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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6928802 | Compactor structure for forming a crown on the top of a compacted cotton module Cotton compacting structure for distributing and compacting cotton within a cotton compactor chamber of a cotton module builder or packager, including a frame adapted to be supported in the chamber for downward movement against cotton collected in a lower portion of... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923453 | Suspension leveling system In the operation of work machines of the type required to carry heavy loads over uneven ground conditions, it is oftentimes desirable to provide the work machine with a way to automatically maintain the chassis in a substantially horizontal condition. The present in... | 08/02/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6587772 | Device for optimizing the transfer of harvested crop from a harvesting machine to a transport vehicle A device for optimizing the transfer of harvested crop from a harvesting machine to a transport vehicle includes a control unit in the harvesting machine that generates control signals and an control device in the transport vehicle that communicates with ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 5976011 | Straw and chaff spreader assembly A straw and chaff spreading assembly consisting of a left spreader plate having a plurality of spreader fins fixedly attached thereto, a right spreader plate, having a plurality of spreader fins fixedly attached thereto, left spreader plate rotating means... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5784871 | Automated control system for vegetable harvesters The invention herein provides an improved machine for mobile harvesting vegetables comprising a frame adapted to be connected to a tractor, and a collection bin mounted to the frame for collecting vegetables as they are harvested. The improvement comprise... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5772503 | Crop feeding apparatus for rotating concave threshing mechanism A grain combine has a header, a header discharge port, a feederhouse for transporting the cut crops from the header housing into a rotating concave threshing system. The header, discharge port and feederhouse are separated into separate first and second d... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5421777 | Tailings return system for combine harvester A combine harvester (1) having a threshing and separating mechanism (8), a cleaning mechanism (9) disposed to receive threshed and separated crop material from the threshing and separating mechanism (8) and operable to separate tailings therefrom. Tailing... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5415586 | Combine harvester leveling system, combine harvester header adjusting system, and pivoting chain drive system A header adjusting system for a hillside combine harvester includes a master hydraulic cylinder assembly and a slave hydraulic cylinder assembly. The master hydraulic cylinder assembly is slaved to movement of the wheels relative to the combine frame. The... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5338257 | Combine sieve distributor apparatus A sieve for a grain combine has a plurality of longitudinal sections. Each section is pivotally mounted in a sieve frame. A sensing means senses if the combine is leaning to one side. The sensing means controls a drive and linkage mechanism for pivoting e... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5282771 | Combine sieve levelling apparatus A sieve for a grain combine has a plurality of longitudinal sections. Each section is pivotally mounted in a sieve frame. A sensing means senses if the combine is leaning to one side. The sensing means controls a drive and linkage mechanism for pivoting e... | 02/01/1994 |
| 4968285 | Cleaning arrangement for combines A cleaning arrangement for a combine is equipped with return gutters, inclined and attached to the sides of the cleaning shoe and which serve to capture crop which accumulates on the upper surface of the cleaning shoe, during operation on a slope, and esc... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4968284 | Conveyor arrangement for a harvesting machine An agricultural harvesting machine having a feeder assembly, a conveyor arrangement and an output unit. In a combine, the feeder arrangement comprises a threshing cylinder and concave that direct threshed crop material to the conveyor arrangement. The con... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4875889 | Combine crop material flow adjustment system An agricultural combine has a generally horizontal grain pan for delivering threshed crop material to a grain cleaning mechanism. The grain pan includes a plurality of generally upright fore-and-aft extending vanes that are adjustable to deflect crop mate... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4846198 | Modular combine harvester A combine harvester is disclosed wherein the operative components thereof are built according to a modular concept. The combine harvester includes a threshing module, a separating module and a cleaning module, all of which are supported by a frame and ope... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4783952 | Harvesters A sugar cane harvester which includes a conveyor for conveying sugar cane billets and a rake assembly suspended above the billet conveyor and including a number of spaced apart prongs which engage billets on the conveyor to strip trash and leaves therefro... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4696152 | Apparatus for leveling a combine Apparatus for leveling the front axle of an agricultural combine includes left and right wheel linkages in the form of four-bar linkages. A connecting rod synchronizes the motion of the four-bar linkages. Hydraulic cylinders are connected between the vehi... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4677991 | Grain deflector for combines A pair of elongated, generally transversely triangular deflector members are attachable to opposite, upstanding sidewalls of the foraminous, platform-like cleaning shoe of a combine for the purpose of preventing disproportionate accumulation and build-up ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4573483 | Combine harvesters In a combine harvester of the axial-flow type provided with a roller for accelerating the fall of the produce onto the cleaning unit, deflectors are provided for deflecting the accelerated flow of produce towards the higher side of the machine when the la... | 03/04/1986 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4317326 | Articulated combine An articulated self-propelled combine has front and rear units pivotally connected together for articulation about a vertical axis, the front and rear units being respectively supported on front and rear pairs of wheels. A harvesting header is carried by ... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4008722 | Shaker for harvester-thresher A harvesting machine having a plurality of vertically reciprocal shaking elements is provided at the top of each of these elements with a distributing plate that extends the full length of the shaking elements and is pivotal about an axis on this shaking ... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4003191 | Barrier means in a combine harvesting header A harvesting header for a combine in which a consolidating auger of appreciable length extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the combine and said auger having reversely spiralled flights respectively extending inward from opposite ends of the a... | 01/18/1977 |