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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141332 | Chopper assembly for a harvesting implement A chopping assembly for a harvesting implement having a blade assembly, a housing, and a guide. The blade assembly is disposed within the housing and the guide directs cornstalks toward an input port on the housing. The blade assembly not only cuts the cornstalk fro... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8087223 | Chopper assembly for a harvesting implement A chopping assembly for a harvesting implement having a blade assembly, a housing, and a guide. The blade assembly is disposed within the housing and the guide directs cornstalks toward an input port on the housing. The blade assembly not only cuts the cornstalk fro... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7856800 | Chopper assembly for a harvesting implement A chopping assembly for a harvesting implement having a blade assembly, a housing, and a guide. The blade assembly is disposed within the housing and the guide directs cornstalks toward an input port on the housing. The blade assembly not only cuts the cornstalk fro... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7540136 | Field chopper and press rolls The invention relates to a field chopper having at least one rotatable lower rough-press roll and at least one rotatable upper rough-press roll. Between the rough-press rolls crop is pressed and fed to a chopping drum where blades chop the crop. A space is defined d... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7475529 | Harvesting apparatus comprising a stalk chopper The invention relates to a harvesting apparatus (10), particularly a corn picker, comprising two drawing-in and picking units (18), each of which is provided with a picking gap (24) and a drawing-in device (26) that can be operated so as ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7261634 | Automatically deployable and storable cover apparatus for directing cotton flow from a conveyor duct of a cotton harvester to a cotton receiver thereof The apparatus for directing a flow of air and cotton from a cotton conveyor duct of a cotton harvester into a cotton receiver includes a cover member and a mounting element configured for mounting the cover member to a cotton conveyor duct for movement between a fir... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7237373 | Stalk roll with oppositely tapering body and drivers A stalk roll for a harvesting device for harvesting crop heads of stalk-like plants. The stalk roll is provided with a roll body having projecting drivers distributed around its periphery. The pull-in speed of the stalk rolls in a picking region where the crop heads... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222478 | Header for harvesting crops having stalks A crop harvesting header includes a compact arrangement of side-by-side mounted intake and mowing units, cross conveyors and deflection coveyors, which operate to efficiently deliver cut crop to a central outlet at the rear side of the header. Some of the compactnes... | 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 |
| 7204752 | Automatically deployable and storable cover apparatus for directing cotton flow from a conveyor duct of a cotton harvester to a cotton receiver thereof The apparatus for directing a flow of air and cotton from a cotton conveyor duct of a cotton harvester into a cotton receiver includes a cover member and a mounting element configured for mounting the cover member to a cotton conveyor duct for movement between a fir... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7165381 | Crop converging arrangement on mowing implement equipped with a rotary cutter bar A mowing implement is equipped with a rotary cutter bar and utilizes right- and left-hand sets of converging drums to aid those cutting discs located outboard of opposite sides of a discharge zone to converge crop to the discharge zone. The inner two of each of the ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7121070 | Harvester A harvester for harvesting stalky crops has an intake and conveying device having an endless conveyor provided with outwardly oriented cutting, holding, and conveying elements that form cutting planes and holding planes. The endless conveyor has a supply area for tr... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7063614 | Control arrangement for crop discharging device of an agricultural harvesting machine A crop discharging device, such as a discharge spout for a crop chopping machine, has a crop input end mounted for swiveling about an inclined upright axis and for pivoting vertically about a horizontal axis. The discharge spout also includes a vertically adjustable... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7047717 | Agricultural header with chopper A feeding and picking device is provided with a rotating feeding device defining a feeding radius. The feeding device is rotated about a vertical feeding axis. The picking device comprises a snapping channel formed by snapping bars under which is located at least on... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028458 | Machine for mowing stalk-like crops A machine is provided for mowing of stalk-like crops, having cutting and intake mechanisms arranged side by side, for cutting and conveying of the crop material, wherewith at least one such cutting and intake mechanism is disposed on each side of the longitudinal mi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024846 | Header for harvesting stalk crops A header is equipped with a plurality of mowing and take-in devices for cutting and conveying plants. Associated with each of mowing and take-in device is a conveyor for receiving and conveying plant parts, especially corn ears, possibly separated from the plants, a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6959529 | Machine for mowing stalk-like crops including a drum conveyor equipped with crop entrainment elements that span a crop transport channel A forage harvester is equipped with a harvesting platform including a plurality of side-by-side mounted rotary collection and mowing drums that operate to feed stalk-like crops into a transport conduit located behind the collection and mowing drums. A pair of transp... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6925790 | Harvesting equipment for stalk plants A harvesting apparatus for harvesting corn or other such stalked vegetation includes at least one circulating endless conveyor for gathered plants, which forms an area at an end thereof for delivery of the plants to an inlet opening of a further processing apparatus... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910321 | Air-assisted, topper/shredder for sugar cane harvester A topper/shredder arrangement of a cane harvester is designed so that a stream of air is created that aids in carrying pieces of cane tops to a location outside the harvesting throat of the cane harvester. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6775967 | Crop harvester header for mowing stalk-like crop A crop harvester header includes a plurality of intake and mowing drums mounted in side-by-side relationship to each other across the width of the header. Located to the rear of the intake and mowing drums for receiving crop delivered to the rear by them are a pair ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6584755 | Apparatus for adjusting the spacing and/or the contact pressure between two rollers of a kernel processor A kernel processor includes a pair of rollers which are controlled such that the spacing between them varies inversely, or such that the contact pressure between them varies directly, in response to varying moisture content of the crop material being proc... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6550231 | Harvesting machine, especially a self-propelled pick-up chopper A harvesting machine such as a self-propelled pick-up chopper including a feeder housing having supplying elements and which can be transferred from a swiveled-in operating position about an axle into a swiveled-up maintenance position. In order to be abl... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6430907 | Intake and plucking arrangement as well as a harvesting machine A self-propelled forage harvester is equipped with a header including intake and plucking arrangements which, in the case of corn, separate the ears from the stalk and conveys them in different streams to the harvester. The harvester has a conventional cu... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6412259 | Gathering roller mechanism for harvesting device and harvesting device utilizing same The device for harvesting corn or similar cereals, which can be constructed particularly as an attachment for combine harvesters or field choppers, having two gathering rollers, which are disposed on either side of a gathering gap for separating the fruit... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6298643 | Machine for mowing and chopping corn and similar stalk-like harvested crops A machine for mowing and chopping corn and similar stalk-like harvested crops has a number of drawing-in and mowing drums which rotate about a vertical axis and which are provided with protruding driver gear rims. The drawing-in and mowing drums are dispo... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6217245 | Writing instrument having a glitter embedded barrel and method of making same A writing instrument is manufactured in a unique manner by the application of three layers of materials which provide an overall partially transparent and iridescent glitter coated pen or pencil configuration. The main body can be of plastic or wood and h... | 04/17/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6032444 | Non-row-sensitive forage harvester A non-row-sensitive forage harvesting header for attachment to a mobile frame carrying a chopper has a pair of rotatable cutting discs for severing stalks as the frame moves across a field. Positioned above the cutting discs are a pair of drum-shaped tran... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5979151 | Harvester with selectively positionable deflector A self-propelled chopper forage harvester has a flap assembly at the discharge end of a pivotable ejector pipe. A hydraulic actuator moves the flap assembly about a generally horizontal axis for directing the projection of the forage. The flap assembly is... | 11/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5875622 | Harvesting apparatus for comminuting plant before separation A harvesting apparatus for a crop has a separator for separating grain from the stalks. The separator has a platform adjustable to different heights positioned on the front end of the separator. The separator also has a rearward end for discharging stalks... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5852922 | Machine for cutting and chopping corn and similar stalk-like harvested crops independently of rows A machine for cutting and chopping corn and similar stalk-like harvested crops independently of rows includes drawing-in and cutting drums which are overlapped on the upper side in the region of their rotational sector by cover plates which interact each ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5749208 | Mowing apparatus The mowing implement of a mowing apparatus, rotating about a vertical axis, is driven over a transmission comprising a freewheel mechanism and driving pins. A drive shaft is connected with the freewheel mechanism so that there cannot be any mutual rotatio... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5722225 | Machine for mowing and chopping corn and similar stalk-like harvested crops independently of the row In the case of a machine for mowing and chopping corn and other similar stalk-like harvested crops, independently of rows, with at least two drawing-in and mowing drums disposed on either side of the vertical, central longitudinal plane of the machine, th... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5330114 | Shredder attachment for combine corn head An attachment for a combine and more specifically to a shredder attachment for a combine corn head to shred or chop corn stalks as they pass downwardly through the feed rolls on a combine corn head with the shredded materials being discharged onto the gro... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5269126 | Adapter for use with harvesting machines for corn and the like A stalk chopping adapter has a frame which can be attached to the front end of a harvester combine and supports two forwardly extending downwardly inclined parallel rotors which are driven in opposite directions. The rotors have longitudinally extending a... | 12/14/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5157904 | Sugar-cane harvesting machine In a sugar-cane harvesting machine with a mobile machine base frame and a chopping mechanism (8), harvesting attachments which can be optionally fixed on the machine base frame are provided for adapting to different harvesting circumstances and terrain co... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4926623 | Mowing apparatus A mowing apparatus for mowing stalk-like crops independently of rows and conveying the mowed crop to a draw-in-box of a chopper, including two rotating mowing rollers with rigid entrainment fingers, the mowing rollers being arranged laterally in front o... | 05/22/1990 |
