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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7927198 | Harvester corn cobs separating A cart is towed behind a combine harvester for collecting corn cobs and includes a conveyer belt feeding into a system for separating cobs from residue to be discharged and a tank for receiving and transporting the cobs. An unload auger is provided from the tank to ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7837542 | Corn cob cleaning system A cleaning system for corn cobs incorporating a conveyor system providing a capability for positively removing or cleaning other crop residue from the cobs, which is adapted to be towed by a harvester; to be incorporated with a cob collecting device; and which can b... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7416482 | Combine harvester blower having convex wind channel side walls The invention relates to a radial blower for a cleaning device for a combine harvester, with several component blowers, where each of the blowers is arranged in an associated housing, each of which is connected to a wind duct that during operation guides the air str... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7322424 | Crop separating harvester A crop separating harvester includes a primary crop path having an apex, a forced air supply tangentially positioned to the crop path from a bottom side of the apex, and a crop retrieval member, wherein said crop retrieval member is separated from said apex a predet... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311594 | Combine harvester A self-propelled combine harvester has a threshing mechanism composed of at least one aggregate selected from the group consisting of a threshing part, a working unit, and both, at least one stripping unit which is assigned to the at least one aggregate, and at leas... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301779 | Electronic chip and electronic chip assembly A multiplicity of nanotubes are applied to at least one external chip metal contact of an electronic chip in order to make contact between the electronic chip and a further electronic chip. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7207882 | Textured auger trough element for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine A textured trough element including a concave surface having a curved profile when viewed from a longitudinal end thereof of marginally larger diametrical extent than the circular cross section of a helical tailings auger. The trough element is positionable in a bot... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198450 | Unloading system for an agricultural combine An agricultural combine including an unloading system wherein an unloading conduit assembly is, in an operational set-up, rotatable or swivelable through an arc of 360° to permit grain unloading into a grain truck located at any point around the combine, whether th... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7094146 | Combine chaff discharger A chaff discharger with at least one radial fan wheel, rotatably mounted in a fan housing. The housing includes an end wall turned away from a sieving unit and a peripheral wall formed with at least one chaff discharge opening. A direction of rotation of the radial ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7008315 | Venting of a combine harvester A combine harvester with a straw separating system and a sieve assembly below the straw separation system with a rear edge over which the chaff is discharged in the air flow has a housing with a rear hood behind the straw separating system and behind the rear edge o... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6976914 | Impeller with swept back blades for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine A rotary impeller for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine, for threshing tailings and propelling the tailings through a portion of the conveyor, including a mounting portion mountable to a rotatable member for rotation in a predetermined rotational direct... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6953397 | Device for adjusting the width of a sieve opening on combine harvesters The invention relates to a device for adjusting the width of a sieve opening on combine harvesters. The aim of the invention is to be able to economically produce this device and to permit a quick installation of a new sieve or a quick re-installation of the previou... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6921330 | Front chaffer and cleaning fan A cleaning shoe of an agricultural combine is provided with a front chaffer located upstream from the main chaffer. The front chaffer has a closed upstream portion and an open downstream portion. The closed upstream portion is upwardly inclined and the open downstre... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6896477 | Cross-flow fan with a closed suction element, and smooth flowing suction separation device A cross-flow fan is operated in a suction mode, mainly in air-ducts with a large width, to provide a smooth flow of regulatable air. In accordance with the invention, a smooth flow suction separation device is suitable for the regulated suction to a large width of a... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6860805 | Devices for regulating the processing of harvested crop An agricultural machine having at least one crop processing work unit, a plurality of crop transport units operatively assembled as a straw walker step, wherein the crop transport units convey crop streams in opposite directions and are spaced apart defining a crop ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6796897 | Airfoil for an axial separator cleaning air blast duct An airfoil is placed in ductwork that directs airflow from a combine cooling fan the pneumatically blast dust, chaff and other debris off the top of a separator unit. The airfoil comprises a leading edge, a trailing edge located downstream from the leading edge, a t... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6790137 | High capacity air jet chaffer A crop chaffer for combines features air jets which deliver an air blast to the grain and chaff. The air jets and sifting screens are arranged in a cross sectionally “stair step” pattern in which the tread of each stair is the screen and the riser of the each st... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6773343 | Front chaffer and cleaning fan A cleaning shoe of an agricultural combine is provided with a front chaffer located upstream from the main chaffer. The front chaffer has a closed upstream portion and an open downstream portion. The closed upstream portion is upwardly inclined and the open downstre... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6558252 | Blower for combine harvesters having a separation unit A self-propelled combine harvester includes a separation unit having at least one rotor housing, a sieve mechanism with sieve openings and a rotor rotatably mounted therein. A grain collecting element is arranged adjacent the sieve mechanism. A cleaning a... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6458031 | Cleaning system for a rotary combine A rotary combine in which the cleaning system is located directly under the threshing and separating sections of the rotary threshing and separating assembly. The rotary threshing and separating assembly is separated from the cleaning system by a longitud... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6458030 | Guiding elements in a rotary threshing and separation unit A rotary threshing and separation unit, comprising a rotor housing with a feeding zone, a separation zone and a discharge zone, parts of the circumferential housing being closed and other parts having openings, a rotary driven threshing and separation rot... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6435965 | Baffle system in a rotary threshing and separation unit A rotary threshing and separation unit, comprising a rotor housing with a feeding zone, separation zone and is discharge zone, parts of the circumferential housing being closed and other parts having openings, rotary driven threshing and separation rotor ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6361435 | General purpose combined harvester and thresher A general purpose combined harvester and thresher comprising a first rotor (51) and a second rotor (52) provided in a thresh unit (5) and arranged longitudinally in parallel to each other with axes thereof right and left, and a first receiving net (55) an... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6176778 | Threshing of harvested grain Harvested grain in the form of including ears, pods to be threshed are transported axially into an inclined threshing zone. Grain is liberated and falls through a sieve forming a bottom of the threshing zone. Most of the lightweight material or chaff is c... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6033305 | Tomato harvesting apparatus with air blast dirt removed feature A produce harvesting apparatus, such as for harvesting tomatoes, which includes apparatus for harvesting produce, such as tomatoes, which includes an enclosed vehicle and a first conveyor belt extending forward of the vehicle for moving produce and associ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5953891 | Cleaning method of sugarcane harvester, and sugarcane harvester operating according to it For cleaning a sugarcane harvester, a main blower is provided in a lower region of a cleaning chamber and has a vertical blowing out pipe, the blowing out pipe of the main blower faces both chopper rollers of a comminuting device, and a deviating blower i... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5624315 | Cleaning means for an agricultural harvesting machine A combine harvester (1) is provided with a grain cleaning mechanism (12), comprising a fan (33) installed in a generally volute-shaped fan housing (72), having primary air inlets (73) in its side walls and a secondary air inlet (74) in its top wall. The h... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5562540 | Apparatus for combined threshing and separating of seeds from a seed A threshing and separating apparatus particularly for use in a combine harvester includes a threshing rotor having a generally conical outer surface cooperating with a generally conical inner surface of a stator so that crop material fed to the narrower e... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5558576 | Air deflector panel insert for use in axial flow type combines An air flow deflector panel for insertion into existing combines of the axial flow type without modification to the combines for changing the direction of air flow from the cleaning fan to the sieve section. The air flow deflector panel includes a plate h... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5387154 | Two outlet cleaning fan A cleaning system of a combine is provided with a cleaning shoe having a step pan, a conditioning pan and a chaffer. A cleaning fan is provided with two outlets. The first outlet has two ducts. The first duct directs a primary air blast above the step pan... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5376046 | Harvesting apparatus using pressurized air and improved blower for providing pressurized air A machine for harvesting onions utilizes a blower which provides a stream of air through a duct, having an opening across which the onions pass and are topped. The blower has a bladed fan in a cylindrical housing open at both ends. The fan blades are supp... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5098341 | Air diverter for chaff removal in a combine An air diverter positioned on an upper, forward portion of a sieve-like cleaning shoe in an agricultural combine directs a fan-generated air flow over the cleaning shoe to facilitate separation of chaff from grain which is directed onto and passes down th... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5088960 | Air blast for cleaning axial separator An agricultural combine having a pair of side-by-side axial separators. Each of the axial separators comprises a cylindrical tube, a rotor housed in the tube, an inlet and an outlet. An axial air stream is directed along the top of the axial separator to ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4913679 | Device for combine harvesters equipped with a rotary straw chopper A device for combine harvesters (11) equipped with impact straw cutters (16) of the kind equipped with a cleaning device (13) for separation of chaff from the grain and which rotary chopper is connected to the straw outlet (17) of the combine harvester, w... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4906219 | Cleaning system for a combine A cleaning system for a combine having a plurality of cleaning sieves which are operated to arrange grain in a thin veil or crop mat on the sieves. The cleaning system of the present invention includes an elongated transverse cleaning fan and an air plenu... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4897072 | Apparatus for adjusting the sieve of a combine harvester A combination harvester of conventional type includes a reciprocating sieve onto which the grain and chaff is deposited for separation by differential response to air flow passing through openings in the sieve. The openings in the sieve can be adjusted by... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4589425 | Control apparatus for a combine The application discloses a combine machine including an air baffle plate for adjusting air flow to a cleaning chamber used for removing waste material from grain. The cleaning chamber acts to deliver a predetermined supply of air to such grain material t... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4510947 | Combine harvester straw hood A combine harvester having a rotary perforated air screen and a device operable to suck air inwardly through the air screen is disclosed wherein the rotary air screen is mounted adjacent a generally horizontal surface of the machine and is provided with a... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4480643 | Sieve plate baffle attachment for grain combines A conventional grain harvesting combine is disclosed herein comprising a wheel supported body, a grain harvesting means on the forward end thereof, at least two parallel substantially horizontal spaced perforated sieve plates adjacent the rearward end the... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4401128 | Grain loss reduction kit A grain conserving kit for combines. The invention includes a rigid, notched transfer plate which is interposed between a combine cylinder thresher and the straw walkers in replacement of the conventional fingers assembly. The reduced width finger replace... | 08/30/1983 |
