| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 056100100 |
MOTORIZED HARVESTER
| 759 |
| 056229000 |
CUTTING
| 276 |
| 056051000 |
CORNSTALK TYPE
| 126 |
| 056153000 |
CUTTING AND CONVEYING
| 115 |
| 056341000 |
RAKING AND BUNDLING
| 78 |
| 056328100 |
FRUIT GATHERER
| 73 |
| 056400010 |
HAND RAKES
| 41 |
| 056006000 |
GANG
| 33 |
| 056194000 |
CUTTING AND CATCHING
| 33 |
| 056375000 |
HORSE RAKES
| 28 |
| 056344000 |
RAKING AND LOADING
| 27 |
| 056028000 |
COTTON
| 22 |
| 056327100 |
VEGETABLE GATHERER
| 21 |
| 056208000 |
PLATFORM ADJUSTMENTS
| 20 |
| 056432000 |
COMPRESSING AND BINDING
| 16 |
| 056001000 |
MISCELLANEOUS
| 15 |
| 056365000 |
COMBINED RAKES AND TEDDERS
| 14 |
| 056219000 |
STANDING-GRAIN GATHERERS
| 14 |
| 056500000 |
STALK CHOPPERS
| 14 |
| 056192000 |
CUTTING AND WINDROWING
| 13 |
| 056228000 |
TRANSPORTING ATTACHMENTS
| 13 |
| 056008000 |
MARINE
| 13 |
| 056126000 |
SEED GATHERERS OR STRIPPERS
| 7 |
| 056121400 |
CUTTERS WITH PLANT OR CROP CONTACTING GAUGE (E.G., BEET TOPPERS) | 5 |
| 20080314014 | Method and Apparatus for Topping Vegetables - A vegetable topping device comprises at least one rotatable blade and a plenum chamber and further comprises an outlet: characterised in that, in use, the rotating blade(s) generate an airflow which lifts the vegetable tops such that they are cut by the blade(s) and are then directed to the outlet from the plenum chamber by their entrainment in the airflow in combination with the plenum chambers inherent shape. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090320430 | APPARATUS FOR PICKING MUSHROOMS - An apparatus for picking mushrooms including a carriage, at least one picking head arranged to move back and forth horizontally, and a suction pad apparatus configured to grip mushrooms for picking. A movable camera or scanner may be arranged to image an area in which the mushrooms grow. A first member may be coupled to the picking head and arranged to move back and forth horizontally for moving the suction pad apparatus horizontally. A controlled parallelogram mechanism may lift and lower the suction pad apparatus and couple the suction pad apparatus to the first member, and which may be arranged to maintain a position of the suction pad apparatus irrespective of a height on which the suction pad apparatus is positioned. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100011735 | DEFOLIATION DEVICE FOR BURIED PRODUCTS - Device for defoliating buried products such as beets, comprises a rotor having, on part or all of its length, tools suitable for removing the leaves in particular by a rotation of the rotor. Each tool comprises at least one endless belt having arrangements for applying a striking force at the top of the product to cause the simultaneous cutting of the leaves in combination with a limited angular movement of the belt(s) at the time of the strike. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20120291411 | LEAF STRIPPER - The present invention relates to a leaf stripper for removing leaves from a plant. The leaf stripper includes a housing having an interior. The stripper has a grille supported by the housing and in communication with the interior. The grille is shaped to selectively enable the leaves to at least partially pass therethrough. The stripper has a stripping motor disposed within the interior of the housing and supported by the housing. The stripper has a rotatable string member operatively connected to the stripping motor. The string member is configured to create a partial vacuum within the interior of the housing for at least partially sucking the leaves through the grille when rotated and to at least partially shred the leaves at least partially passing through the grille. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20160037715 | BEET PULLER SHARE - The invention relates to a beet puller share having a base part which comprises a cutting edge, wherein one or several hard material elements which form deflecting faces on their top surfaces are arranged in the region of the cutting edge, wherein the deflecting faces transition into a surface region of the base part, and wherein the surface region forms a beet guiding zone, in particular, a beet ejecting zone. To improve the service life of the beet puller share and to improve the harvest yield connected therewith, it is provided according to the invention that the hard material elements are realized as cutting elements which form the cutting edge at least in regions and that the deflecting face of at least one cutting element is convexly curved and merges into the convexly curved beet guiding zone, in particular, beet ejecting zone. | 02-11-2016 |
| 056002000 |
CONVERTIBLE | 5 |
| 20100115901 | LAWN MOWER HAVING COLLECTING AND MULCHING MODES - A walk behind lawn mower has an exit tunnel that is opened and closed by a pivotal mulch door to convert the mower between collecting and mulching modes of operation. An operating handle fixed to the mulch door includes a vertically reciprocal push button for releasing locking tabs that engage detents for holding the mulch door in the open and closed positions thereof. The bottom wall of the exit tunnel has a steeply inclined rear ramp section that is angled upwardly relative to the horizontal at least approximately 45°. The rear discharge opening of the exit tunnel occupies approximately an upper quarter of the area of the rear face of the cutting deck. Grass clippings flow into the upper portion of a grass collector through this high, steeply angled exit tunnel to promote even and full filling of the grass collector in the collecting mode. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20140075899 | LAWN MOWER - A lawn mower includes: a cutting blade provided in a housing; a cut grass receptacle provided rearward of the housing; and a chute connecting between the housing and the cut grass receptacle, grass cut by the cutting blade being delivered, by cut grass delivering air, to the cut grass receptacle via the chute. The cut grass receptacle has a bottom plate detachably attachable thereto, and the cut grass receptacle is constructed to allow the bottom plate detached from the receptacle to be accommodated within the receptacle. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140075900 | RIDING LAWN MOWER - Riding lawn mower switchable between mulching and bagging modes includes: a delivery passage for delivering grass, cut by cutting blades in a housing, from the housing to a receptacle by delivering air; and a scroll guide provided in an entrance of the passage for directing the grass clippings to the passage. An overall shape of the scroll guide as viewed in top plan is a substantial isosceles triangle extending into the housing while tapering forward from a scroll guide's base section located in the entrance and as viewed in side elevation is a substantial triangle tapering forward from the base section. Left and right side surfaces of the scroll guide each comprises lower and upper slanting surfaces formed as different slants, each of which gradually increases in area from the distal end of the scroll guide toward the base section. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140075901 | RIDING LAWN MOWER - A riding lawn mower includes: a delivery passage for delivering cut grass from a housing to a receptacle; and a shutter mechanism provided on a lower portion of the delivery passage for switching the mower between a bagging mode in which cut grass is delivered from the housing to the receptacle and a mulching mode in which cut grass is discharged downward of the housing. The shutter mechanism includes a horizontal pivot shaft disposed on the lower portion of the delivery passage, and a shutter plate pivotable about the pivot shaft between a fully closed position where the shutter plate closes the delivery passage to place the mower in the mulching mode and a fully opened position where the shutter plate is laid down toward a discharge side of the delivery passage to place the mower in the bagging mode. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140325948 | Harvesting Attachment for a Harvester - A harvesting attachment for a harvester comprises a frame which includes a rear wall and a base wall. The base wall includes at its end a fastening region for fastening a harvesting unit. | 11-06-2014 |
| 056370000 |
TEDDERS | 5 |
| 20140020357 | WINDROW TURING APPARATUS - An elongate rotatable drum for use in a windrow turning apparatus is provided. The drum has paddles adapted to engage with material in a windrow. The paddles form at least one pair of opposed rows, each row being made up of a plurality of paddles defining a helical path along the drum, the helical path of the paddles the opposed paired rows promote movement of the material to a common focal area. Also provided is a composting machine incorporating the drum. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20100175358 | Haymaking implement for displacing crop lying on the ground - A haymaking implement for displacing crop lying on the ground has a rotor and at least one tine arm, wherein the tine arm is pivotable with respect to the rotor about an associated pivot axis, for movement between a gripping position for gripping and taking along crop lying on the ground and a release position for releasing the crop. The tine arm has an outer arm portion carrying a plurality of tines, wherein each tine comprises a tine point for contact with the crop. In the gripping position, an innermost tine point positioned relatively closest to the rotor axis is located on or in front of the pivot axis with respect to the direction of rotation (R), while an outermost tine point positioned relatively distant from the rotor axis is located behind the pivot axis. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20120023888 | DUAL WINDROW CROP INVERTING AND COMBINING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus for selectively inverting one or more windrows of crop material on the ground as the apparatus is moved in a forward direction, each of the windrows having a lower surface and a generally defined width, the apparatus comprising, a frame for attachment to a vehicle, a first transport mechanism for picking up the crop material of a windrow, moving the crop material in a rearward direction, turning the crop material through a generally horizontal arc and depositing the turned crop material in an inverted condition, the first transport mechanism being movable between a raised non-operating position and a lowered operating position, a second transport mechanism having substantially the same structure and functionality as the first transport mechanism, and a hydraulic control system selectively moving the transport mechanisms between the raised and lowered positions and for driving the transport mechanisms. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20140102069 | DRAWN AGRICULTURAL MACHINE - A drawn agricultural machine comprising a carrier frame for carrying processing members, the carrier frame supportable on the ground, at least during transport, by means of a wheel set comprising at least a wheel, a coupling frame for coupling the agricultural machine | 04-17-2014 |
| 20160135369 | HAYMAKING DEVICE - A haymaking device for displacing mown crop includes a frame having a main beam which extends in a longitudinal direction and defines a longitudinal centre line, and at least a first side arm located on one side of the main beam, wherein the side arm carries at least one crop processing tool, preferably rotatably driven about a rotor centre line. The crop processing tool can be a crop displacing tool, such as a rake. The crop processing tool is mounted on a first pivot arm which, in the region of a first pivot arm connection, is pivotably connected, about a substantially horizontal centre line, to the first side arm for movement between an operative position and a transport position. In the operative position, the first pivot arm connection is located at a larger distance from the main beam than the rotor centre line of the first crop processing tool. | 05-19-2016 |
| 056131000 |
CUTTING, CONVEYING AND BINDING | 5 |
| 20090272089 | Cutter Head For Stalk-Like Harvested Crop With A Mechanism For The Selection Of The Length Of Cut - A cutter head for stalk-like harvested agricultural crop is provided including a number of pivoted knives arranged along side each other. Levers are associated with the knives and can be moved between an operating position in which they retain the knife associated with it in an active position, and a non-operating position in which they are preloaded by springs. A control shaft allows for the selection of the length of cut. An actuator, that is independent of the control shaft can move between a first position, in which all levers are brought into the non-operating position and a second position, in which the levers can reach the operating position and the control shaft retains the levers of the knives not selected in each case in the non-operating position. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20120023884 | BIOMASS HANDLING AND PROCESSING - Biomass handling and processing systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes cutting biomass, transferring the cut biomass to an auger, utilizing the auger to form a row of biomass, and baling the row of biomass. The biomass is optionally transferred from the auger to the baler utilizing one or more conveyors. Additionally, one or more cleaning steps may be performed to separate contaminants from the biomass. In another embodiment, a biomass processing system includes a sickle, a pick-ups unit, and an auger. Biomass is cut by the sickle and transferred to the auger utilizing the pick-ups unit. The auger forms the biomass into a row. The row of biomass may then be transferred to a baler utilizing a conveyor. Systems also optionally include a rotor located between the pick-ups unit and the auger, and one or more grates that reduce contamination included with the biomass. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120124956 | Method and Apparatus for Harvesting a Grain Crop - A method and an apparatus for harvesting grain crops wherein the crop (grain included) is first baled, then combined. All parts of the plant may be separated and baled according to value or the entire plant may be baled. The baled form remains until the grain is needed for delivery. Then, bales are combined by a quasi-stationary combine apparatus to separate the grain which is then conveyed and/or augered either to a storage bin or to a load-out bin under which a truck can drive and load. The remaining plant parts are re-baled by a baler associated with the quasi-stationery combine. The benefits of this method are many and include reduction in need for large combines, labor at harvest time, traffic on roads, wait time at elevators, and soil compaction in addition to providing grain marketing advantages. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120279188 | MOWING MACHINE - A mowing machine includes a cutting unit, a conveying unit for conveying grass clippings away from the cutting unit, and a packing unit including a paper-rolling module and a paper-dispensing module. The paper-rolling module defines an accommodation space for collecting grass clippings from the conveying unit, and includes scrolling axles spaced apart from each other by a gap, and movable between an opened position, where the gap has a predetermined width for allowing passage of the grass clippings from the conveying unit through the gap into the accommodation space, and a closed position, where the scrolling axles rotate to pack the grass clippings with the paper dispensed from said paper-dispensing module. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20150068181 | Agricultural Round Baler - In a method for operating a round baler, the harvested crop flow is controlled at any time of the bale forming process by time control with the control and governing device of the round baler, based on a stored theoretical minimum time for pressing a harvested crop bale defined by predetermined parameters and based on actually determined harvested crop parameters, such that the harvested crop bale defined by the predetermined parameters is produced at maximum baler utilization in a nominal press time determined for the harvested crop bale. | 03-12-2015 |
| 056122000 |
CUTTING, CONVEYING AND THRESHING | 5 |
| 20080295476 | GRAIN REAPER - The present invention relates to a reaper for grains, specially for the bean grains. More specifically, the present invention refers to technical and functional improvements specially developed and introduced which configures a bean reaper that is classified as a trailer to carry out two different operations, the first one of which is gathering various plants, such as bean plants, peanuts and other grains, plants which are previously plucked and aligned, whereas the second function of which is to perform a whole cleaning process by separating the grains (seeds) from the remaining unwanted parts. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20130263565 | Combine Harvester - A combine harvester is described having a stalk discharge system | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140075910 | METHOD FOR HARVESTING CROP MATERIALS - A method for harvesting crop materials each having a grains carrying stalk, includes erecting the stalk, cutting the stalk of the crop materials with two or more cutting blades or elements into a lower base segment carrying no grain and an upper straw segment that carries grains, discarding the lower base segment which carries no grain, threshing the upper straw segment which carries the grains for separating the grains from the upper straw segment, and collecting the grains. A blowing process is used for blowing the upper straw segment away from the grains before collecting device the grains. A determining process is used for determining a length of the lower base segment to be cut before erecting the stalk. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140075911 | HARVESTING MACHINE FOR CROP MATERIALS - A harvesting machine for threshing crop materials includes a platform supported in front of a chassis, an erecting device having a number pairs of guiding bars attached to the platform and having a channel formed between two bar members of each pair of guiding bars, a guiding element disposed between every two adjacent pairs of guiding bars for guiding a stalk of the crop materials into the channel of the guiding bars, a number of pawls extended into the channel for sending the stalk of the crop materials into the channel, and a cutting device having two or more cutting elements for cutting the stalk into a lower base segment that carries no grain and an upper straw segment that carries grains. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140109537 | Process and Apparatus for Harvesting Bast Plants - A method and apparatus for harvesting bast plants that have stalks, husks, and seeds. The method includes cutting the bast stalks from the bast plants and receiving the bast stalks onto a first belt. The method then orients at least a portion of the bast stalks on the first belt, the longitudinal axis of the at least a portion of the bast stalks being generally oriented in the direction the first belt is moving. The husks and seeds may be removed from the bast stalks. The bast stalk may be packaged. | 04-24-2014 |
| 056193000 |
CUTTING AND RAKING | 4 |
| 20100050586 | GRASS RAKING SYSTEM - A raking attachment for a riding mower supports raking elements in a forward path of a cutting deck of the riding lawnmower for raking grass just prior to it being cut by the cutting deck. The raking action raises the grass to a uniform height to promote uniform height lawn cutting. The raking attachment includes a forward extending frame formed by longitudinal frame members positioned with first ends rigidly attached to a riding mower frame and with a second end forming attaching points at a fixed height off the ground. A transverse frame is pivotally attached to the forward extending frame by pivot posts. A rake assembly with at least one row of flexible rake tines disposed across the entire transverse width of the cutting deck is attached to the transverse frame and pivots therewith to contact the ground surface for raking. The rake tines can be raised to a non-raking position or the downward force of the rake tines against the ground surface can be varied by varying the pivot angle of the transverse frame over a range of pivot angles. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100326036 | Device for Landscape Care - A landscape care device has a first care tool embodied as a mowing device, a sweeping broom, or the like, and at least one second care tool in the form of a spring tine rake arranged in front of the first care tool and acting simultaneously or with time shift relative to the first care tool. A carriage with a front axle is provided, wherein only the spring tine rake is effective in front of the front axle of the carriage. The spring tine rake has spring tines and the spring line rake is designed such that the spring tines are effective by a substantially straight push movement exerted on the spring tine rake. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110302898 | BRISTLE ASSEMBLY - A bristle assembly for performing a working operation, the bristle assembly comprising a central support defining an axis of rotation of the bristle assembly, an elongate bristle attachment member secured relative to the central support, and a plurality of bristles secured relative to the attachment member such that the bristles project outwardly from the central support. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120180448 | ROTATING ASSEMBLY FOR GRASS TREATMENT DEVICE - A grass treatment device ( | 07-19-2012 |
| 056474000 |
SHEAF OR BUNDLE DISCHARGING CARRIERS | 3 |
| 20090013661 | Remote control system and apparatus for enabling accessing the interior of a chamber of a harvester - A remote control system and apparatus enabling safely accessing the interior of a cotton compacting chamber and other regions of a cotton harvester, and also operating aspects of the compacting apparatus contained therein and thereabout, and which system is optionally operable for operating other aspects of the harvester, for inspection, maintenance and/or service, as well as other purposes. The system requires initial steps, including to safely neutralize or lock out operating systems of the harvester, then enables accessing designated interior locations of the compactor and the ability to operate systems therein, including aspects of the compacting apparatus. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20120124958 | Square Baler with an Improved Bale Chute - A square baler comprises a bale chute for lowering completed bales onto the ground, wherein the bale chute has a leading end connected to the rear end of the baler for pivoting movement between a raised transport position and a lowered operating position about an axis transverse to the direction of travel of the baler, and a suspension is provided. The suspension is connected to the baler by way of a lever mechanism that is movable between a first position in which the bale chute is supported in the operating position and a second position in which the bale chute is inclined sufficiently to the horizontal to cause a bale resting on any part of the bale chute to slide under the action of gravity along the bale chute and to fall onto the ground from the trailing end of the bale chute. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20140053527 | Agricultural Bale Accumulator - An agricultural bale accumulator includes a load bed, a bale transfer module, and a bale discharge module. The load bed includes center, right and left load beds, adapted to receive and accumulate thereon first, second and third bales, respectively, from a bale chamber of an agricultural baler along a bale-receiving axis. The bale transfer module alternately transfers the bales across the load bed from the center load bed to the right load bed or the left load bed along a bale transfer axis, transverse to the bale receiving axis, responsive to a bale transfer signal to accumulate the bales on the center, right, and the left load beds in a side-by-side relationship. The bale discharge module moves between a bale accumulating position and a bale discharging position responsive to a bale discharge signal. The bale discharge module moves to the bale accumulating position to accumulate the bales on the load bed. The bale discharge module moves from the bale accumulating position to the bale discharging position to discharge at least the first bale received and accumulated on the center load bed to the ground surface. | 02-27-2014 |
| 056207000 |
SHELLED-GRAIN CATCHERS | 3 |
| 20090183483 | Crop lifter pans - A seed pan apparatus for attachment to a cutting header hang a knife and cooperating knife guards mounted along a lower front edge thereof includes a seed pan adapted at a front portion thereof for attachment to the cutting header such that when attached to the cutting header, the seed pan extends upward and rearward from a guard finger of a knife guard over the knife to a rear end thereof located rearward of the knife. Side walls extend upward from side edges of the seed pan, and right and left side edges of the seed pan diverge from a front end thereof to the rear end thereof such that the rear end of the seed pan is wider than the front end thereof. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20110138764 | Crop lifter pans - A seed pan apparatus for attachment to a cutting header having a knife and cooperating knife guards mounted along a lower front edge thereof includes a seed pan adapted at a front portion thereof for attachment to a guard finger such that when attached, the seed pan extends upward and rearward from a front portion of the seed pan forward of the guard finger over the guard finger and knife to a rear end thereof located rearward of the knife. Side walls extend upward from side edges of the seed pan, and side edges of the seed pan diverge from a front end to the rear end. The seed pan is configured such that when the seed pan is attached to the guard finger, side edges of the seed pan are located between the attached guard finger and an adjacent guard finger on each side. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20130298516 | Device for Blocking Ejection of Crop Material from an Auger Platform of an Agricultural Harvester - A device for blocking ejection of crop material from an auger platform of an agricultural harvester features a shield for lying along an axial direction defined by a rotational axis of an auger of the auger platform reaching forwardly over the auger, and a flexible guard attached to the shield to run along the width dimension adjacent the free edge of the shield to hang downward therefrom with the shield in the operational position. A floating connection arranged between the shield and one or more shield mounts attachment the same to the auger platform allow floating of the shield upwardly out of a normal operational position, which is user adjustable. A flexible seal maintains a sealed condition between the shield and the auger platform throughout movement of the shield and in each of several user-selectable operating positions. | 11-14-2013 |
| 056270500 |
TOBACCO | 3 |
| 20110061356 | DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING A LEAF-STRIPPING DEVICE WITH TOBACCO PLANTS - A supply device ( | 03-17-2011 |
| 20120117933 | ALTERATION OF TOBACCO ALKALOID CONTENT THROUGH MODIFICATION OF SPECIFIC CYTOCHROME P450 GENES - Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in | 05-17-2012 |
| 20150075129 | Portable Tobacco Barn - A portable tobacco barn that includes a frame with arm members to support curing rods holding harvested tobacco stalks. Once the portable tobacco barn is loaded to capacity, the portable tobacco barn is covered with a protective cover sheet, and the loaded harvested tobacco stalks on curing rods then remain loaded in the portable tobacco barn during the drying and curing process, thereby eliminating the need to handle the harvested tobacco a second time and minimizing the number of times that the harvested tobacco must be handled. | 03-19-2015 |
| 056218000 |
TONGUE ADJUSTMENTS AND SUPPORTS | 2 |
| 20090107100 | CUSHIONED SWING CYLINDER FOR AGRICULTURAL MOWER - A swing cylinder such as those used to offset an agricultural implement may experience larges forces as it reaches the ends of its travel. A cushioning system to mitigate these forces comprises a piston with wear rings engaged thereto. The wear rings block off a usual passageway for the hydraulic fluid to flow, and provide their own, much smaller passageway. The flow of hydraulic fluid is thereby restricted in the neighborhood of the extremes of piston travel. An additional aspect of the invention is that the wear rings are pushed out of their position blocking the passageway when hydraulic fluid pressure is applied to move the piston away from the extreme position, thereby completely removing the restriction to flow in that direction. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20120210690 | EXTENDABLE JOINTED ARM FOR ENABLING A HAY BALER TO PULL A HAY RAKE DURING BOTH EASY TRANSPORT AND SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION OF THE HAY BALER AND THE HAY RAKE - An extendable jointed arm is disclosed, for enabling a hay baler to pull a hay rake during both easy transport, and simultaneous operation, of the hay baler and the hay rake. The extendable arm can be attached to a standard hay baler and a standard hay rake, and can be moved between an extended state ideal for simultaneous operation of the hay baler and hay rake, and a non-extended state ideal for easy transport of the hay baler and hay rake. The extendable arm includes at least a baler arm portion and a rake arm portion, and one or more arm extenders capable of pivoting the rake arm portion relative to the baler arm portion about an articulated joint. The extendable arm can also include a locking mechanism and/or supporting wheels. The extendable arm can also include a rake lifter for lifting the rake for easy transport. | 08-23-2012 |
| 056473500 |
CARRIERS | 1 |
| 20100095647 | Threshed Material Collecting and Dumping Apparatus for a Combine - An apparatus for combines for the collection of threshed material discharged from the combine and automatically dumping the collected material when a predetermined weight of material is accumulated. The apparatus includes a threshed material collector attached to the combine for rotation about a horizontal axis that is closer to a forward end of the collector than a rearward end of the collector. The collector includes a plurality of horizontally spaced tines extending in a rearward direction and position to collect material discharged from the combine. A counter weight is attached to the collector for controlling the amount of material collected before the collector rotates under the weight of the collected material to a dumping position where the collected material is removed from the collector. | 04-22-2010 |
