Combine with strain chopper
Patent 5501635 Issued on March 26, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: 
December 6, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
December 6, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3712309 Straw chopper mounting for a combine Patent #: 4669489 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 354074 filed on 12/06/1994US Classes:460/112, With chopper56/504Rotating on horizontal transverse axisExaminersPrimary: Melius, Terry LeeAttorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA01F 012/40Foreign Application Priority Data1993-12-08 DEAbstractThe combine has a straw chopper (2), to the rear of a threshing and separator apparatus (1); the straw chopper can be shifted on the straw hood (3) via a movement device (4) into a working position (A) and a nonworking position.For this purpose, this straw chopper (2) rests displaceably on guides (5, 6) of the straw hood (3) and is movable into its two positions by the movement device (4), preferably a pressure fluid cylinder. The discharge hopper (7) of the straw chopper (2), and/or a straw guide rake disposed on the straw chopper (2), are pivotable into a working position (A) and a nonworking position as a function of the displacement motion of the straw chopper (2), via coupling members (9-13). | |
