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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6928797 | Harvester accumulator and basket structure A harvester having a receptacle movable between a harvest position for receiving crop and a dump position for unloading the crop includes an air duct system with a first duct extending upwardly towards the inlet of an accumulator located adjacent the receptacle. An ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6921330 | Front chaffer and cleaning fan A cleaning shoe of an agricultural combine is provided with a front chaffer located upstream from the main chaffer. The front chaffer has a closed upstream portion and an open downstream portion. The closed upstream portion is upwardly inclined and the open downstre... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6435966 | Harvesting machine having transversely rotating conveying drum with conveying tines A harvesting machine having a dividing device for dividing granular material from stem- or stalk-like material, and a separating device connected downstream of the dividing device, in which there is a conveying unit for conveying the stream of material fr... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6230477 | Apparatus and method for harvesting cane A two-row cane harvester 10 simultaneously harvests two rows of sugar cane in a green tropical cane field. Gatherer chains 62, 64 lift fallen cane stalks upwardly and support the fallen cane stalks as the harvester 10 moves through the cane field. A pair ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6159094 | Lay-down bar for a cotton cleaner A lay-down bar structure having one or more resilient polyurethane flaps supported by a rigid bar so that the edges of the flaps are offset slightly from the periphery of the primary cleaning drum of a cotton cleaner. The flaps are slotted and can be adju... | 12/12/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5428945 | Cleaning device for harvester-thresher The cleaning device for a harvester thresher includes a cross-flow fan supplying air to the cleaning sieve section and air guiding structure in the discharge flow from the fan to effect desired air distribution.... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5427573 | Cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus for fruits or vegetables includes a plurality of rods disposed in parallel about a common axis and defining a space having an intake opening and a discharge opening. The rods include driven rods rotated about their respective axes and... | 06/27/1995 |
| 4906219 | Cleaning system for a combine A cleaning system for a combine having a plurality of cleaning sieves which are operated to arrange grain in a thin veil or crop mat on the sieves. The cleaning system of the present invention includes an elongated transverse cleaning fan and an air plenu... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4510946 | Infeed mechanism for rotary cleaning device in combines An infeed mechanism for a rotary cleaning device for cleaning threshed grain in combine harvesters is disclosed wherein an infeed auger includes a pair of helical flights terminating in a pair of radially extending distributing paddles. The infeed auger i... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4475561 | Rotary cleaning mechanism for combines A rotary cleaning mechanism for a combine harvester is disclosed wherein threshed grain is cleaned within a rotatable cleaning cylinder having sieves mounted in a plurality of elongated cleaning shoes disposed around the circumference of the cleaning cyli... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4465082 | Impeller for rotary cleaning mechanism in combines A rotary cleaning mechanism for combine harvesters is disclosed wherein an impeller is positioned within the axial opening formed through the rotatable cleaning cylinder by the circumferentially spaced cleaning shoes. The impeller has an axial length subs... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4465080 | Oscillating mechanism for rotary cleaning device An oscillating mechanism for reciprocatably moving elongated cleaning shoes axially mounted on the cleaning cylinder of a rotary cleaning device in a combine harvester is disclosed wherein the cleaning shoes are individually reciprocated along a generally... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4465081 | Fan for rotary cleaning mechanism in combine harvesters A rotary cleaning mechanism for cleaning threshed grain in a combine harvester is disclosed wherein a fan is mounted forwardly of the cleaning cylinder to blow air through the cleaning sieves to make unwanted residue airborne for discharge from the cleani... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4422462 | Drive mechanism for rotary cleaning device A drive mechanism for rotatably powering a rotary cleaning device for cleaning threshed grain in a combine harvester is disclosed wherein a cleaning cylinder, an infeed mechanism, a fan, and an impeller are rotatable about a common axis of rotation define... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4359058 | Precleaner of a grain harvesting machine A characteristic feature of the present invention is the fact that in a precleaner device incorporating an element conveying the cropped material being treated to the sieves and cleaning fan, provision is made for a cropped material thrower and a perforat... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4265077 | Blower system for an axial flow rotary combine cleaning shoe A self-propelled axial flow rotary combine includes a generally fore-and-aft disposed separator including a separating rotor surrounded by a cylindrical grate. A forward-mounted header gathers crop material from a field and feeds it to the space between t... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4208858 | Isolated pneumatic cleaning system In a harvesting and threshing machine utilizing at least one cooperative cylinder and rotatable rotor to achieve axial flow threshing and separation of grain bearing crop material there is provided an improved grain collection means underlying the auxilia... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4051856 | Pneumatic rotary classifier A pneumatic concave grain separator is provided to remove as much as possible of the chaff and straw from the grain as the mixture is forced through the concave and grate below the threshing cylinder of a combine. Fan means draws air from below and throug... | 10/04/1977 |
