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Class 56/500 - STALK CHOPPERS


Subclass of Class 56 - Harvesters
Definition: Devices in which a means is provided for cutting dead crop
No. of patents: 24
Last issue date: 12/12/2006


NumberTitleIssue Date
7146788Chopper arrangement for a forage harvester
A forage harvester chopper arrangement is located within a housing provided with an access door mounted for pivoting vertically between a chopping position, wherein access to the chopping arrangement is prevented, and a grinding position, permitting access to the ch...
12/12/2006
7055302Traveling device, mounted on a vehicle, removing and reducing the size of trees growing a row
The invention relates to a traveling device, which can be preferably mounted on a vehicle, provided for completely removing and reducing the size of trees, particularly fruit trees, which are growing in a row, including their roots. The device comprises a cutting to...
06/06/2006
6931828Harvesting machine comprising a monitoring device for monitoring the sharpness of cutting blades and/or their distance to a counter-cutter
A harvesting machine includes a pick-up unit for picking up the harvested crop, a cutting device that is equipped with at least one cutting edge that cooperates with a counter-cutter for cutting and/or chopping the harvested crop, and a monitoring device, which can ...
08/23/2005
6692351Crop residue chopper with reconfigurable fixed offset blades
A crop residue chopper for an agricultural combine including a spaced array of stationary knives. A rotor of the chopper is rotatable about an axis therethrough and includes mounting elements in axially spaced relation, and a plurality of offset knives, e...
02/17/2004
6511374Hub and blade assembly for an agricultural combine residue handling system
A residue handling system for an agricultural combine including a residue chopper that provides enhanced air flow for evenly distributing crop materials onto a crop field. A hub and blade assembly accurately positions flail blades and resists fatigue stre...
01/28/2003
6237314Guide member for harvesting stalked crops
The invention concerns an apparatus for harvesting stalk crops, with at least one conveying device revolving around deflecting elements for conveying the crop along at least one snapping roller constructed in one or more parts and associated with a snappi...
05/29/2001
5953895Method and apparatus for pulling and chopping plant stalks
An apparatus for processing plant stalks after harvesting includes a frame structure supported from a ground surface for translatory movement at a predetermined rate and in a predetermined direction along a row of plant stalks and at least one pair of pne...
09/21/1999
5622034Chopper apparatus for cane stalk harvester
A slip clutch and cutter blade apparatus for cane stalk harvesters provides a machine frame with a cutting mechanism in the form of cutter shafts powered by hydraulic motors. The cutter shafts have a plurality of knives thereon that pinch the cane therebe...
04/22/1997
5485716Double row cane harvester
A cane harvester having at least two basecutter assemblies disposed so as to harvest cane stalks from at least two rows simultaneously. The harvester comprises a first basecutter assembly for severing a first row of cane stalks and at least a second basec...
01/23/1996
5269126Adapter for use with harvesting machines for corn and the like
A stalk chopping adapter has a frame which can be attached to the front end of a harvester combine and supports two forwardly extending downwardly inclined parallel rotors which are driven in opposite directions. The rotors have longitudinally extending a...
12/14/1993
5191759Basecutter gearbox for a sugar cane harvester
A sugar cane harvester in which the base cutting assembly is configured and mounted to the harvester so as to allow convenient removal and/or servicing of the base cutting assembly. The base cutting assembly has a gearbox which extends across the space be...
03/09/1993
5161356Stalk chopper and crusher accessory
A harvester thresher or combine has a picking slot through which grain stalks are pulled to separate the stalks from the grain heads. Two oppositely rotated, parallel shafts are located at opposite sides of the picking slot. Each shaft has at least one cu...
11/10/1992
5021028Harvester thresher with chopper
A harvester thresher has a housing, several straw shakers located after the threshing device having a discharge end, a threshing and separating device having two lateral product outlet openings, a chopper having two opposite ends, and passages each connec...
06/04/1991
5014503Corn sterilizing machine
Corn sterilizing machine of the type using rotary blades. The machine uses a castrating head in the form of a case enclosing a rotary blade. The front surface of the case has a slot allowing for the introduction of the panicle to be cut. Each one of the v...
05/14/1991
4864807Harvesting arrangement
A harvesting arrangement for harvesting corn and other grain fruits and formed as a front implement of a harvester thresher, the harvesting arrangement comprises drawing devices for drawing harvested product from the field, a picking gap for separating ea...
09/12/1989
4691505Stalk shredder for self-propelled cotton stripper
Individual stalk shredder units are mounted beneath the frame between the wheels of a cotton harvester. The shredder units are connected to a shredder bar which is attached to the frame by support arms. The height of shredder bar in use is regulated by ga...
09/08/1987
4622804Machine which is pulled or provided with a three-point attachment to a tractor and used for the harvesting of corn and similar stalk-like crop
The invention relates to a machine which is pulled or attached to a three-point attachment on a tractor and used for the harvesting of corn or similar stalk-like crops. The machine has a cutting device and a chopping blower arranged subsequent thereto wit...
11/18/1986
4539799Method and apparatus for harvesting corn or other cereals
The present invention relates to a method for harvesting corn or other cereals with a harvester, particularly a combine attachment for a thresher-harvester, in which the ears of corn or other grains are separated from the plants by way of a single-sided d...
09/10/1985
4483129Adjustable billet cutter
A device to adjust the length of billets in a cane harvester. Hydraulic motors of different fluid throughput capacity drive chopper rolls which are mechanically connected. The outlet of one of the motors conveys fluid through a connection to the feed roll...
11/20/1984
4459796Gathering plant trash
A machine for gathering and disintegrating standing, row-planted, trash stems of crops such as cotton, pineapples etc., comprises a frame adapted to be travelled along a row of trash stems and direct them into the nip of rotating resilient rollers in mutu...
07/17/1984
4397136Agricultural slasher
An agricultural slasher for cutting bushy plants, such as cotton plants, after harvesting, has a tractor-mounted main frame carrying a series of parallel laterally spaced driven cutter shafts inclining from bottom to top in the direction of travel, each c...
08/09/1983
4312677Apparatus for separating the components of plant stalks
A separator for separating plant stalks into components includes a feeder in the form of opposite endless conveyors which propel stalks against a splitter. The splitter comprises two oppositely traveling, notched bands which are in contact to define a cut...
01/26/1982
3979888Machine for cutting and harvesting graminaceous plants
A machine for cutting the tops of plants into predetermined uniform lengths, includes a support structure and moving means for moving the support structure relative to the plants. The machine further includes a first cutter for cutting the plants from the...
09/14/1976
 
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