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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997967 | Agricultural combine grain cleaning sieve with adjustable spacing system A sieve for a grain cleaning system of an agricultural combine, including a system providing enhanced adjustability of spacing, including capacities for quickly and easily varying a number of rows of sieve fingers, spacing between the rows, and angular orientation o... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7946908 | Flexible louver opening adjustment mechanism for a pivoting combine harvester cleaning element A cleaning element for a combine harvester having a plurality of cleaning element frames pivotable about parallel longitudinal axes. Each of the cleaning elements has a plurality of pivotal louvers connected to a longitudinal actuating element extending coaxially th... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7927199 | Grain cleaning assembly support frame movable in two planes A harvesting machine including a chassis and a cleaning shoe. The cleaning shoe is supported by the chassis. The cleaning shoe includes a frame and at least one grain cleaning element. The frame is moveable in a first plane relative to the chassis. The at least one ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7896731 | Combine grain cleaning system including a grain cleaning sieve having a region of increased grain throughput A cleaning system for an agriculture work vehicle including a combination of a grain cleaning sieve having a limited region containing larger apertures providing increased grain throughput and also increased air throughput relative to the other regions of the sieve,... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7841931 | Airflow controlled combine shoe A combine harvester having a frame and a crop harvesting header supported by the frame to gather crop material. A threshing and separating mechanism connected to the frame that receives the crop material from the header to thresh and separate the grain. A shoe assem... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7717778 | Separating cobs from grain in a corn harvester A combine harvester for corn is adjusted so that the threshing system maintains the grain and cobs together and there is provided a first sieve to separate the grain and cobs from residue material which is discharged from a rear of the first sieve and a second sieve... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7572180 | Distribution leveling for an agricultural combine A method and system for controlling distribution of crop material to a cleaning sieve of an agricultural combine, for reducing grain loss, including while the combine is tilted sidewardly relative to horizontal, involving controlling the angular orientation of a dis... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7566266 | Dual action corn cob separation and improved chaffer for whole corn cobs A dual action corn cob cleaning separation system having a whole corn cob sieve with elongated and rounded finger extensions for reorienting corn cobs traveling widthwise to instead travel lengthwise. ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7553226 | Grain cleaning system for a combine harvester A grain cleaning system for a combine harvester, comprises a frame supporting a grain pan and a sieve. The grain pan receives grain and chaff separated from the crop by a threshing mechanism and is reciprocable relative to the frame in order to separate the grain fr... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7497775 | Rear accessible sieve retainer A sieve retainer for an agricultural combine which is more accessible, particularly from the rear of the combine, which provides improved access to, and removal and replacement of the sieve and prevents loss of sieve retaining hardware. ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7399223 | Sieve with different louvers The invention refers to a screen for a cleaning device of a harvester-thresher, with a screen frame, on which several screen metal sheets are supported so they can rotate around an axis, and with at least one air conducting surface, which protrudes downward beyond t... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396278 | Cleaning shoe spreaders The movable cleaning shoe frame is provided with internal sidewalls. The frame supports a sieve for receiving grain to be cleaned. The sieve is provided with longitudinally extending dividers that define a plurality of longitudinally extending grain flow channels. T... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7371162 | Sieve adjustment mechanism for an agricultural combine An adjustment mechanism for opening size of sieve segments of the cleaning system of an agricultural combine disposed in end to end relation, which allows jointly adjusting the sieve sizes, or separate adjustment, and which allows easy and convenient removal and rei... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357711 | Sieve support structure for an agricultural combine A sieve support structure including an elongate first rail, an elongate second rail, and rigid elongate compression members pivotally connected to and extending between the first and second rails at longitudinally spaced locations therealong, wherein the rails and t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7322882 | Grain cleaning system for a combine harvester A drive linkage is described for reciprocating a sieve that is suspended within a frame of a combine harvester for movement in mutually orthogonal directions. The drive linkage comprises a cranking mechanism for imparting a reciprocating motion to the sieve in the d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7306513 | Leveling by over-compensation A system and method for limiting crop loss when harvesting on sloped or rolling ground by adjusting the chaffer and/or sieve, or longitudinal sections thereof, so as to overcompensate for the ground slope so that the chaffer and/or sieve sections are actually inclin... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7297052 | Method for operating a grain cleaning system in a combine harvester The present invention relates to a method for improving the operation of a grain cleaning system in a combine harvester characterized in that the method comprises the step of adjusting the position of the upper sieve in the grain cleaning system upon registering a d... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7261633 | Unitary pivoting spreader apparatus Spreader apparatus for a crop residue chopper of an agricultural harvesting machine or combine, mountable in a simple manner and quickly and precisely pivotable sidewardly, and optionally upwardly and downwardly, in a unitary manner, for adjusting or varying a direc... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7104882 | Sieve A sieve for a thresher, especially a combine-harvester, for the separation of grain-like field fruits from stalk-like and chaff-like components has channels (2, 2a, 2b) extending parallel to a longitudinal axis (1). The channels ( | 09/12/2006 |
| 7074126 | Discharge device for a harvesting machine A crop discharge device for discharging crop from a harvesting machine, comprising a rotatatable rotor mounted in a housing having a movable a bottom. The bottom can be put into a reciprocating motion in order to convey the crop to be discharged to the crop discharg... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7029392 | Device for adjusting the width of a sieve mesh on combine harvesters The invention relates to a device for adjusting the width of a sieve opening on combine harvesters so as to permit a quick installation of a new sieve or a quick re-installation of the previously used sieve, whereby enabling the previous width of the sieve opening t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011579 | High capacity air jet chaffer A crop chaffer for combines features air jets which deliver an air blast to the grain and chaff. The air jets and sifting screens are arranged in a cross sectionally “stair step” pattern in which the tread of each stair is the screen and the riser of the each st... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001269 | Combine with straw chopper A combine comprises a separating assembly defining a first crop residue stream and a cleaning assembly having a second crop residue stream. The first crop residue stream is directed to a straw chopper in a chopping mode and around the straw chopper in a straw swath ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000411 | Apparatus for controlling outdoor unit's louver blades and its method An apparatus and method for controlling louver blades of a compressor/condenser unit are provided which can improve efficiency of the compressor/condenser unit based on a position of the louver blades and peripheral conditions. The apparatus includes louver blades w... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001267 | Method of controlling a threshing mechanism of a combine harvester For controlling a threshing mechanism of a combine harvester parameters of the threshing mechanism are adjusted with respect to a nominal crop throughput determined for corresponding harvesting conditions to an optimal value, the changing automatically and the adjus... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6955597 | Apparatus for threshing legumes An apparatus for threshing legumes has a frame, which is movable over a ground surface. A drum, which is rotatable about its at least substantially horizontally oriented axis of rotation, is mounted on the frame and has a drum surface provided with one or more openi... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953397 | Device for adjusting the width of a sieve opening on combine harvesters The invention relates to a device for adjusting the width of a sieve opening on combine harvesters. The aim of the invention is to be able to economically produce this device and to permit a quick installation of a new sieve or a quick re-installation of the previou... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6890253 | Slat and sieve assembly A slat and a sieve assembly. The sieve assembly comprises a frame, a slat supported by the frame, and a rotational drive mechanism supported by the frame. In some constructions and in some aspects, the slat extends at least 180° about an axis and has a cross-sectio... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6843719 | Floating combine sieve assembly A sieve assembly for separating grain from chaff inside of a combine. The sieve assembly comprises a plurality of longitudinal sieve planks that pivot on their longitudinal axis. A hanging weighted member combined with the sieve planks regulates the angle of the sie... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6761630 | Method of operation of a sieve adjustment control system for an agricultural combine An adjustment control system for a grain cleaning sieve or sieves of an agricultural combine, a method of automatic operation of a sieve control system for adjusting the sieve opening size or position while mitigating error and inaccuracy resulting from tolerance st... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6672957 | Combine harvester cleaning apparatus The cleaning apparatus of a combine harvester has an oscillating sieve assembly and an oscillating pan assembly beneath the sieve assembly. The sieve assembly comprises a pair of superimposed sieves, both of which are mounted on the same frame for oscilla... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6632136 | Remote adjustment mechanism for a combine harvester cleaning element A remote adjustment mechanism for the louvered cleaning elements of a combine harvester has a linearly movable output member directly fastened to the adjusting bar of each element. The actuator is driven by an electric motor. Calibration and feedback of t... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6585584 | Cleaning assembly A cleaning assembly for an agricultural combine comprises a cleaning shoe with at least one sieve. The sieve is provided with adjustable blades. The sieve is provided with an adjustment element for adjusting the position of the blades. A driving element i... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6579172 | Incline responsive sieve for a harvester thresher A sieve for a harvester thresher which consists of a frame and adjustable louvers that are mounted therein and can be adjusted by a motor-driven adjusting drive, wherein the sieve consists of at least two sieve elements that are arranged in the same plane... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6554701 | Foldable oscillating chaff pan for an agricultural combine A foldable chaff pan for attachment to an oscillating element of a cleaning apparatus or system of an agricultural combine for oscillation therewith for conveying chaff from the oscillating element to a non-oscillating chopper or spreader mounted to a fix... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6468154 | Device and method for adjustment of sieve openings in a cleaning mechanism for a combine harvester A device for adjusting the opening width of vibrating sieves in a cleaning mechanism of combine harvesters is arranged on and vibrates directly with the sieves or the sieve frame. The device includes an electric-motor-driven adjusting mechanism which actu... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6458031 | Cleaning system for a rotary combine A rotary combine in which the cleaning system is located directly under the threshing and separating sections of the rotary threshing and separating assembly. The rotary threshing and separating assembly is separated from the cleaning system by a longitud... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6379243 | Sieve for a thresher, especially a combine-harvester for harvesting grains A combine-harvester for harvesting grains has a zigzag arrangement and is formed from repeating portions (13, 13a, 13b, 13c) which each portion includes a profile (14, 14a, 14b, 14c). Each profile has a first leg (16), which is arranged at an angle to a s... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6238285 | Grain pan for combine harvester having horizontal pan area An agricultural harvesting machine having a threshing and separating mechanism for threshing and separating crop material; and cleaning mechanisms for cleaning the threshed and separated crop material. The cleaning mechanism comprising: a grain pan for re... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6117006 | Remote adjustment of a sieve of a combine harvester Adjustment of the sieve of a combine harvester is effected by an adjustment apparatus attached to the side wall of the combine on the outside surface. The adjustment apparatus comprises an angle bracket having a vertical portion screwed to the side wall a... | 09/12/2000 |
