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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7766736 | Conveyor chain support for feeder house A pivoting mid-floor section for use in a feeder house in an agricultural combine is located between the transverse drum and the transverse sprocket means. The pivoting mid-floor can move or adjust when a large volume of crop material is fed into the feeder house, w... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7473168 | Conveyor feeder house chain slat A new and improved conveyor feeder house chain slat having a unique shape and structure that provides sufficient structural rigidity to improve crop throughput while reducing clogging of crop material. The unique slat also provides additional support to the chain. B... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7249077 | Methods for issuing, distributing, managing and redeeming investment instruments providing securitized annuity options A method of issuing and managing investment instruments called “Pension Shares” which preferably take the form of securities that represents a claim against and is secured by an investment fund. A Pension Share entitles its holder to receive, at a specified matu... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7201652 | Feeder aids on a feeder drum of a self-propelled combine harvester A feeder drum for a self-propelled combine harvester has a feeder drum element, and a plurality of feeder aids associated with the feeder drum element and having effective surfaces which are wedge-shaped and tapered. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7090070 | Feeder chain wear strip A wear strip easily mountable on an outer surface of a support member or structure of a feeder of an agricultural combine, for preventing wear of the support member and a feeder chain movable thereover. The wear strip includes an elongate body of a molded plastics m... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7070498 | Frusto-conical drum infeed and threshing region for a combine rotor A rotor, in an agricultural harvester crop processing unit, comprising a drum to which crop processing elements for an infeed section and a threshing section are affixed. The drum comprises a rearward cylindrical portion and a forwardly extending frusto-conical port... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059960 | Composite threshing element for a combine rotor A composite threshing element, for a rotor in an agricultural harvester crop processing unit, comprising a hollow support structure with at least one outwardly extending crop engaging portion, and a forwardly extending infeed element attachment feature. The rotor co... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6968942 | Feeder chain wear strip A wear strip easily mountable on an outer surface of a support member or structure of a feeder of an agricultural combine, for preventing wear of the support member and a feeder chain movable thereover. The wear strip includes an elongate body of a molded plastics m... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6922983 | Elevator slats for an agricultural harvesting machine An agricultural harvesting machine that comprises a crop processing mechanism and an elevator assembly for conveying harvested crop material to the crop processing mechanism is provided. The elevator assembly comprises an elevator housing, an elevator mechanism moun... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6722112 | Reverser control for a combine A mechanism is provided for engaging and disengaging the reverse operation of a feederhouse of a harvesting apparatus. The mechanism solves the problem of accurate engagement between the shift collar or driving element and the reverse gear, teeth or splines and the ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6719626 | Axial flow combine and impeller for rotor thereof An axial flow combine harvester having a combination impeller and rotor. The rotor has a front end and is rotatable in a specified rotational direction during normal operation of the combine harvester. The impeller comprises a front, a rear, a mount for fitting the ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6544118 | Self-propelled combine harvester having asymmetric transaction housings A self-propelled combine harvester having a threshing device, main threshing drum and feed drum for transferring crop to an axial dividing device. The axial dividing device has two housings that are asymmetrical and expand vertically and horizontally at t... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6517431 | Combine harvester having a transfer zone with side panels A self-propelled combine harvester includes a transfer zone with side panels and a meshing and feed drum which functions on the tangential flow principle. The feed drum feeds the harvested crop to the separating rotors, which function on the axial flow pr... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6368209 | Agricultural combine with stone trough beater arrangement An agricultural combine feeder assembly and rotor interface wherein the feeder assembly includes front and rear housing section connected by a pivot. The front section contains a conveyor while the rear section contains a rotating beater. The rearmost ext... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6244955 | Rotary tine conveyor for a harvesting machine A rotary conveyor being disposed above the straw walkers of a combine is provided with a rotating body and disappearing tines. The rotary conveyor is an undershot conveyor and is designed to more aggressively loosen threshed crop material passing over the... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6196916 | Combine crop conveyor with improved feed drum chain guides A combine chain and slat crop conveyor includes a plurality of feed drum chain guides. Each chain guide is a generally cylindrical ring which encircles and is attached to the conveyor feed drum and is shaped as a "W" in cross section. Each chain guide inc... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5980382 | Self-propelled peanut combine A crop harvesting combine having a body with a feeder house at its front end. The feeder house carries a detachable header which may be wider than the body and can thus be detached when moving the combine. The feeder house is vertically moveable in an arc... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5772503 | Crop feeding apparatus for rotating concave threshing mechanism A grain combine has a header, a header discharge port, a feederhouse for transporting the cut crops from the header housing into a rotating concave threshing system. The header, discharge port and feederhouse are separated into separate first and second d... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5569079 | Device for sampling grain A portable device as disclosed for threshing grain to obtain a sample to be tested, for example, for its moisture content, disease, and protein content. The grain sampling device includes a housing with a handle enabling the device to be carried, an inlet... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5368522 | Feeder-rotor assembly for combines A rotary combine including a feeder mechanism and a rotor assembly having an impeller assembly arranged at a forward end of a rotor. The feeder mechanism includes a housing which is pivotally connected to the combine about a transverse axis. The feeder me... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5346429 | Feeder assembly for a combine A feeder assembly for a combine including a conveyor having a plurality of laterally spaced driving chains entrained about and supported by a pair of for-and-aft spaced lateral supports. An elastomeric assembly is removably fitted about and is adapted for... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5203738 | Combine for rapid head change A combine of the type in which a harvesting head permanently affixed to a feeder housing is modified to permit rapid and simple replacement and exchange of the head without removing the feeder housing from the combine. The head is provided with openings f... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5056303 | Pea harvester head A legume harvester head assembly transports legume pods and a certain amount of vine mass delivered by a picking reel to a main apron immediately adjacent to the picking reel. The main apron moves the pods and the vine mass away from the picking reel towa... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4739773 | Feeding arrangement for an axial flow rotary separator In a combine harvester having a twin rotor axial flow rotary separator with side-by-side separator portions downstream of a conventional threshing cylinder and concave, crop material is guided by an overhead beater and guide plate into the overhead triang... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739774 | Self-propelling harvester thresher A self-propelling harvester thresher includes a cutting device and a grain separating device positioned before the machine frame of the thresher and liftable and lowerable. Two transport units receiving a grain-straw chaff mixture from the separating devi... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4707972 | Movable feeder floor for combines A feederhouse interconnecting a combine base unit and a crop harvesting header to convey gathered crop material to the threshing and separating mechanism mounted in the base unit is disclosed wherein the face plate used to mount the crop harvesting header... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4706690 | Crop director for a rotary combine An axial flow combine having a foraminous cylindrical cage with a radial inlet through which crop material is fed by a feeder conveyor. The crop material is engaged by a threshing rotor having rasp bars with diagonal flanges tending to move the crop mater... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4663921 | Combine harvester with header-mounted separator The header of a combine harvester is modified to include an elongated axial flow rotary separator unit having coaxial threshing and separating portions. The unit is interposed in the header between a generally conventional gatherer portion and a feederhou... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4450671 | Combine harvester with modified feeder house The header of a combine harvester comprises a conventional forward gathering portion and a feeder house portion which contains elements for processing crop material as well as transferring it from the gatherer to the body of the combine. A threshing cylin... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4332127 | Combine feeder drive control A self-propelled combine for harvesting a crop and including a crop threshing and separating mechanism and a feeder for feeding crop material into the threshing and separating mechanism. The feeder has an electro-hydraulic control system for engaging and ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4328815 | Divider feed means for axial flow combine An axial flow combine having a forward elevating conveyor leading to the feeder house in which beating rotors coact with stationary concave grates and also includes augers on the forward ends of the rotors to insure positive feed of crop material from the... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4327544 | Variable speed indicator for combine A combine having a header on the forward end of it which operates to cut and deliver crop material to an elevator in a feeder house over which a cab is provided at an elevated location. The elevator delivers the material to the threshing mechanism of the ... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4282703 | Feeder house for a crop harvester The feeder house of a self-propelled combine harvester carries a front-mounted gatherer which delivers crop material to a forward inlet of the feeder house which is pivotally supported by the combine separator body, and delivers crop material to an inlet ... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4229932 | Harvesters A pea harvester incorporates a threshing device and a system, known per se, which maintains the device in a fixed orientation in space irrespective of the ground contours. To feed the threshing device a series of conveyors is pivoted so that these can con... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4180081 | Distribution augers for an axial flow combine The threshing cylinder and the surrounding screened cage of an axial flow combine are transversely mounted on the combine and are of a greater axial length than the width of the cleaning section. Threshed material passing through the openings in the cage ... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4170235 | Axial flow combine harvester An axial flow combine harvester with a frame and an axial flow threshing and separating rotor rotatably mounted on the frame in a tubular casing. Feed means are provided for feeding crop material from a crop harvesting table to the axial flow threshing an... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4103691 | Combine with means for reducing the bounce of accelerated grain A combine is provided with a threshing cylinder which rotates within a foraminous cage with a concave causing the grain to be separated from the severed crop. The separated grain chaff, and other small lightweight portions of the crop being harvested, pas... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4075824 | Harvesting machine feed mechanism A self-propelled combine has a mobile body with a forward inlet, a forward transversely elongated harvesting header, and a feeder housing extending between the header and the inlet for feeding crop material from the header to a crop treating mechanism in ... | 02/28/1978 |
