Inventor: Robert A. Matousek

Address: Milan, IL
No. of patents: 41
Last patent issue date: 10/23/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8291818	Baler density control mechanism and method A method of electronically sensing the fill of material in a stuffer chute and tripping a stuffer of a baler. A combine harvester and baler for biomass collection. In one embodiment, crop material such as the residue or material other than grain (MOG) from the back ...	10/23/2012
8291687	Continuous round baler In an example embodiment, a continuous baler includes a round baler and an adjustable conveyor for providing crop to the round baler. The adjustable conveyor may include a conveyor belt and a controller for manipulating the conveyor belts. In one example embodiment,...	10/23/2012
8133100	Combine harvester processing system having adjustable concaves on a suspension system A combine harvester where opposing concaves on either side of a rotor of a processing system substantially simultaneously travel symmetrical paths. The concaves of the processing system may be supported on a suspension system such that the concaves are pivotally sup...	03/13/2012
7803040	Concave adjust assembly including a torsion axle for damping crop threshing impulse loads The concave adjust assembly uses a torsion axle connecting a drive to a concave. The torsion axle includes an inner element having an angular sectional shape, a tubular outer element disposed about the inner element and having a larger angular sectional shape orient...	09/28/2010
7670219	Integrated axle and cleaning fan wrapper for an agricultural harvesting machine An integrated axle and fan wrapper for an agricultural harvesting machine, including a fan wrapper structure connected between first and second spaced apart side sheets and extending sidewardly therebetween in spanning relation to the space, the wrapper structure in...	03/02/2010
7632183	Collecting trough construction easily accessible for cleaning A collecting trough construction for facilitating the clean out of collecting troughs of clean grain and tailings collecting and conveying systems of agricultural combines, such collecting trough construction including a base pan sized and dimensioned to extend long...	12/15/2009
7585213	Auger trough clean-out door An auger trough and associated clean-out door construction of a clean grain and tailings conveying system for an agricultural combine, such construction including a pair of spaced, depending auger trough side walls that extend laterally across a combine between oppo...	09/08/2009
7497775	Rear accessible sieve retainer A sieve retainer for an agricultural combine which is more accessible, particularly from the rear of the combine, which provides improved access to, and removal and replacement of the sieve and prevents loss of sieve retaining hardware. ...	03/03/2009
7475467	Rotor for a threshing system of an agricultural combine and method of making the same A rotor for a threshing system of an agricultural combine and method for making the same, including a body of simplified, three part press fit construction including an inlet segment, a main body segment having threshing elements therearound, and a bulkhead to be co...	01/13/2009
7427232	Clean grain and tailings conveying system for an agricultural combine A clean grain and tailings conveying system for an agricultural combine, including a pan fixedly mounted beneath a lowermost sieve of a cleaning system. The pan includes a tailings receiving portion disposed below a peripheral edge portion of the sieve, for receivin...	09/23/2008
7371162	Sieve adjustment mechanism for an agricultural combine An adjustment mechanism for opening size of sieve segments of the cleaning system of an agricultural combine disposed in end to end relation, which allows jointly adjusting the sieve sizes, or separate adjustment, and which allows easy and convenient removal and rei...	05/13/2008
7357711	Sieve support structure for an agricultural combine A sieve support structure including an elongate first rail, an elongate second rail, and rigid elongate compression members pivotally connected to and extending between the first and second rails at longitudinally spaced locations therealong, wherein the rails and t...	04/15/2008
7297051	Clean grain and tailings conveying system for an agricultural combine A clean grain and tailings conveying system for an agricultural combine, including a pan fixedly mounted beneath a lowermost sieve of a cleaning system. The pan includes a tailings receiving portion disposed below a peripheral edge portion of the sieve, for receivin...	11/20/2007
7207882	Textured auger trough element for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine A textured trough element including a concave surface having a curved profile when viewed from a longitudinal end thereof of marginally larger diametrical extent than the circular cross section of a helical tailings auger. The trough element is positionable in a bot...	04/24/2007
7198450	Unloading system for an agricultural combine An agricultural combine including an unloading system wherein an unloading conduit assembly is, in an operational set-up, rotatable or swivelable through an arc of 360° to permit grain unloading into a grain truck located at any point around the combine, whether th...	04/03/2007
7175520	Cab arrangement for harvesting combine A cab arrangement for a harvesting combine includes a harvesting combine having a body and a cab spaced-apart from the body. A platform is positioned between the cab and the body. The cab, the boy, and the platform define a passageway to allow an operator to visuall...	02/13/2007
7093707	Grain harvester multi-angular inclined delivery conveyor and drive A grain delivery conveyor for a grain tank of an agricultural combine includes a first gear box including a first input connectable in rotatably driven relation to a rotatable power source for rotation about a first axis, and a first output rotatable about a second ...	08/22/2006
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
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
6830512	Shroud for the infeed impeller of a rotary combine A shroud for the infeed section impeller in a rotary combine. The shroud includes a rear converging wall cone and a front diverging wall cone. A feed plate extends transversely across the front of the shroud and a sump is formed in the shroud behind the feed plate. ...	12/14/2004
6769980	Crop residue flow guide with flow-through capability for a rotary crop residue spreader of an agricultural combine A multiple finger flow guide for a crop residue spreader including an element disposed in a housing and rotatable in a predetermined direction about an axis for driving a flow of crop residue through a discharge opening or outlet of the housing located at a predeter...	08/03/2004
6755735	Unitary blow molded cover panel for a threshing region of an agricultural combine A one piece blow molded cover panel removably positionable in an access opening in a structure adjacent to a threshing region of an agricultural combine. The cover panel includes an inner wall, an outer wall generally co-extending with the inner wall in spaced relat...	06/29/2004
6729637	Side swing hitch for an agricultural combine A side swing hitch for a rear end of an agricultural combine. The hitch includes a hitch support bracket having opposite end portions and an intermediate portion therebetween, a first of the end portions including at least one element for mounting to a rear chassis ...	05/04/2004
6669558	Tailings conveyor housing 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...	12/30/2003
6616528	Vertical crop residue chopper and spreader A crop residue chopper and spreader for an agricultural combine. The chopper and spreader includes a disk mounted for rotation in a predetermined rotational direction about an axis oriented horizontally or at a small acute angle to horizontal, the disk in...	09/09/2003
6598812	Crop residue spreader for an agricultural combine A crop residue spreader for an agricultural combine including a unique support element which is an elongate tube, including a center portion and a pair of legs extending outwardly in opposite directions from the center portion, each of the legs including ...	07/29/2003
6547169	Crop residue spreader for an agricultural combine A crop residue spreader for an agricultural combine including a unique support element which is an elongate tube, including a center portion and a pair of legs extending outwardly in opposite directions from the center portion, each of the legs including ...	04/15/2003
6530833	Transversely adjustable concave assembly for a rotary combine A rotary combine includes a rotor having a longitudinal axis of rotation and a concave removably mounted adjacent the rotor. The concave assembly includes a longitudinally extending frame having first and second sides spaced circumferentially around the r...	03/11/2003
6503142	Concave locking member for a rotary combine A locking arrangement for a concave of a rotary combine, the concave having first and second ends spaced circumferentially around a rotor of the combine. The first end includes a pivot member received in an opening of a hook member supported by a support ...	01/07/2003
6485365	Support structure for a concave assembly for a rotary combine A rotary combine is disclosed to include a wheel-supported main frame supporting, among other components, a cylindrically shaped rotor and a grain bin having sides and a bottom for the temporary storage of crop material treated by the combine. A support s...	11/26/2002
6458031	Cleaning system for a rotary combine A rotary combine in which the cleaning system is located directly under the threshing and separating sections of the rotary threshing and separating assembly. The rotary threshing and separating assembly is separated from the cleaning system by a longitud...	10/01/2002
6443835	Replacing concave inserts for a rotary combine A method for replacing the concave insert of a rotary combine. The rotary combine includes a rotor having a longitudinal axis of rotation and a concave removably mounted adjacent the rotor. The concave is removable in a direction outwardly transverse rela...	09/03/2002
6358142	Concave assembly and support structure for a rotary combine A rotary combine includes a rotor having a longitudinal axis of rotation and a concave removably mounted adjacent the rotor. The concave is removable in a direction outwardly transverse relative to the axis of rotation of the rotor. In a preferred embodim...	03/19/2002
6350197	Offset auger feed for a combine clean grain elevator An offset auger feed assembly for use with a grain harvesting combine. A grain elevator is used to lift the grain into a storage tank on the combine. The grain elevator encloses a plurality of paddles connected to a continuous chain. Sprockets located at ...	02/26/2002
6296566	Infeed impeller for a rotary combine An infeed assembly for a rotary combine has an impeller for directing crop materials outwardly and rearwardly. The impeller is arranged on the infeed section of the rotor and includes impeller blades that redirect the incoming mat-like crop materials into...	10/02/2001
5895319	Air intake system for an off-highway machine An off-highway machine such as an agriculture harvester has an enclosed cab and a pressurizing blower or fan assembly for developing a primary or rapidly moving flow of air theretoward and directing a pressurized stream of a away therefrom. An apparatus i...	04/20/1999
5830062	Agricultural combine An agricultural combine having an enlarged cleaning area for enhancing the handling capacity of the machine without increasing the outside configuration thereof. The agricultural combine includes an elongated walled body arranged about and along an elonga...	11/03/1998
5797793	Residue spreading apparatus for agricultural combines An apparatus connectable toward a downstream end of an agricultural combine for uniformly distributing residue material over a broad area. The apparatus is rotatable within a housing and about an axis extending generally parallel to a longuitudinal axis o...	08/25/1998
5615989	Converging member and related apparatus for conveying granular material An apparatus for conveying granular material includes a first conveyor (such as an auger) feeding a second conveyor. In the improvement, the first conveyor feeds granular material into a cone-like converging member. Such converging member defines an area ...	04/01/1997
5599162	Transverse blower fan assembly A transverse fan assembly including a fan rotatably disposed in an air plenum for driving air through an inlet opening and forcing air from an outlet opening defined by the air plenum. The fan includes an elongated axis of rotation defined by a central hu...	02/04/1997

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