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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105140 | Method for distributing a material flow onto a field, and chopping and spreading device In a method and device for spreading a material flow onto a field, the material flow emerging from a chopping mechanism of a chopping and spreading device, in particular a combine mounted straw chopper on a combine harvester, is conveyed to at least one guide elemen... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8092286 | Concave pan portion of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester A concave pan portion of an integral chopper assembly that includes a concave pan shell portion with a separate grate portion that may be easily installed into and removed from an intermediate opening in such concave pan portion for replacement in the event of undes... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8029347 | Crop residue chopping-and-distributing arrangement for a combine The invention relates to a crop residue chopping-and-distributing arrangement for a combine, with a straw chopper (60) and two distribution blowers (100) arranged laterally alongside one another, on the periphery of which is provided a respective first... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7950989 | Combine with an endless conveyor that can be moved between a swath depositing position and a chopper position A combine is provided, with a harvested crop processing arrangement with an outlet for straw that is associated with an ejection drum and an endless conveyor arranged between the ejection drum and a straw chopper. In its rear region, the endless conveyor can be pivo... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7927200 | Agricultural combine active spreader having a triangular nose divider An active crop residue spreader for an agricultural combine including two horizontal rotor impellers for guiding and uniformly distributing the crop residue on a field, a triangular nose divider with a pyramidal shape which is wider at the base and an extension near... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7896732 | Crop residue chopping and spreading system for an agricultural combine A system for chopping and spreading crop residue produced by an agricultural combine wherein the spreader is advantageously disposed directly rearwardly of a cleaning system of the combine for receiving chaff and other crop residue directly therefrom, without aid of... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7867072 | Rotor tine and rotary element configuration for crop residue treatment systems A rotor tine construction for a rotary element of a crop residue treatment system for effecting improved transport of crop residue along a material flow path and, if a counter knife assembly is spaced from the rotary element across the material flow path, for also e... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862413 | Remotely positionable interruption plate A remotely positionable interruption plate system for altering chop quality in a chopper assembly. The system includes a base and an interruption plate slidably mounted to the base. The interruption plate is arranged and disposed to selectively position the interrup... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7736218 | Straw chopper and spreader for a combine harvester with improved fin design A straw chopper is mounted at the rear hood of a combine harvester and includes a housing with a feed opening and a discharge opening and a rotor mounted in the housing comprising a hub with a plurality of blades mounted on the hub for chopping the fed materials and... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7717779 | Combine with a conveyor switchable between swath deposit operation and chopper operation in different directions of rotation The invention concerns a combine (10) with a chassis (12) that can be moved across a field in the forward operating direction, a harvested crop processing arrangement (26) with an outlet (62) for straw and a straw chopper (60) with... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7677965 | Combine harvester residue chopper active counter knife assembly An active counter knife assembly for a material chopper assembly or construction that has a rotary chopper element disposed across a material flow path, including a chopper grate assembly, having a grate portion with spaced generally transverse slots therealong, pos... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7648413 | Combine harvester power management control A system and method of controlling maximum available engine power of a combine harvester wherein the engine drives the harvester and additionally powers a threshing mechanism for separating harvested crop into grain and crop residue and at least one further crop pro... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7544127 | Straw chopper for combine with adjustable stationary knife bank A straw chopper for an agricultural harvesting machine includes a housing, a rotor carried by the housing, and a stationary knife bank. The rotor includes a plurality of pendulously mounted knife blades. The stationary knife bank includes a plurality of stationary k... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7510472 | Combine harvester residue chopper active counter knife assembly An active counter knife assembly for a material chopper assembly or construction that has a rotary chopper element disposed across a material flow path, including a chopper grate assembly, having a grate portion with spaced generally transverse slots therealong, pos... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7404761 | Straw chopper with fan having enhanced air flow in an agricultural combine A straw chopper for an agricultural harvesting unit includes a housing, and a rotor carried by the housing. The rotor includes a center chopping section and a pair of fans respectively positioned at longitudinally outboard ends of the center chopping section. Each f... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7354341 | System and method for detecting an air flow condition indicative of plugging of a discharge apparatus of an agricultural combine A system and method for detecting a condition indicative of onset of plugging or actual plugging of discharge apparatus of an agricultural combine, utilizing an air flow sensor disposed in relation to the discharge apparatus for sensing one or more air flow characte... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7331855 | Wide-spread impeller spreader for harvesting combine A chopper and wide-spread impeller spreader that feeds crop residue from the chopper into the spreader at a specific upward angle to more fully utilize the momentum the crop residue achieves in the chopper. The spreader incorporates air intake holes and air fins abo... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7306174 | Broadcast width and location control for a combine spreader A work vehicle having a fluent material spreader comprising two counter-rotating variable speed impellers adapted to receive and broadcast fluent material. A right-side impeller broadcasts out to a right-side material broadcast width, and left-side impeller broadcas... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7297053 | Rotary crop residue chopper apparatus with stiffener having air flow generating capability and method of making the same A crop residue chopper for an agricultural combine, including a housing containing a rotor supporting a plurality of elongate chopper knives for rotation therewith, each of which includes at least one longitudinally extending, integral stiffener extending sidewardly... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7282555 | Method for incorporating nitrogen containing methine light absorbers in pet and compositions thereof The present invention is a method for efficiently incorporating a nitrogen containing methine light absorber into a polyester resin. The method includes forming a reaction mixture comprising combining a diol component, a diacid component selected from the group cons... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281974 | Adjustable crop residue flow distributor for a vertical spreader of an agricultural combine An adjustable flow distributor for a vertical spreader operable for discharging a flow of straw and other crop residue in a sideward direction for deposition over a field, the flow distributor including a metering edge and the adjustability allowing positioning the ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281973 | Adjustable crop residue flow distributor for a vertical spreader of an agricultural combine An adjustable flow distributor for a vertical spreader operable for discharging a flow of straw and other crop residue in a sideward direction for deposition over a field, the flow distributor including a metering edge and the adjustability allowing positioning the ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7252587 | Crop processing device with relief system A crop processing device includes a rotor with crop engaging means, a sheet partly surrounding the rotor, whereas the sheet is circumferentially moveable with respect to the rotor, and a control providing resistance to circumferential movement of the sheet. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7223168 | Adjustable crop residue flow distributor for a vertical spreader of an agricultural combine An adjustable flow distributor for a vertical spreader operable for discharging a flow of straw and other crop residue in a sideward direction for deposition over a field, the flow distributor including a metering edge and the adjustability allowing positioning the ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220179 | Combine harvester with ready adjustment of discharge positions of straw and chaff A combine harvester has a straw chopper attached to a rear hood behind the rear edge of the sieve assembly with a chaff guide system to bypass the chaff in front of the chopper and a straw guide system to bypass the straw above the chopper and over the tailboard. Th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7186179 | Adjustable flow deflector apparatus for transitioning crop residue flow from an axially arranged threshing system to a residue distribution system of an agricultural combine Adjustable deflector apparatus for transitioning crop residue from an axially arranged threshing system of a combine to a crop residue distribution system is disposed in a position such that at least a portion of a crop residue flow from the threshing system will st... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7156732 | Devices for regulating the processing of harvested crop An agricultural machine having at least one crop processing work unit, a plurality of crop transport units operatively assembled as a straw walker step, wherein the crop transport units convey crop streams in opposite directions and are spaced apart defining a crop ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7111801 | Destroying non-homogeneous loads using zero-clearance cutting systems, double-secondary shredders in zero-clearance cutting systems, and other zero-clearance systems True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104883 | Straw chopper blade A straw chopper blade comprising a flat blade defining a plane. The blade has a leading edge and a trailing edge. The leading edge is provided with a sharpened cutting edge that extends from the tip of the blade radially inward towards its mounting assembly. The lea... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094146 | Combine chaff discharger A chaff discharger with at least one radial fan wheel, rotatably mounted in a fan housing. The housing includes an end wall turned away from a sieving unit and a peripheral wall formed with at least one chaff discharge opening. A direction of rotation of the radial ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086942 | Chopping and distributing device For operating a self propelling harvester provided with a cutterbar and a chopping and distributing device located in a discharge region and supplying a crop stream to at least one ejecting blower, a discharge direction of the crop stream from the ejecting blower is... | 08/08/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7066810 | System and method for positively discharging crop residue from a combine A system and method for positively discharging crop residue from a combine for precisely and consistently delivering crop residue from the threshing and separating area of a combine to the combine's residue handling system or outwardly from the rear of the combine a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063613 | Combine with straw chopper A combine comprising an axial separator having an outlet for directing crop material to a rotatively driven discharge beater. The discharge beater is adjacent to the outlet of the axial separator and is aligned to propel crop material discharged from the axial separ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7046682 | Network-enabled, extensible metering system To allow meter data users to have access to needed information and at the same time address the rapidly shifting requirements of the deregulated marketplace, a new business model, apparatus and system are provided. A common metering device measures raw data and a sy... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044853 | Combine with straw chopper A combine comprising a separating assembly providing a first crop residue stream, the first crop residue stream is directed to a straw guide element having a chopping mode position for directing the first crop residue stream to a straw chopper for chopping the first... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7008315 | Venting of a combine harvester A combine harvester with a straw separating system and a sieve assembly below the straw separation system with a rear edge over which the chaff is discharged in the air flow has a housing with a rear hood behind the straw separating system and behind the rear edge o... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
