zone and discharge zone, sieve at least partially located within the separation zone, rotary driven separation rotor arranged in the rot... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6447394 | Axial flow combine separator upper guide cover with fin pitch angle A combine harvester comprises a threshing and separating arrangement mounted to a main frame, which includes a generally cylindrical chamber having a generally longitudinal axis and comprising a separating concave assembly and an upper guide cover provide... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6375564 | Ramp segment for a combine rotor A rotary combine is equipped with a rotor that has a separating portion having at least one ramp segment mounted to the rotor. The ramp segments provide an inclined face that directs the grain radially outward as the ramp segments move through the crop ma... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6352474 | Metering edge for axially arranged rotary separator The discharge section of an axially arranged rotary combine is provided with a metering edge overhanging a discharge chute. The metering edge is asymmetrical having a downswept edge and an upswept edge. The downswept edge is more open that the upswept edg... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6036598 | Crop processing element for a rotary combine The crop engaging element of the present invention is a hollow structure having a smooth curved convex top portion which terminates in a concave trough before extending into a radially extending lip. The hollow structure is provided with sidewalls and a r... | 03/14/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5024630 | Harvester thresher A harvester thresher includes a chassis, a housing, a threshing mechanism operating in accordance with the principle of a tangential flow, straw shaking means, and a threshing and separating unit located after the straw shaking means in the housing includ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4993991 | Threshing unit of an axial grain combine harvester A distinguishing feature of the threshing unit resides in its concave (4) being made up of a number of independent sections (5 and 6) arranged on both sides of the threshing cylinder rotor (1) longitudinal axis. The first section (5) of the concave (4), a... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4964838 | Low profile mounts for axial flow combine rotor An axial flow harvesting machine having at least one generally cylindrical rotor rotatably mounted within a casing and operable, in conjunction with the casing, to thresh and separate grain from straw material, and a plurality of mounting members permanen... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4889517 | Overlapping rasp bar rotor for axial flow combines An axial flow harvesting machine having at least one generally cylindrical rotor rotatably mounted within a casing and operable, in conjunction with the casing, to thresh and separate grain from straw material, and a plurality of threshing elements provid... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4884994 | Axial flow rotary separator In an axial flow rotary separator, the crop material engaging elements of the eccentrically mounted rotor include helically oriented deflecting surfaces of significant axial extent which in operation, sweep closely or "wipe" a separating grate of the sepa... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4881920 | Self-propelling harvester thresher A self-propelling harvester thresher, particularly a caterpillar-driven small harvester thresher for rice or the like comprises a threshing and separating mechanism operating in accordance with an axial flow system, a sieve device for separating a grain-c... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4875890 | Feed plate assembly for axial flow combine An axial flow combine harvester feed plate assembly for directing crop material from an elevator into a longitudinally extending threshing and separating rotor is disclosed wherein the feed plate assembly includes a surface extending upwardly and rearward... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4741349 | Self-propelled harvester thresher A self-propelled harvester thresher, comprising a device for a front product supply, and separating device arranged downstream of product supply device, the separating device extending in a longitudinal direction and operating in accordance with the princ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4672981 | Axial flow cylinder cage with nonperforated portion above the feeder opening An axial flow combine receives a crop material through a radial feeder opening at one axial end of a foraminous cage in which a coaxial rotor rotates. The cage is disposed within a processor housing and threshed material passing through the radial opening... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4607480 | Axial-flow combine A combine for harvesting primarily spiked grains such as wheat, rye, barley, oats, and cereals such as buckwheat. The combine includes a rotating rotor arranged in a stationary casing along the direction of combine movement. An upper part of the casing is... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4541441 | Combine harvester A combine harvester having a cutting device provided in a front portion of the combine harvester, a conveying device for conveying the cut crops, a threshing device for threshing the conveyed crops, and a separating device for separating the threshed crop... | 09/17/1985 |
