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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166740 | Impeller conditioner rotor equipped with curved tines A crop conditioner is equipped with an impeller including a rotor to which a plurality of conditioner tines are respectively pivotally mounted at one of their ends. The tines are contoured so that they release crop at an appropriate location for the crop to engage t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7874135 | Harvester adapter with stalk shredder for harvesting grain crops, particularly sunflower The harvester adapter has a frame structure, for attachment to a combine harvester. At least two crop gathering units are secured to the frame structure. Adjacent crop gathering units are arranged such that a channel with an open leading end is formed between them, ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7562517 | Rotary crimping apparatus for elevated crop beds The rotary crimper for elevated crop beds is designed to crimp and mulch a field of crops with an elevated bed-type structure. The rotary crimper has a tubular inner roller and a plurality of crimping members extending from the inner roller. The crimping members hav... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555889 | Chopper knife for a straw chopper A chopper knife for a straw chopper has two side faces defining cutting edges. Each cutting edge is made up of two asymmetrical ground faces. The side faces are arranged at an angle with respect to the side faces. The cross section of the chopper knife in the region... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7484350 | Reversable counter knife bank A counter knife bank or knife rank for use with a stationary knife assembly, such as by attachment to a knife mounting assembly of the stationary knife assembly, of a chopper assembly of an agricultural combine, including a plurality of individual double-sided knife... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7278597 | Rotating cylindrical flailing vegetation cutter A rotating cylindrical flailing vegetation cutter, which includes a power rotated shaft having a cross-sectional profile. Disks are provided having a central aperture adapted to slide over the shaft and non-rotatably engage the cross-sectional profile. Each of the d... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7189160 | Device for adjusting the cutting length of a chopping device It is proposed that a sensor ascertain a parameter of the harvested crop and send a signal used for changing the speed of feeding devices for the chopping and/or the speed of the chopping device in order for automatically obtaining a change in the length of the cut ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7146788 | Chopper arrangement for a forage harvester A forage harvester chopper arrangement is located within a housing provided with an access door mounted for pivoting vertically between a chopping position, wherein access to the chopping arrangement is prevented, and a grinding position, permitting access to the ch... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7127876 | Device for treating fodder and reaping machine which uses such device for treating fodder A device for treating forage, intended to accelerate the drying and comprising a rotor which is rotated about an axis and includes a support and at least one conditioning element. The conditioning element includes at least one active part which is used to work the f... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7096900 | Tree cutting attachment for work vehicle A tree cutting attachment for a skid loader or other types of self-propelled work vehicles to be used at construction and landscaping sites. The device is used to cut down brush and trees of up to about 12 inches in diameter. The tree cutting attachment is made up o... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7007874 | Shroud assembly for waste processing machine A shroud assembly for a waste processing machine includes a shroud for attachment to an engine of the waste processing machine. The shroud assembly also includes a plurality of fasteners for attaching the shroud to the engine of the waste processing machine, whereby... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6968907 | Smooth rolling cover crop roller Cover crops may be rolled and crimped using an apparatus which may be rolled across a field at a relatively high speed without excessive vibration. The apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical drum which has a plurality of rows of outwardly extending blades pr... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6953398 | Chopping blade A chopping blade includes a mounting portion defining a mounting plane, and a working portion connected to the mounting portion. The working portion includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a body extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The bo... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945025 | Shredder head with protective elements, and mobile sylvicultural apparatus including the same A shredder head, and a mobile apparatus including the same, for carrying out various sylvicultural applications, such as land clearing and the like. Each of the shredding assemblies of the shredder head includes a protective element also operatively connected to the... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926604 | Harvesting machine A forage harvester includes feed rolls operable to convey crop to a crop cutter drum. The forage harvester is provided with a control arranged to produce a controller output signal based upon a sensed number of rotations of the crop cutter drum or the feed rolls. Th... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6912835 | Knife selecting arrangement of crop cutting device for use with agricultural machines having a pick-up A cutting device is adapted for cooperating with a tined rotor that receives crop delivered by a pick-up. A selector mechanism is provided for selecting the number of effective knives for reducing the crop conveyed across the knife bed. This selector includes a sele... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6829879 | Releasable fastening arrangement for straw chopper blade A fastening arrangement for fastening a blade to a rotor of a straw chopper. The fastening arrangement comprising a bolt that is inserted into a blade hole in the blade and into a plate hole in a mounting plate extending from the rotor and into a retaining element t... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6802176 | Cutter head assembly A cutter head assembly comprising a first longitudinal member; a second hollow longitudinal member provided with at least one aperture, being coaxial with the first longitudinal member and radially spaced apart therefrom; cup-shaped elements fixedly mounted to a cor... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6783453 | Mounting assembly for straw chopper blades A mounting assembly for fastening blades to a straw chopper rotor. The rotor is provided with a plurality of mounts each mount having a rotor mounting hole. The blades are secured to the mounts. Each blade is provide with a blade mounting hole. A pin is inserted int... | 08/31/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6594983 | Cutting device for an agricultural harvester A cutting device for agricultural harvesting machines, such as, for instance, self-loading forage boxes or baling presses with a conveyor channel, in which a number of cutting blades mounted in rotatable fashion, arranged at least in a single row and prot... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6539697 | Apparatus and method for knocking down and crushing farm crop residue Apparatus and method for crushing plant residue remaining in a farm field following the crop harvest comprising a main frame moveable in a forward path, a yieldable residue knock-down drape suspended on the frame for knocking the plant residue to the grou... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6453957 | Cutting attachment A cutting attachment is adapted to be mounted onto a vehicle, such as a skid steer loader, and includes a frame that is generally "V" shaped with diverging walls and open in direction of travel. The diverging walls of the frame support upright shafts. Eac... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6321518 | Land clearing machine attachment A machine attachment of the type having a plurality of swinging blades and a rotor that rotates about a horizontal axis has a cylindrical tubular rotor with stub shafts and bearings at each end for rotation about the horizontal axis, so that the body of t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6251009 | Straw chopper housing A straw chopper for a combine harvester having a chopper housing mounted to a combine for rotation about a transverse axis. The housing is movable from a chopping position, in which the chopper receives straw from the separator of the combine and chops an... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6101800 | Field chopping apparatus A chopping apparatus for cultivating crop fields that mounts to at least one of the wheels of an agricultural vehicle, tractor or like vehicle comprising a plurality of blades attached to a plurality of spaced arms. The plurality of spaced arms extend out... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6062009 | Apparatus and method for harvesting cane in billet form A two-row cane harvester 10 simultaneously harvests two rows of sugar cane in a green tropical cane field. A pair of topper mechanisms 54 top the cane stalks while base cutters 80 base cut the cane. Base cut cane is received base first into the harvester ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6052978 | Ensilage harvester variable speed feed roll drive A drive transmission for the feed rolls of a forage harvester includes a planetary gear set arranged such that an input shaft drives the sun gear while a further input shaft is provided by a reversible, variable speed motor that is connected to the ring g... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5974776 | Chopper for harvesting machine A crop chopper for an agricultural machine has a rotor having a plurality of fingers displaceable on rotation of the rotor along the passage, and respective blades interleaved with the fingers and each having a front end pivoted about a horizontal axis an... | 11/02/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5921071 | Feeder arrest for use in a harvesting machine An agricultural harvesting machine, such as a forage harvester, comprises a feeder means for feeding crop material to crop processing means and a feeder arrest means for immediately arresting at least a portion of said feeder means upon detection of a for... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5904033 | Vine cutter A vine cutter for cutting entangled vines of potato plants in front of a potato harvester so that the vines do not become entangled and accumulated upon a front portion of the potato harvester. The inventive device includes a frame having a pair of upper ... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5901541 | Corn stover collection apparatus A windrower (1) useful for collecting stalk material from a field (43) and depositing the material In a windrow (61). The collection of dust and debris in the windrow is minimized by the use of a screen (24) located above the auger (29) which transports t... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5895320 | Defoliating flail A polyurethane sugar beet flail including one or more tapered arms which radiate from a hub that contains a hardened support bearing. One multi-arm flail includes a support hub containing a bored nylon bearing having a pair of co-planar arms which radiate... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5890353 | Adjustable chopper shaft An adjustable chopper shaft is disclosed including a chopper shaft (14), a gear (18) concentrically mounted on the chopper shaft, the gear being accomodated in a gearbox (40). A setup (30, 32) for selectively allowing rotation of the chopper shaft relativ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5833533 | Harvester thresher A harvester thresher has a housing, a straw shaking means, a chopper drum arranged after the straw shaking means and provided with associated counter cutters for comminuting a threshed straw, a width distributing device arranged under the chopper drum for... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5806293 | Mower and/or aerating device A mower and/or aerating device (7) exhibits a mower drum and/or aerating drum (8) rotating around a horizontal axis running perpendicular to the mower and/or aerating device advance direction. The mower drum and/or aerating drum (8) feeds cut material and... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5666794 | Flail mower attachment for a skid steer vehicle An improved skid steer vehicle that has a longitudinally extending main frame and wheels for supporting the main frame for movement over the ground. An operator's compartment spans substantially the entire lateral distance of the main frame in the fore an... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5660034 | Folding root crop defoliator A foldable root crop defoliator wherein the implement has a central frame with lateral wings pivotally attached to the central frame. The front end of the central frame is adjustably attached to a hitch for towing the defoliator. Plant top cutting and shr... | 08/26/1997 |
