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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7726108 | Wide cut rotary harvester having cut crop feeder mechanism A wide-cut harvester having a rotary cutter bed that takes a wider cut than the opening to the conditioner rolls of the machine employs a pair of stub augers at opposite corners of the opening to assist in directing cut crop material into the opening for treatment b... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7621113 | Auger with tapered flighting A crop conveying apparatus for laterally urging crop from outboard ends of a cutting header on an agricultural harvester toward an interior discharge zone for formation of a windrow or for feed to a subsequent crop processing apparatus. Helical flighting extending r... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7587885 | Central auger crop feed system for a harvester A header for a combine or harvester has a frame with a longitudinal dimension transverse to a direction of travel of the combine or harvester. Two moving belts are disposed on the frame to receive cut crop from a cutter and to move the crop from outer portions of th... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7416040 | Travelling device particularly for self-propelled mower Travelling device (20) particularly for self-propelled mower comprises a frame (1) provided with several identical travelling units (21) arranged on its circumference. Each travelling unit (21) comprises a flexibly suspended travelling wh... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7337599 | Device for processing fodder A device for processing fodder including a rotor driven in rotation about its longitudinal axis, a first guide element partially surrounding the rotor, a second guide element configured to occupy at least two positions relative to the rotor, a first control member c... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325512 | Method for harvesting and dispensing crops A new method for collecting and dispensing cut crops. The feed crop is cut as in the prior art. A vacuum is used to lift the dried feed crop off the ground and blow it into a mobile storage container. The feed is allowed to compress under its own weight within the s... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322177 | Machine for gathering ground strewn articles A machine for removing articles strewn on a tract of ground generally consisting of a wheel unit; a support frame mounted on the wheel unit, having device for advancing the machine along the tract of ground; an endless conveyor mounted on the support frame, having d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7222479 | Curved support arm for reel assembly A crop harvesting mechanism having a reel assembly with a reel that is rotatably supported at each end by a respective reel support. A reel carrier arm is provided for each of the reel supports and the supports are movable along the reel carrier arm. A horizontal ad... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222480 | Forage harvester with positionable operator's cabin A self-propelled forage harvester includes a chassis, an operator's cabin arranged on the chassis, a chopper drum, an ascending lower discharge chute extending from the chopper drum inside the chassis to a level above the chassis, a front attachment, a drive unit, a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204074 | Wide pickup header for a round baler When harvesting forage in the form of a large round bale, for instance, there are times in which a windrow of forage material lies outside the side boundaries of the bale-forming chamber. This may be due to the windrow being made wide by machinery having driven thro... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7188461 | Conditioning roller drive A forage conditioner for conditioning cut crop material from a forage harvester includes a fixed bottom fluted roller carried in end housings and a top fluted roller which is pivotally mounted on the housings by a linkage pivotal relative to the housing about an axi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7090040 | Motion control of a transporter A transporter for transporting a subject over a surface that may be irregular. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting a load, the loaded support platform defining fore-aft and lateral planes and characterized by a load distribution. A plurality o... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7040980 | Combine harvester having double unloading auger system A combine harvester for harvesting grain and seed crops includes a double unloading auger system for unloading in both directions of travel harvested feed grains produced in one round or two lengths of a field to storage area of transport vehicle. The double unloadi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036296 | Variable speed drive for oblique feeding drums A forage harvester header is coupled to a forage harvester and is equipped with at least one mower and intake drive assembly for cutting crop and transporting the cut crop to a discharge conveyor which delivers the crop to a feed channel of the forage harvester. The... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6931826 | Dual drive material turning machine and method A machine for turning material piled on the ground in a windrow comprises first and second track assemblies spaced apart from one another and having a lift assembly therebetween. The lift assembly lifts the material upwardly and deposits it to the rear. The first an... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922983 | Elevator slats for an agricultural harvesting machine An agricultural harvesting machine that comprises a crop processing mechanism and an elevator assembly for conveying harvested crop material to the crop processing mechanism is provided. The elevator assembly comprises an elevator housing, an elevator mechanism moun... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6865871 | Crop feed arrangement for the header of a combine harvester A draper header for a combine harvester includes two side drapers each running from an outer end guide roller at a first end of the header to an inner end guide roller adjacent the discharge location of the header and a central feed draper located at the discharge l... | 03/15/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6595123 | Knife bed assembly for balers A baler for making rectangular crop bales has a generally horizontally disposed fore-and-aft extending baling chamber. The pickup of the baler is disposed underneath the baling chamber in line with the path of travel of a reciprocating plunger in the over... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6568163 | Conveyor arrangement positioned within mower suspension links A vehicle, in the form of a self-propelled forage harvester, has a three-point hitch assembly mounted to its forward end in place of the cutter head. A mower together with a rotary tine crop conditioner is coupled to the three-point hitch. Located in a zo... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6564535 | Drive mechanism for center gathering double augers of a crop harvester Each crop consolidating auger assembly of a harvester includes an elongated, inner, stationary support that is mounted on the sidewall of the header in a cantilevered manner and extends inwardly from the sidewall into overlying relationship with the floor... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6351931 | Crop header with draper canvas A header includes a generally C-shaped cutter bar supporting the sickle knife assembly across a front edge of the header. A draper assembly is carried behind the cutter bar and includes a pair of rollers at right angles to the beam carrying a continuous d... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6330782 | Front drum adjustment mechanism for a feederhouse on an agricultural combine A mechanism for manually and automatically adjusting the front support drum of an endless conveyor within the feederhouse of an agricultural combine. The front drum is rotatably affixed to the remote end of a pivot arm that is pivotably affixed to the sid... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6230477 | Apparatus and method for harvesting cane A two-row cane harvester 10 simultaneously harvests two rows of sugar cane in a green tropical cane field. Gatherer chains 62, 64 lift fallen cane stalks upwardly and support the fallen cane stalks as the harvester 10 moves through the cane field. A pair ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6226967 | Conveyor for lawn mower For conveyance of mowed material a conveyor device comprised of a conveyor belt (26) is employed between the mowing mechanism and collection container. The conveyor belt (26) is comprised of two equally paced oppositely driven endless conveyor belts, whic... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6202397 | Draper belt tensioning mechanism for a harvesting platform A draper belt tensioning mechanism for a harvesting platform includes a linkage having a bell crank coupled to the belt idler roller to move the idler roller away from the drive roller when the bell crank is rotated to tension the draper belt. A strut cou... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6185919 | Apparatus and method for removing plant stalks from a field and shredding the plant stalks A system for removing plant stalks from a field and shredding the plant stalks. The plant stalks are cut and passed through feed rollers which directly feed the plant stalk to a shredder. Compression of the plant stalks by the feed rollers increases as th... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6101797 | Method and apparatus for macerating plant material Method for processing plant material in which a first rotatable crushing roller with an outer generally cylindrical surface cooperates with a second adjacent rotatable crushing roller also having an outer generally cylindrical surface. The rollers, mounte... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6093099 | Combine row crop header auger A crop-engaging angle member is mounted on the outer forward end of each of the crop-engaging paddles of a combine header auger to assist in conveying crop material rearwardly towards the intake end of the feederhouse of the combine.... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6068059 | Ground-crop harvester control system A ground-crop harvester for potatoes and the like has two unique control features that enhance the productivity of the device and the quality of the harvested ground-crop (e.g., less bruising). The harvester preferably includes an excavator arranged to sc... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6058688 | Windrower specialty crop platform having right- and left-hand cantilevered augers located beneath a full-length center-feed auger A windrower platform is constructed with a full-length, upper center-feed auger which counter rotates relative to and cooperates with lower, right- and left-hand cantilever-mounted augers to convey harvested crop to form a windrow on the ground at a centr... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6050510 | Switching device for cutter blades in agricultural harvesting machines The invention relates to an agricultural harvesting machine having a switching device for cutter blades for comminuting crop material before the pressing or gathering operation. It is particularly applicable for round and square baling presses as well as ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6050073 | Harvester and method of harvesting leafy vegetables A harvester is disclosed for harvesting leafy vegetables, lettuce and the like which are very delicate and which are grown in precisely configured beds of either a regular or single width (40 inches or 42 inches) or a double width (80 inches). A conveyer/... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6029432 | Apparatus for treating plant material Self propelled harvesting apparatus for processing plant material. The apparatus comprises a pair of cylindrical crushing rolls for crushing plant material and a rotor with radial fins operably associated with the rolls for impacting the crushed plant mat... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5976013 | Device for preventing accumulation of grain in combine harvester A combine harvester has a conveying channel for conveying crop material from the combine harvester's cutting mechanism to its threshing mechanism. The conveying channel has several conveying chains, which are guided on a lower deflection drum and on sproc... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5964080 | Harvesting machine An ensilage harvester is equipped with a blower including a rotor equipped with paddles for conveying crop along a housing wall surrounding the rotor. The paddles include cutting edges that reach close to the wall so as to cut crop that may enter the roto... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5964081 | Baby greens harvester A baby greens harvester (10) for the harvesting of small salad vegetables known as baby greens (55). The baby greens harvester (10) has a chassis (12) with a packaging bed (18) thereon. A cutter/conveyor assembly (30) is affixed to the chassis such that t... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5950406 | Method and apparatus for macerating plant material Apparatus and method for processing plant material in which a first rotatable crushing roller with an outer generally cylindrical surface cooperates with a second adjacent rotatable crushing roller also having an outer generally cylindrical surface. The r... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5934054 | Row crop header A row crop header for cutting row crops beneath the ground surface thereby increasing the percentage of brittle and bent over row crop harvested. The inventive device includes a pair of frames defining a slot therebetween, a hydraulic motor, a pair of cor... | 08/10/1999 |
