Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6729952 | Replaceable feed segment for the beater of 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 and accelera... | 05/04/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5036653 | Apparatus and method for harvesting crops The apparatus for harvesting crops, particularly seed crops, comprises a mobile support structure 20 and a crop stripping device in the form of a rotor 30, which may be attached to height adjustable arms and is driven by drive means 22. The rotor 30 carri... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4489733 | 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... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4417593 | Hand portable grain threshing apparatus A portable hand carryable device for threshing a sample of grain and separating the kernels of grain from the chaff which inclues two separate chambers one having a beater therein for threshing the grain and the other a fan for causing air to flow through... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4378024 | Combine harvester A harvesting machine comprising a transversely extending threshing mechanism having a threshing cylinder cooperable with a threshing concave for threshing a layer of crop material fed therebetween and a separating mechanism having a first and a second sep... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4310005 | Combine harvester A harvesting machine comprising a transversely extending threshing mechanism having a threshing cylinder cooperable with a threshing concave for threshing a layer of crop material fed therebetween and a separating mechanism having a separator rotor cooper... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4170235 | Axial flow combine harvester An axial flow combine harvester with a frame and an axial flow threshing and separating rotor rotatably mounted on the frame in a tubular casing. Feed means are provided for feeding crop material from a crop harvesting table to the axial flow threshing an... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4165751 | Beater grate for combine This invention pertains to a combine of the axial flow type in which rotor means extend longitudinally within the combine in association with concaves, the rotor having in axial alignment, a threshing portion and a separating portion rearward thereof and ... | 08/28/1979 |
| 3946746 | Harvesting machines The harvesting mechanism of the present invention uses a transversely extending threshing means and a rotary separating mechanism. The separating mechanism includes a transversely extending separating rotor having crop treating and crop conveying elements... | 03/30/1976 |
