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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370460 | Drawn cotton picker One or two conventional picking units are mounted on a two-wheel, high clearance running gear or frame. A two-point hitch is coupled to the draft links of a tractor or an equal-angle hitch is coupled to the tractor drawbar. Hitch and tongue interface on the harveste... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7261633 | Unitary pivoting spreader apparatus Spreader apparatus for a crop residue chopper of an agricultural harvesting machine or combine, mountable in a simple manner and quickly and precisely pivotable sidewardly, and optionally upwardly and downwardly, in a unitary manner, for adjusting or varying a direc... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249449 | Conveying duct pressure monitor system for controlling harvester speed A differential pressure sensor measures the vacuum in a material conveying duct relative to atmospheric pressure or to a positive pressure farther upstream in the duct on an agricultural harvester. The output from this sensor is monitored electronically, and the res... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7200981 | Support wheel arrangement for agricultural working machine, and agricultural working machine provided therewith A supporting arrangement for an agricultural working machine with at least one receiving device for receiving an agricultural working device has at least one support wheel arrangeable in a region facing the agricultural working device, the at least one support wheel... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7181896 | Multi-rotor fan assembly for a cotton picker A multi-rotor blower fan assembly for a cotton picker utilizes a plurality of separate fan enclosures each containing a fan for supplying an individual air flow to a picker unit of the picker, the fans being mounted on a common shaft for rotation therewith, with a u... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175520 | Cab arrangement for harvesting combine A cab arrangement for a harvesting combine includes a harvesting combine having a body and a cab spaced-apart from the body. A platform is positioned between the cab and the body. The cab, the boy, and the platform define a passageway to allow an operator to visuall... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168228 | Multi-rotor fan assembly for a cotton picker A multi-rotor blower fan assembly for a cotton picker utilizes a plurality of separate fan enclosures each containing a fan for supplying an individual air flow to a picker unit of the picker, the fans being mounted on a common shaft for rotation therewith, with a u... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165384 | Crop picking head with road travel support device A combination of a harvesting machine, a crop picking head, and a vehicle to support the crop picking head. The vehicle features a mount and at least one wheel extending down from the mount that supports the crop picking head and alleviates the weight on the front w... | 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 |
| 7082742 | Cutting unit for a harvester-thresher A cutter mechanism (1) for a combine-harvester comprises a frame (2) forming a trough (6) from a rear wall (3), two side walls (4) and a floor (5) used as a cutting table, which frame (2) receives an adjustably insert... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7051502 | Machine for mowing stalk-like crops A machine for mowing crop is equipped several intake and mowing arrangements disposed in side-by-side relationship to each other for the cutting of standing crop and for the conveying of the harvested crop. At the rear side of the intake and mowing arrangements, a t... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6974384 | Tailings conveyor with rotary impellers disposed and rotatable at progressively faster speeds for threshing and conveying tailings through the conveyor and method of operation of the same A tailings conveyor includes a housing for receiving tailings from the cleaning system, a first rotary impeller having threshing portions rotatable at a first speed for accelerating and propelling tailings along a predetermined path in the housing, and at least one ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6945023 | Shielding means for an elevator of an agricultural harvesting machine An agricultural harvesting machine comprises crop processing mechanism and an elevator assembly for conveying harvested crop material to said crop processing mechanism. The elevator assembly comprises an elevator housing and endless elevator mechanism mounted for ro... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6910321 | Air-assisted, topper/shredder for sugar cane harvester A topper/shredder arrangement of a cane harvester is designed so that a stream of air is created that aids in carrying pieces of cane tops to a location outside the harvesting throat of the cane harvester. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6901978 | Apparatus and method for cutting trees A tree cutter in combination with a self-propelled vehicle is disclosed for cutting underbrush and small free standing trees, such as, Cedar. The tree cutter is pivotally mounted at the front of the self-propelled vehicle, such as, a Four Wheeler in order to pivot u... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6807799 | Sugarcane harvester and harvesting system A harvester for harvesting stalks of sugarcane having a plurality of harvest chambers. Each harvest chamber has a pair of opposing side walls that forming a V-shaped forward opening for receiving sugarcane stalks to be cut for harvest and a plurality of revolving, o... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6745550 | Sugar cane harvester having an arrangement for steering the crop dividers and topper mechanism together with the wheels A self-propelled chopper cane harvester is equipped with a front frame section including opposite sides which are each mounted for pivoting about a respective upright pivot axis. Respectively mounted to the opposite sides of the front frame section are front wheels ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6718744 | Drive arrangement for mower-conditioner equipped with a rotary disc cutter bar A mower-conditioner includes a header or platform which is equipped with a rotary disc cutter bar having a relatively long length with at least two cutting units being outboard of a central discharge passage where a pair of conditioner rolls are mounted for receivin... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6581362 | Crop converging arrangement for mower-conditioner equipped with a rotary disc cutter bar A mower-conditioner includes a header or platform which is equipped with a rotary disc cutter bar having a relatively long length with at least two cutting units being outboard of a central discharge passage where a pair of conditioner rolls are mounted f... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6453957 | Cutting attachment A cutting attachment is adapted to be mounted onto a vehicle, such as a skid steer loader, and includes a frame that is generally "V" shaped with diverging walls and open in direction of travel. The diverging walls of the frame support upright shafts. Eac... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6363700 | Sugar cane combine harvester A sugar cane combine harvester having a topper/shredder in advance of a crop divider mechanism with the crop divider aiding in moving sugar cane to a knock down feed roll, base cutters, a feed roll system, a chopping system including a cleaning system, an... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6272820 | Sugar cane harvester A sugar cane harvester has a cutting mechanism which utilizes pairs of cutting disks and does not require synchronization of the cutting disks. Each of the cutting disks has a revolving cutter mounted on its circumference. The cutters are formed from saw-... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6158201 | Rotary mower conditioner having improved cut crop flow A mower conditioner includes a rotary style cutter bed and a pair of laterally extending crop conditioning rolls spaced rearwardly from the cutter bed. Crop flow is improved in the machine by a laterally extending conveying roller located between the cutt... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6076340 | Sugar cane combine harvester A sugar cane combine harvester having a topper/shredder in advance of a crop divider mechanism with the crop divider aiding in moving sugar cane to a knock down feed roll, base cutters, a feed roll system, a chopping system including a cleaning system, an... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5463852 | Wide cut harvester having rotary cutter bed A harvester which uses a rotary style cutter bed has a series of rotary cutters extending across the path of travel of the machine and rotatable about individual upright axes. Part of the cutter bed is a flat gear case containing a train of intermeshed sp... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5433065 | Combine harvester with secondary cutter A conventional header of a combine is modified by the addition of a second sickle knife positioned rearwardly of the pan of the header. The second sickle knife is mounted on a bar which is connected to a pair of arms extending under the pan to a forward e... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433064 | Rotary cutter bed harvester with non-auger conveying means for outboard cutters A crop harvester of the rotary cutter bed type has a series of rotary cutters extending across the path of travel of the machine and rotatable about individual upright axes. The cutter bed extends in opposite directions beyond the ends of a central discha... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5058369 | Automated device and method for harvesting plants with uniform stem length A device and method for automated, mechanical harvesting of plants having differing heights and stem lengths, wherein a stem portion of the plant must be severed at a uniform, predetermined length from the top of the plant. The inventive method comprises ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5031392 | Elevator assembly and slewing mechanism for cane harvester There is provided an improved elevator control and slewing mechanism for a cane harvester including a bracket pivotally mounted to the harvester frame for rotation about a first vertical axis to which the elevator is mounted, a pair of slew control arms e... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5020309 | Leaf shredder attachment for a mower bagging system A shredder attachment for use with lawn machines having vacuum or fan movement of shreddable material. The attachment comprises a frame suitably sized and shaped to be substantially mounted inside a conduit of a lawn machine. The attachment further compri... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4927440 | Thrashing system for vegetable harvesters A thrashing system for a vegetable harvester including a plurality of tines on an oscillating shaker head which engage vines and shake the fruit such as cucumbers, from the vines. The fruit is collected on a cross conveyor and the vines are pulled through... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4897986 | Cane harvester feed roll mounting apparatus A mounting connection for a feed roller removably connected between oppositely located frame sections of a cane harvester. A splined adaptor plate is connected to an end of the feed roller about its longitudinal axis and within the transverse width betwee... | 02/06/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4683924 | Tree and brush cutting and chipping apparatus Apparatus for cutting and chipping trees and brush includes a housing telescopically received at the end of a hollow rectangular boom or secured onto the existing boom of a vehicle and for contacting tree limbs or brush to be cut and chipped. The housing ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4677813 | Cane harvester A sugar cane harvester is disclosed in which chopped crop is conveyed from a chopping mechanism to a cleaning mechanism. The cleaning mechanism includes an extractor fan positioned in an upper portion of a cleaning cylinder and a substantially unobstructe... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4646512 | Sugar cane harvesters The disclosure relates to a sugar cane harvester having a pair of contra-rotating cutters to cut cane at its base and to lift the cane cut-ends first onto a conveyor which delivers the cane through de-trashing devices and then to a pair of rollers which d... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4622804 | Machine which is pulled or provided with a three-point attachment to a tractor and used for the harvesting of corn and similar stalk-like crop The invention relates to a machine which is pulled or attached to a three-point attachment on a tractor and used for the harvesting of corn or similar stalk-like crops. The machine has a cutting device and a chopping blower arranged subsequent thereto wit... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4584824 | Sugar cane harvester In a sugar cane harvester having a defoliating device for scratching off the leaves of sugar canes, a plurality of separating means are disposed side by side with regular intervals such that leaves attached to sugar cane stalks are separated therefrom wit... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4574567 | Harvesters A cane harvester (10) having an endless conveyor (15) for elevating cane billets from a chopper (14) for deposit through a passage (44) onto a secondary elevator (16). A fan (17) directs a blast of air across the pasage (44) to force trash and leaves thro... | 03/11/1986 |
