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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7827775 | Flexible draper and cutter bar having shiftable crop divider with deflector A harvesting machine includes a harvesting header with a header frame, a cutterbar assembly attached to the header frame along the length thereof and configured to cut a crop, and a draper assembly positioned behind the cutterbar assembly and operable to receive sev... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7650738 | Crop lifter and crop accessory attachment A crop lifter for attachment to a cutting header includes a lifter member adapted for attachment to the header and a lifting finger attached to the lifter member by a quick-attach mechanism such that a leading end of the lifting finger is ahead of and below the knif... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7380392 | Guard for a header of a harvester In a header having a movably mounted knife and a guard for shielding the moving and rotating components operating the knife, the guard preferably comprising two interconnected parts of which the first part is mounted on the header so as not to move with the knife an... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7350345 | Cutting platform for a combine harvester A cutting platform for a combine harvester is fitted with a crop divider that is pivotable relative to the cutting platform between a forwards projecting operating position and a retracted transport position. The divider is supported on a member that forms part of t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7240471 | Row divider having a variable-height ear saver For a row crop header, a row divider having a variable-height ear saver feature. The row divider comprises a point, a cover, and a partition. The point has a trailing edge vertically moveable relative to the cover. The partition fills a resultant gap between the poi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7162854 | Header for a harvester having an integral transport system An implement, such as a header for a combine, having an integral transport system with a pair of ground engaging wheels that are moved between transport positions used in transporting the implement and stowed positions on the implement during use of the implement. T... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7146790 | Combine harvesters An anti-wrapping device is described for preventing crop from being wrapped about the central shaft of a reel rotatably supported on side arms of a header of a combine. The device comprises an annular cover plate for securing to the axial end of the reel to prevent ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7073998 | Mechanical lock-up for pivoting table A manually operated mechanism for locking the first table of a bale wagon in the raised position. The mechanism uses gravity to both engage and disengage the lock to permit an operator to safely service the components of the wagon below the first table. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073316 | Harvesting implement for harvesting stalk-like plants A harvesting implement for the harvesting of stalk-like plants comprising an intake arrangement for taking up plants located on a field and a stalk divider arranged ahead of the intake arrangement in the forward direction. The crop divider is supported in bearings s... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069711 | Brush attachment for golf course greens mower A brush attachment for a golf course greens mower includes a frame that supports a golf greens brush on the distal end and is pivotally attached to the same axle as the cutter heads and grass clippings buckets so that the brush is lifted with them. In addition, it h... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051503 | Crop divider A crop divider for a harvesting assembly is provided with a foldable deflector. The deflector is mounted to the harvesting assembly by a pivot link having a pivot axis. The deflector can be folded about the pivot axis between an operating position and a transport po... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6901730 | End hood extension for a corn header The extension includes a support member including a mounting end mountable to a corn header adjacent to a rear end thereof for pivotable movement about a generally upwardly to downwardly extending pivotal axis between at least one forwardly extending position spaced... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6823655 | Vertically pivoting plastic header side shield An improved rotomolded plastic harvester header side shield is disclosed. The shield is pivotable to an open position upwardly and rearwardly about a horizontal hinge located on the upper rear portion of the header. The shield is generally molded on the inside to th... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6817168 | Vertically pivoting header side shield and latch mechanism These and other objects are attained by providing an improved harvester header side shield and latch mechanism consisting of a shield vertically pivotable upwardly and rearwardly about a horizontal hinge located on the upper rear portion of the header. The shield is... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6769237 | Vertically pivoting plastic header side shield and latch mechanism These and other objects are attained by providing an improved harvester header side shield and latch mechanism consisting of a vertical plastic shield pivotable upwardly and rearwardly about a horizontal hinge located on the upper rear portion of the header. The shi... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6715273 | Stalk divider A deflector of a stalk divider for a harvesting assembly can be pivoted about a pivot axis defined by a joint between an operating position and a transport position. The deflector can be held in the operating position and in the transport position. The joint is prov... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6625969 | Tip for covering the snoot of a crop divider A tip for the leading end of a crop divider of a combine corn head comprises a tip body of a durable low friction polymer which covers the snoot of the crop divider to reduce the incidents of clogging of the combine head as the head is advanced through th... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6282876 | Crop divider for the wheel of an agricultural vehicle A crop divider is mounted in front of a ground wheel of an agricultural vehicle to divide the crop to pass on either side of the wheel. The divided includes two diverging divider sheets with two trailing side sheets. Each divider sheet carries a free roll... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6247297 | Jackknife support system for a combine cornhead A jackknifing row unit for a combine cornhead comprising a hood pivotally connected between a divider and a row unit frame. A four-bar linkage formed by a tension member and a compression member interconnected between the hood and the row unit frame suppo... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5974773 | Crop divider for the wheel of an agricultural machine This invention is a mounting system which provides impact protection for crop dividers or row dividers mounted on crop sprayers or harvesters and the like. A divider extends forwardly and downwardly and terminates with a ground engageable shoe. The ground... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5910092 | Row crop header shield with detachable shields A row crop header includes a frame, a first shield, a first hinge mechanism pivotably coupling the first shield to the frame, a second shield and a second hinge mechanism pivotably coupling the second shield to the first shield. The first hinge mechanism ... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5787697 | Combine crop divider assembly A crop divider assembly is provided for use on the row crop header of a combine or the like, and includes an elongated, hollow, double-walled divider and a similarly constructed snout. The divider includes longitudinally opposed proximal and distal ends, ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5775076 | Fender extension for a corn harvester A fender extension for a corn harvester. The fender extension is mounted to the semi-conical portion of the end crop divider. The extension itself comprises an angled mounting portion, a cantilevered portion extending rearwardly from the mounting portion,... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5392593 | Mobile apparatus for cutting vegetation A mobile vegetation cutting apparatus that has a mobile chassis adapted for travel on a railroad trackway. Attached to the mobile chassis are at least two independently pivotal boom assemblies that can be selectively pivoted to vegetation cutting position... | 02/28/1995 |
| 4903466 | Feeding mechanism for a machine of the reaper-thresher-type A gear mechanism for agricultural machines capable of being moved along a direction of propagation and of cutting plants whose growth is generally vertical, has a cutter for cutting along a line making a given angle with the direction of propagation, a sc... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4881364 | Separating device for reapers with cutter plates driven to rotate about vertical axes A separating device for reapers with cutter plates driven to rotate about vertical axes having a fender which is inclined downward to divert reaping material. The fender is arranged to be fastened to the reaper at a point below the cuting plane of the cut... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4835954 | Combine header with skid plates A pair of plastic skid plates are secured to the underside of skid pads at opposite lateral ends of a floating cutterbar and are connected at their forward ends to the dividers, at laterally opposite ends of a combine header, by elastic connectors.... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4757673 | Adjustment of crop dividers A tool, and method of utilization, for achieving fine vertical adjustment of a crop divider pivotally mounted on the front of a crop header. The tool includes an inverted J-shaped support member adapted for attachment to a frame member of the crop header.... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4700537 | Crop divider mounting arrangement for a harvester A crop divider of the cutting platform of a self-propelled combine harvester is loosely supported for floating and rocking movement in a vertical fore-and-aft plane, by a rearwardly extending frame member or spine of the divider being inserted into and ex... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4550555 | Crop guiding attachment for a combine divider An attachment for a floating crop divider of the type used on a harvester having a transverse frame and reel with opposite upright sidewalls with the floating crop divider including a conically shaped divider shroud extending forward from an open end whic... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4538404 | Adjustable crop divider apparatus An improved crop divider assembly (14) for crop harvesting equipment is disclosed. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a combine attachment (12) for operative engagement with a combine (10). The combine attachment (12) includes a plurality of crop ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4502270 | Crop divider with illuminated points A mobile agricultural harvester has a crop header at its forward end including a plurality of crop dividers. The crop dividers each include a forwardly tapering point portion terminating at its forward end with a tip. Either the tip or the point portion o... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4493181 | Attachment for the snouts of combines and the like An attachment for the snout of a combine includes a plate which is disposed above the snout and is inclined upwardly and rearwardly at an angle greater than the angle of the upper surface of the snout to provide a steeper surface for engaging and lifting ... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4470244 | Feeding device for a sugar cane harvester A feeding device of a sugar cane harvester includes a pair of rotary cane dividers spaced from each other. The feeding device is provided with a mechanism for adjusting the distance between two spaced cane dividers. This mechanism is operated from an oper... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4330984 | Crop divider assembly A combined header is equipped with crop divider assemblies operable to direct crops into the path of movement of the header. Each divider assembly has two longitudinally aligned sections that are adjustable relative to each other to vary the length of the... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330983 | Floating divider for a harvester A crop divider attachment for a harvester which includes a fixed upright divider extending forwardly from the conventional divider wall at the sides of a transverse frame. A lightweight snout 18 projects forwardly from the fixed divider and has side surfa... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4299080 | Crop divider for a harvester A crop divider pivotably mounted to the end of a harvesting platform about a horizontal axis, said divider having a plate with a reinforcing frame and two convexly curved surfaces tapered from front to rear. The leading curved surface is sloped rearwardly... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4269018 | Bean divider A bean divider mechanism which is adapted to be attached to a drawing vehicle. The mechanism includes one or more bean dividers each attached to a horizontal support bar by substantially parallel plates pivotally attached to the bean divider.... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4206584 | Floating cutterbar header A crop harvesting header for a self-propelled combine. The header includes a "floating" flexible cutterbar movable vertically relative to the header frame to cut a standing crop (soybeans, for example) close to the ground to minimize crop losses. The cutt... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4199927 | Combine reel weed shield A combine reel weed shield includes a substantially flat panel member and a vertically oriented deflector plate attached along one longitudinal edge to the inwardly facing surface of the panel member. The weed shield includes means for attaching to a reel... | 04/29/1980 |
