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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028506 | Adjustable row unit structure A compact row unit positioning structure includes a gear and mating toothed surface to positively position agricultural row units on an implement. An electric or hydraulic motor may be used to drive the gear and move row units individually or in groups to change row... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7237373 | Stalk roll with oppositely tapering body and drivers A stalk roll for a harvesting device for harvesting crop heads of stalk-like plants. The stalk roll is provided with a roll body having projecting drivers distributed around its periphery. The pull-in speed of the stalk rolls in a picking region where the crop heads... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234291 | Drive train for a header of a harvesting machine A drive train for a header of a harvesting machine. The harvesting machine has a main frame on which a feeder house is mounted. On the front face of the feeder house a mounting device is provided which is pivots with respect to the main frame about a fore/aft extend... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7159378 | Drive train for a header of a harvesting machine A drive train for a header of a harvesting machine comprising a variable length drive shaft. The variable length drive shaft has a first end having a first hinged connection which is connected via a drive element with a first shaft. The variable length drive shaft h... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7062897 | Gathering and picking device A gathering and picking device having a gathering element arranged on a first side of a picking gap. The gathering element is rotated about a predominantly vertical axis and is provided with carrier elements arranged to grasp standing plants and to introduce them in... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6702032 | Method and apparatus for containing ground fires Ground fires are contained by an apparatus such as a brush cutter that creates a fuelbreak. The brush cutter (10) includes a rearwardly positioned tractor (11) and a forwardly positioned cutter assembly (12) for cutting fuelbreaks through brush. The brush... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6430905 | Hydraulic drive for a feeder mechanism in a material pick-up device A hydraulic reel drive wherein the reel motor is driven by a hydraulic pump, which is adjustable in a continuous manner and operates therewith in a closed oil circulating system. The advantage of this arrangement is that the reel always rotates uniformly ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6370853 | Drive system for corn header row units A drive system for a corn harvesting header assembly on a combine. A power take-off shaft on the front end of the combine feeder assembly is drivingly connected to the header assembly line shaft by a coupler shaft.... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6349528 | Drive structure for transversity adjustable harvester row units A harvester drive system includes a main hexagonal cross shaft which may be either continuous or include short shaft sections joined by couplers. Row units are pivotally connected to a cross auger housing for pivoting about the axis of the cross shaft and... | 02/26/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4722174 | Two-row sugar cane harvester A two-row sugar cane harvester utilizing a single crossing arm for conveying two rows of cane rearwardly, merging the two rows of cane and discharging the two rows of cane at laterally adjusted positions in relation to the path of travel of the harvester ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4679386 | Harvester for the impact-stripping of seed from a standing crop A harvester strips seeds from a standing crop while essentially leaving the stems of the crop attached to the soil. The harvester comprises a mobile main frame and a vertically adjustable harvesting header carried thereby. A first axially transverse rotor... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4600019 | Corn cob saver sieve for combines The adjustable chaffer and lower sieve of a combine harvester are replaced by a cob catcher or cob-saving sieve which allows corncobs along with shelled corn to be recovered as a mixture from the harvester rather than separating the corn from the cobs and... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4553381 | Cucumber harvester A method for harvesting cucumbers comprising forming a series of parallel trenches in a field while planting cucumber seeds in a line parallel to the trenches and spaced equidistantly from adjacent trenches, the trenches being spaced apart a distance equa... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4434606 | Gear box for corn harvesting unit This compact gear box is intended for a corn harvesting unit having a pair of harvesting rolls and a pair of gathering chain assemblies. The gear box includes a drive shaft and first and second pairs of shafts connected to the harvesting rolls and the gat... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4244162 | Row unit frame A row unit for a corn harvesting header is disclosed wherein the frame of the row unit includes a box beam structure at the rear of the unit for housing the gearing necessary for driving the gathering chains and stalk rolls. This unitary row unit frame st... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4227366 | Corn header drive system A drive system for a corn harvesting header is disclosed wherein the power input shaft delivering rotational power to the individual row units is positioned externally of the gear housing. A slip clutch for each individual row unit is affixed to the power... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4219990 | Bearing mount for a corn harvester snapping roll The mount (17) for the front bearing (19) of a corn harvester snapping roll (14) is in two parts (18, 21) which have cooperative end portions which permit relative adjustment of such parts about a laterally extending axis (62). Such adjustment permits the... | 09/02/1980 |
