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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6381937 | Cotton harvester header assembly containing paddle chain frame unit, stripper bar unit and height sensing unit A broadcast cotton harvester header assembly containing two or more header units wherein each header unit includes (1) a paddle chain frame unit having a length and a width and operatively attached to a (2) stripper bar unit having an upper surface to har... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6134867 | Feeder shaft structure for a cotton harvester A vine shield for a finger-type header with feeder shafts includes a plurality of curved channel-shaped bars having upper ends releasably secured to supports extending transversely over the stripping fingers. A shaft support structure mounts two timed fee... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6094898 | Flexible finger inserts for cotton stripper fingers A flexible insert for a cotton stripper finger assembly adapted for stripping cotton bolls from cotton plants planted in narrow row or broadcast configuration. The insert comprises a flexible plastic strip sandwiched between a conventional metal stripping... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6052977 | Single bolt stripping finger insert A stripping finger insert is attached with a single bolt for easy adjustment of the gap between fingers on an ultra narrow row cotton stripper. The point of the insert wedges underneath a rearwardly angled edge of an upright planar fin member located at t... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6044635 | Feeder shaft structure for a cotton harvester A vine shield for a finger-type header with feeder shafts includes a plurality of curved channel-shaped bars having upper ends releasably secured to supports extending transversely over the stripping fingers. A shaft support structure mounts two timed fee... | 04/04/2000 |
| 4970851 | Combing machine The combing machine comprises a detaching roll and an oscillating nipper unit comrising bottom and top nippers. The predetermined spacing for the oscillating nipper unit with respect to the detaching roll is adjustable, such predetermined spacing being th... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4358921 | Cotton stripper finger attachment A cotton stripper of the finger type in which attachments (26, 26') are releasably secured to selected fingers (12, 12') to provide reduced spacing (b) when the attachments (26, 26') are mounted on alternate fingers (12, 21') and further reduced spacing (... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4313296 | Cotton stripper Cotton bolls, along the fingers of a cotton stripper, are brushed upward to the conveyor by brushes mounted upon chains which run on sprockets on either side of the fingers. The speed of the brushes along the finger is slower than the speed of the strippe... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4147016 | Harvester having height adjustable head An arrangement of parallel fingers within the head of a cotton stripper is twisted in response to the operation of a pair of supporting cylinders disposed between the head and a vehicle frame to which the head is pivotably mounted to vary the heights of t... | 04/03/1979 |