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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7874899 | Unload rate control for an unloading system in an agricultural harvester An agricultural harvester includes a support frame and a hopper coupled to the support frame. The hopper is configured to store an agricultural product during a harvesting operation. An unloading system is coupled to the support frame. The unloading system is config... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7815499 | Harvester having a transfer means A harvester (1) comprises an engine and machinery housing (2), a discharge chute (6) which is movably mounted on the engine and machinery mounting (2) and which carries a first outfeed point (7) and a second outfeed point (12 | 10/19/2010 |
| 7806757 | Dual sided belted unloader An unloader for an agricultural harvester includes a telescopic belted conveyor that can be extended to opposite sides of the harvester. The conveyor can be operated at any selected elevation between a minimum elevation and a maximum elevation and at any extended le... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7798894 | Method for transferring crop material In a method for transferring crop material from a harvesting machine to a hauling vehicle, with which the crop material is accelerated and ejected through a conveyor chute of a transfer device to a target point on the transport vehicle, the acceleration of the crop ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7771262 | Apparatus for analysing composition of crops in a crop elevator An apparatus for analyzing crop composition of crops moving in a grain elevator, the elevator including paddles moving up on an up-going side of the elevator and down on a down-going side of the elevator, the apparatus including a crop entrance for entry of crops fr... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7690973 | Combine clean grain elevator system A harvesting machine including a frame, a plurality of ground engaging wheels, at least one grain separating section, a plurality of cross augers and a grain moving device. The plurality of ground engaging wheels support the frame. The at least one grain separating ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7553228 | Grain handling assembly for combine with powered and steerable grain trailer A combination of a powered combine carrying a combine grain bin for housing harvested grain and a towed grain cart carrying a grain cart bin for housing harvested grain includes harvested grain transfer between the combine grain bin and the grain cart bin and improv... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7544128 | Discharge spout for a forage harvester A discharge spout is connecting a first end to a discharge tube in a forage harvester to discharge the processed crop from a mouth at a second end into a vehicle driven in use alongside the harvester. The spout has an inspection opening near its first end, a door co... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7537519 | Transfer-assistance system A transfer-assistance system for controlling a crop discharge flow from an agricultural harvesting machine has a transfer device provided in an agricultural working machine for carrying out a crop discharge flow. The system includes a transfer device cover assigned ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7527555 | Grain unloader conveyor tube with dribble control door Dribble control apparatus including a dribble control door hingedly or pivotally connected to an upper portion of a tube of a grain unloading conveyor. The door has a closed position covering a discharge opening of the tube for preventing grain dribbling, and an ope... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7494409 | Foldable unloading auger assembly for the grain bin of a combine harvester The grain holding bin of a combine harvester can be rapidly unloaded either on-the-go or at a standstill by an inclined unloading conveyor having its intake end at a low point in the bin adjacent the far side of the bin. The unloading conveyor extends gradually upwa... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7393275 | Grain bin outer unloading conveyor section separation and catch basin The grain holding bin of a combine harvester can be rapidly unloaded either on-the-go or at a standstill by an inclined unloading conveyor having its intake end at a low point in the bin adjacent the far side of the bin. The unloading conveyor extends gradually upwa... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7381131 | Extendable auger conveyor An extendable auger conveyor including a screw thread sleeve snugly and slidably receiving a rotary drive shaft having a non-round cross section, both housed within a pair of telescoping sections of a casing having an infeed port intermediate the length of the suppo... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367881 | High capacity combine grain bin unload system The grain holding bin of a combine harvester can be rapidly unloaded either on-the-go or at a standstill by an inclined unloading conveyor having its intake end at a low point in the bin adjacent the far side of the bin. The unloading conveyor extends gradually upwa... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354235 | Discharge elbow for a forage harvester A discharge elbow for a forage harvester. The discharge elbow includes a frame-shaped support assembly and at least one locking element attached to the inside of the support assembly. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343726 | Harvesting machine with a discharge assembly A harvesting machine with a discharge assembly for the transfer of harvested crop to a transport vehicle includes an actuator that is adapted to move the discharge assembly about a horizontal axis, thereby adjusting the height of the outlet end of the discharge asse... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337023 | Scalable functionality windows in a display unit An agricultural working machine has at least one working unit, a driver's cab; at least one display unit provided in the driver's cab and having a basic electronic viewing screen for showing a plurality of machine and/or crop parameters stored in different functiona... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7303058 | Telescoping spout for agricultural harvester An adjustable height spout for an agricultural harvester may be remotely actuated by an operator. The spout may be positioned to match a height of a receptacle into which grain from the harvester is being transferred. An agricultural harvester including an adjustabl... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297054 | 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... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7201713 | Agricultural roller A roller assembly for use, for example, in agricultural machines where the roller assembly has an exterior surface portion adapted to contact a conveyor element supporting the agricultural products and a bearing sub-assembly positioned about an axle in the center of... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198449 | Combine dual auger unloader Disclosed is an improved grain unloader for off-loading (unloading) grain from a grain bin carried by one or more of a combine or a grain cart. A second grain movement assembly is coupled in parallel to the first grain movement assembly so that both grain movement a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195557 | Discharge arrangement of an agricultural harvesting machine The invention concerns the discharge arrangement of an agricultural harvesting machine with a lower ejection tower connected to the frame of the harvesting machine and an ejection elbow that includes the outlet end of the discharge arrangement supported in bearings,... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182202 | Conveying device for bulk material A conveying device has a support frame and a conveying member with at least two driven conveying belts that circulate in parallel to one another and with a conveying fabric having at least one support surface and being arranged between the at least two conveying bel... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7166027 | Mog remover The present invention relates to an apparatus for the separation of fruit from other plant matter. In particular, the present invention relates to an apparatus for the separation of Material Other than Grapes (MOG) from viable berries during the harvesting of wine g... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7137237 | Forage harvester blower The present invention relates to a forage harvester blower including a blower rotor having a plurality of generally radially extending rotor paddles which operate in a corresponding substantially cylindrical housing, characterised in that said housing is provided wi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7077743 | Method of and device for determining crop parameters A method of determining crop parameters in an agricultural harvester has the steps of determining at least one crop parameter during a working process with a compacting device which is fillable with a crop probe, and using for determining the at least one crop param... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7040980 | Combine harvester having double unloading auger system A combine harvester for harvesting grain and seed crops includes a double unloading auger system for unloading in both directions of travel harvested feed grains produced in one round or two lengths of a field to storage area of transport vehicle. The double unloadi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028457 | Threshing plate for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine A threshing plate installable in a housing of a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine for causing threshing of a flow of tailings propelled through the housing by rotation of an impeller therein. The threshing plate can include a threshing surface having a wi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025673 | Tailings conveyor system An agricultural harvesting machine includes a tailings conveyor housing. The agricultural harvesting machine provides a cleaning device for cleaning threshed and separated grain. The tailings conveyor housing collects tailings from the cleaning device and propels th... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7003938 | Forage harvester with positionable operator's cabin A self-propelled forage harvester has 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, and a working element arrangement, the o... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997194 | Harvesting apparatus and method therefor An improved self-propelled harvester. The self-propelled harvester passes through a field to be harvested, while laborers place produce on a conveyor belt thereon. The produce is passed through a washing station, where it is preferably exposed to sideward and downwa... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994623 | Method and apparatus for controlling a transfer device, especially for harvested material of a harvesting machine A method for controlling a transfer device (2) mounted pivotally on a harvesting machine (1) so that it can be pivoted about both a vertical axis (3) and a horizontal axis (4) is described. In this method the transfer device is automatica... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979261 | Dust reducing airflow diverter for combine An agricultural combine for harvesting, threshing and separating an agricultural crop includes a processing assembly. A conveying mechanism moves harvested crop material to the crop processing assembly. A rotating member feeds crop material from the conveying mechan... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976914 | Impeller with swept back blades for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine A rotary impeller for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine, for threshing tailings and propelling the tailings through a portion of the conveyor, including a mounting portion mountable to a rotatable member for rotation in a predetermined rotational direct... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974384 | Tailings conveyor with rotary impellers disposed and rotatable at progressively faster speeds for threshing and conveying tailings through the conveyor and method of operation of the same A tailings conveyor includes a housing for receiving tailings from the cleaning system, a first rotary impeller having threshing portions rotatable at a first speed for accelerating and propelling tailings along a predetermined path in the housing, and at least one ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6964551 | Trailer for transporting bulk seed boxes An improved trailer for transporting bulk seed boxes is provided. The trailer includes a bed, a hopper extending below the bed for receiving seed from the bulk seed box, and an auger for unloading seed from the hopper. The bed includes upwardly and outwardly extendi... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6945023 | Shielding means for an elevator of an agricultural harvesting machine An agricultural harvesting machine comprises crop processing mechanism and an elevator assembly for conveying harvested crop material to said crop processing mechanism. The elevator assembly comprises an elevator housing and endless elevator mechanism mounted for ro... | 09/20/2005 |
