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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329297 | High efficiency separator apparatus for yard debris An apparatus for collection and reduction of yard debris combining a frontally facing vacuum pick up with a chipper-shredder-blower unit to induce airflow for entraining debris collected at the vacuum pick up; reduce the entrained debris to a more manageable volume;... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318310 | Shuttle auger for continuous harvesting of multi-crop research plots A combine header is disclosed that comprises a shiftable gate which either permits or blocks passage of grain to a particular portion of the combine. The combine header allows for continuous harvesting of multicrop research and test plots without commingling differe... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7266936 | Agricultural bagger with shielded hopper agitation and method An agricultural bagger apparatus and method for compacting feed into a horizontally deployed bag including a moving hopper wall and+ mechanism for moving the wall at an input end of hopper. The wall moving mechanism and the moving wall of the hopper sweeps the feed ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7166027 | Mog remover The present invention relates to an apparatus for the separation of fruit from other plant matter. In particular, the present invention relates to an apparatus for the separation of Material Other than Grapes (MOG) from viable berries during the harvesting of wine g... | 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 |
| 7086216 | 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 means for advancing the machine along the tract of ground; an endless conveyor mounted on the support frame, having me... | 08/08/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6553300 | Harvester with intelligent hybrid control system A control system for a harvester or similar implement includes a supervisory controller, a set of low-level controllers and a neuro-fuzzy inference system. The supervisory controller employs human expert knowledge and fuzzy logic. The controller monitors ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6499283 | Crop conditioning system with lobed rollers A roller for a crop conditioning system having a roller body with a compressible base mat, with a side of the base mat including a plurality of generally arcuate recessed areas and an plurality of raised areas adjacent the recessed areas, with each raised... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6415592 | Harvester apparatus and method for separating ripe fruit from harvested plants A harvester system for separating ripe fruit such as tomatoes from harvested plants includes first and second sorters for detecting and sorting loose fruit and accepting or rejecting the loose fruit on the basis of the detected color and a transport conve... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6272821 | Debris separator for cotton conveying duct A cotton harvester conveying system includes a cross auger with dual flighting that moves the material to a central location where four rapidly rotating paddles direct the material rearwardly into a separation duct. Heavier trash and debris settle towards... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6173559 | Method and apparatus for removing debris from harvested vegetables A harvester 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 single conveyer/cutter... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6055799 | Forage conditioning machine An intense forage conditioning machine includes: a mower, either a cutter bar or disks, perpendicular to the direction of travel for cutting fresh forage off the ground to leave a stubble; a conveying unit to move the cut forage; a macerating unit compose... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5941768 | Corn cob collecting apparatus for use with a combine A corn cob collection apparatus is described which may be pulled behind a combine so that the corn plant residue being discharged from the combine will be collected by the apparatus with the apparatus separating the stalks, husks, etc., from the heavier c... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5904032 | Method and means for harvesting grain A method of harvesting grain involves placing a cutting and harvesting head on the front of a prime mover, moving the prime mover and the head through a field of mature grain plants with grain thereon. The grain bearing plants are then cut with the head, ... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5851145 | Hand portable grain threshing device A hand portable grain threshing device includes a base, a reel with elongate paddle members, a mesh screen mounted over the top of the reel, a trough and collection member for collecting grain heads or kernels, a variable speed actuator for rotating the r... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5678354 | No-burn process for fostering growth of a mature perennial grass crop in a field A no-burn process for fostering growth of a mature perennial grass crop in a field. The process includes: (a) providing seed-containing heads on the grass crop; (b) removing seed from the seed-containing heads to leave a standing remnant of the grass crop... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5569079 | Device for sampling grain A portable device as disclosed for threshing grain to obtain a sample to be tested, for example, for its moisture content, disease, and protein content. The grain sampling device includes a housing with a handle enabling the device to be carried, an inlet... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5421147 | Nut harvester A nut harvester includes a frame drawn by a tractor over nut and debris windrows on the ground of a nut orchard. The nut harvester collects the nuts from the windrows and separates the debris collected therewith while minimizing the dust emissions and air... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5191755 | Combine harvester with dual range variable speed blower A variable diameter belt type power transfer assembly having a drive sheave and a driven sheave, both of which are adjustable and include a pair of opposing coaxial flanges, one of which is axially movable relative to the other, is disclosed wherein both ... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5161356 | Stalk chopper and crusher accessory A harvester thresher or combine has a picking slot through which grain stalks are pulled to separate the stalks from the grain heads. Two oppositely rotated, parallel shafts are located at opposite sides of the picking slot. Each shaft has at least one cu... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5106340 | Portable field thrasher A field thrasher includes a housing assembly and a thrashing assembly. The housing assembly includes an upper thrashing enclosure with a mouth opening and a chaffe discharge opening. A lower, collection enclosure is mounted below the thrashing enclosure a... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5103623 | Apparatus and method for harvesting agricultural produce Harvested agricultural produce is distributed and temporarily stored in an elongated, low-profile bin mounted and supported above a frame so as to substantially center the weight of the produce over the frame. The bin has an input and an output end and is... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5092110 | Primary extractor apparatus for sugar cane harvester A sugar cane harvester primary extractor apparatus is provided for separating cane crop leafy trash material from a harvested stream of conveyed cut billets. The apparatus is used with chopper cane harvesters wherein cane billets are fed continuously into... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5076046 | Harvester for vine crops A harvester is provided for mechanized harvesting of vine crops such as cucumbers. A harvester head is provided with a plurality of rollers, each of which comprises a cage structure rotatable about a central longitudinal axis, a rotatable shaft within the... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5041058 | Portable thrasher A portable thrasher includes a housing with an interior, a mouth for passing crop heads into the interior, a grain discharge opening and a chaffe discharge opening. A thrashing assembly includes a primer mover mounted on the housing, a generally cylindric... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5035105 | Method and a device designed to arrange and pack seedlings Method and device designed for arranging and packing plants and their respective root lumps. The method and device are employed in relation to plants which have grown in a seedling unit containing a large number of plants and soil lumps arranged in a plur... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5001893 | Tractor powered nut harvester A wheel mounted harvester having a tow hitch at each end thereof for towing by a tractor, and to allow the harvester to simultaneously tow a harvest trailer. The harvester is used in orchards to pick-up nuts for deposit into the trailer towed by the nut h... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4976654 | Self-propelling harvester thresher A self-propelling harvester thresher comprises a threshing unit, a separating unit located downstream of the threshing unit, the separating unit extending along a traveling direction of the harvester thresher and operating in accordance with the principle... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4971594 | Apparatus for harvesting ginseng roots An automated ginseng root harvester having a feeder conveyor, an air flow for separating ginseng roots from various heavier and lighter objects, a pair of lateral separation conveyors, an inclined conveyor extending in the direction of the air flow and a ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4951451 | Apparatus and method for harvesting crops by stripping The apparatus for harvesting crops, particularly seed crops, comprises a mobile support structure (20) and a crop stripping device in the form of a rotor (30), which may be attached to height adjustable arms and is driven by drive means (22). The rotor (3... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4915671 | Vibratory seed crop harvesting method and apparatus An apparatus and method is disclosed for threshing seed crop, such as wheat, barley, rice, corn, beans and many others, by moving the seed crop circumferentially through a trough-shaped screen with openings through which the kernels can pass. A rotatable ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4863415 | Combine harvester cleaning apparatus A combine harvester, having threshing and separating means for threshing and separating crop material and a cleaning apparatus disposed to receive threshed and separated grain from said treshing and separating means and being operable to clean unwanted re... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4750751 | Pivoting axle for a hillside combine In the forward undercarriage of a self-propelled hillside combine, all components for support and control of the transverse equalizing or balance beam, are below the floor level of a forward portion of the combine's separator body. In a compact structure ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4741349 | Self-propelled harvester thresher A self-propelled harvester thresher, comprising a device for a front product supply, and separating device arranged downstream of product supply device, the separating device extending in a longitudinal direction and operating in accordance with the princ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4712362 | Harvester for experimental plots of ground A self-driven chopper-harvester for experimental plots of ground of reduced size, intended especially for collecting fodder plants, comprises a collecting and chopping device forming a first module to which is connected via an ejection duct to a second mo... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4697406 | Harvester for vine type crops This invention is a vegetable harvester which gets below the vines, picks the vegetables from such vines, and conveys the picked vegetables away from the harvest area for grading and other processing. This is accomplished through the provision of a pair o... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4642977 | Trash separator for hut harvester A nut harvester and separator, particularly for nuts such as pecans, almonds and walnuts, includes a wheeled frame drawn by a tractor over nut and trash windrows on the nut-orchard ground. Power-driven pick-up and lifting reels within a longitudinal plenu... | 02/17/1987 |
