Combine harvester
Patent 5928079 Issued on July 27, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: 
September 25, 2017. 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.
September 25, 2017. 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 References2020380 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 937177 filed on 09/25/1997US Classes:460/83, Multiple cylinders460/112With chopperExaminersPrimary: Melius, Terry LeeAttorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA01F 012/40Foreign Application Priority Data1996-09-30 DEAbstractA combine harvester has a mowing table, a feed conveyor for transporting a mowed product, a threshing mechanism located after the conveyor, and two separating devices located after the threshing mechanism in a product flow direction and each having a separating rotor, each of the separating devices in a region which faces away from the threshing mechanism being provided with a chopper device, the chopper device having chopping knives which are pivotable between an operative position and an inoperative position, spaced from one another by a distance, and fixedly supported on supporting axles which are axis-parallel to rotary axes of the separating rotors of the separating devices, at least one swing lever fixedly mounted on each of the supporting axles and having an end which faces away from the supporting axles, a connecting strap which movably connects the ends of the swing levers with one another, and a drive unit having a driving element with a free end on which the connecting strap is mounted. | |
