Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
460119000 | MACHINE COMPONENT ARRANGEMENT AND STRUCTURE, E.G., ENGINE PLACEMENT, GRAIN BIN | 17 |
20080261672 | Collapsible storage bin - An agricultural vehicle such as a combine is provided with a collapsible agricultural material storage bin. The bin may be collapsed to allow for decreased overall vertical height during transport to avoid contact with obstacles, such as overhead power lines and street lights. In the field, the agricultural material storage container may be expanded to increase the agricultural material holding capacity of the vehicle. The bin may be provided with an internal extension mechanism to increase the lifting power of the container to allow for the placement of a second container or other material thereabove. Alternatively, the container may be provided with an external lifting means to allow for unobstructed evacuation of the interior of the container. | 10-23-2008 |
20080274778 | Modular Combine Harvesting Machines - A grain cleaning module, adapted to be fitted to a grain cart ( | 11-06-2008 |
20080305843 | Grain unloader conveyor tube with dribble control door - Dribble control apparatus including a dribble control door hingedly or pivotally connected to an upper portion of a tube of a grain unloading conveyor. The door has a closed position covering a discharge opening of the tube for preventing grain dribbling, and an open position. The door has a shape which positions a center of gravity of the door for urging the door toward the closed position, including when closed, and which enables the door to support itself in the open position on a stream of grain flowing from the discharge opening with at least a substantial portion of the door spaced above the grain stream, while influencing or controlling an outward extent and direction of the flow of the stream. | 12-11-2008 |
20090233664 | AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER WITH AUXILIARY POWER UNIT AND INTELLIGENT POWER MANAGEMENT - An agricultural harvester includes a primary power unit which is couplable with at least one primary load. The at least one primary load includes a threshing system load. An auxiliary power unit is mechanically independent from the primary power unit, and is couplable with at least one biomass processor, independent from the threshing system load. | 09-17-2009 |
20090270148 | FLUID COOLER LOCATED IN AN AIR STREAM OF A WORK ASSEMBLY OF AN AGRICULTURAL COMBINE - An agricultural combine includes a supporting structure. A work assembly is coupled to the supporting structure. The work assembly has a plurality of components to assist in the performing of crop processing operations. The work assembly is configured to define an air stream path. The work assembly has at least one rotary component that generates an air stream that flows through the air stream path to aid in crop processing in the work assembly. A fluid system is configured to circulate a fluid. The fluid system includes a fluid cooler that is positioned at a location in the air stream path to provide cooling of the fluid. | 10-29-2009 |
20090270149 | Combine With Grain Tank Extensions - A combine ( | 10-29-2009 |
20090312079 | Rotating Radiator Screen Having Air Curtain Seal - A rotating radiator screen has a series of fins surrounding the peripheral edge of the screen at its interface with a wall surface of the machine on which the screen is mounted. An annular baffle on the wall surface circumscribes the fins and cooperates with them in producing positive pressure and an axially outwardly moving curtain of air in the vicinity of the interface so as to oppose the ingress of ambient air and foreign materials at that location. | 12-17-2009 |
20100285854 | Grain Tank Seal - 1. A covered grain tank ( | 11-11-2010 |
20100285855 | Scalable Grain Tank Fill Level Display - An apparatus for indicating a grain tank fill level for a grain tank ( | 11-11-2010 |
20130196724 | TRANSLATING GRAIN BIN EXTENSIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL HARVESTING MACHINE - A grain bin located atop a harvester includes upstanding walls having a substantially continuous upper edge defining an opening. A grain bin extension is deployable between extended and refracted positions to expand the capacity of the grain bin. The extension includes extension panels and a cap overlaying the opening. The cap is supported by a cap frame that is also deployable between extended and refracted positions. An extension deployment apparatus raises and lowers the extension panels. Extension deployment mechanisms located at opposing corners of the grain bin control the deployment of adjacent extension panels. Each extension deployment mechanism has a first rack and a trunion to drive extension panels in a vertical direction and pivot the panels in an outward direction and a second rack mounted to the trunion to drive the cap frame in a vertical direction, and a dive gear between the first and second racks. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196725 | Grain Tank Cover for a Combine Harvester - A cover for the grain tank of a combine harvester is disclosed that, when raised, is capable of acting as a tank extension to increase the storage capacity of the grain tank. The cover comprises side panels ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130252681 | CONVERSION KIT FOR AUTOMATING FOLDABLE AND UNFOLDABLE GRAIN TANK EXTENSIONS OF AN AGRICULTURAL COMBINE - A conversion kit for automating a foldable and unfoldable grain tank extension for an agricultural combine is provided. The conversion kit includes a first bracket assembly for attaching to a first grain tank extension, a second bracket assembly for attaching to a second grain tank extension and a control actuator. The control actuator extends between and is operatively connected to the first and second bracket assemblies for moving the first and second brackets between a folded position and an unfolded position. A torque rod assembly extends between and is operatively connected to third and fourth grain tank extensions. The torque rod assembly is rotatable to pivotally move the third and fourth grain tank extensions between a folded position and an unfolded position. | 09-26-2013 |
20130296005 | Combine harvester - A combine harvester includes a grain tank with an upper opening and a foldable attachment disposed on the upper opening. The attachment has two opposing, one-piece, flat attachment parts and two opposing, multiple-component, flat attachment parts. The attachment parts are swivellably disposed on the upper edge of the upper opening of the grain tank, are swivellably connected to one another and, in lying-flat, closed positions, form a cover. The cover at least partially closes the opening. In erected filling positions, the attachment parts increase the volume of the grain tank. | 11-07-2013 |
20140274237 | Double-Walled Plastic Grain Bin With Integrated Support Structure - In one embodiment, a combine harvester comprising a chassis; and a double-walled, plastic grain storage bin coupled to the chassis, the bin comprising an integrated support structure disposed on an interior surface of the bin that contacts crop material processed by the combine harvester. | 09-18-2014 |
20150148112 | EXPANDABLE GRAIN TANK - A grain storage container in a combine harvester comprises a front panel, a rear panel, and a first side panel mounted fore and aft on a lower hinge assembly. The first side panel comprises a top edge and a lower edge that form a non-zero angle relative to each other. First and second foldable materials couple the first side panel to the front and rear panels. The first foldable material is attached to the front panel and the first side panel. The second foldable material is attached to the rear panel and the first side panel. The front and rear panels further comprise a respective first fixed portion coupled to a respective pivotal second portion. Each pivotal second portion is coupled to the respective fixed portion. A front-facing surface of the second portion of the front panel and a rear-facing surface of the second portion of the rear panel in an expanded grain storage container position are adjacent to an interior surface of the first side panel in the grain storage container configured in a closed position. | 05-28-2015 |
20160021821 | Grain Tank with Increased Storage Capacity for an Agricultural Harvester - A grain tank for an agricultural harvester includes a floor, a plurality of upstanding walls, and an unloading conveyance. The floor has a plurality of side edges. Each wall has a lower edge positioned along a corresponding side edge of the floor. The unloading conveyance has an inlet in communication with an interior of the grain tank adjacent to the floor. At least one of the walls of the grain tank is movable relative to the floor between an expanded harvest position and a folded transport position. | 01-28-2016 |
20160135370 | HARVESTER CHAFF PAN ASSEMBLY WITH MOVEABLE DEFLECTOR COMPONENTS - An agricultural harvester includes a grain processing section having a chaff pan with a discharge end adjacent aft steerable wheels for the combine. The main chaff pan has a deflector positioned across its discharge end. The deflector has articulated end sections that are displaceable between a first position where they are fully deployed to direct chaff towards the discharge end and a second position where they deflect to clear the steerable wheels adjacent their steering limits. Either a lost motion mechanism or direct abutment device is connected to the end sections so that they are actuated only adjacent the steering limits of the wheels. | 05-19-2016 |