| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 056119000 | Gatherers or guides | 38 |
| 20080209883 | Crop lifter and crop accessory attachment - A crop lifter for attachment to a cutting header includes a lifter member adapted for attachment to the header and a lifting finger attached to the lifter member by a quick-attach mechanism such that a leading end of the lifting finger is ahead of and below the knife. The lifting finger is structurally weak compared to the lifting member such that the lifting finger will readily move when striking an obstruction, thereby preventing damage to the lifter member or header. The crop lifter or similar crop accessory can have a latch member at a rear end thereof, and a cooperating latch member attached to the header. The accessory latches to the header and a releasable latch lock prevents forward movement of the accessory that would disengage the latch. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080282661 | Paddle assembly for corn-head sweeper - A sweeper for a corn harvester includes self-gripping paddle assemblies mounted about a drive axle. The self-gripping paddle assemblies have a plurality of paddles formed of flat plate stock with a high moment of inertia formed by stiffeners extending from the flat plate. The stiffener plates are orthogonal to the axis of the drive axle and to the base plate. The orthogonal plates have curved surfaces formed such that when the paddles are connected together, the curved surfaces grip the drive axle. One embodiment of paddle assemblies is foldable and one embodiment of paddle is formed to permit easy stacking one inside of the other for shipment | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090025354 | Tilt Out Corn Head End Fender - A corn head end fender is configured to tilt outwardly in a direction transverse to the direction of travel to provide access to a row unit covered by the end fender during normal operation. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090188229 | STALK ROLL - A stalk roll for a corn head row unit has a conical seat and a spherical seat for mounting the stalk roll on a stalk roll driveshaft of a row unit. Each row unit has a drive shaft with a corresponding conical portion and a threaded fastener with a corresponding spherical portion for capturing the stalk roll on the drive shaft between mating conical shaft and stalk roll portions toward one end and mating spherical shaft and fastener portions at the other stalk roll end. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100101200 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING HARVEST RESIDUE - Methods and systems for harvesting crop rows employ a plurality of pairs of residue guides to guide harvest residue into rows that are left behind the harvesting machine in the place of the harvested crop rows. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100139229 | Header for a forage harvester - A coppice header for a forage harvester adapted to be mounted on and powered by a forage harvester. The header including at the front side two circular rotatable knives, a feeding drum being mounted above each knife, said drums being rotatable about the same rotation axis as the respective knives, wherein each feeding drum is equipped with one or more flat hook-shaped extensions adapted to grab the cut stems in the region immediately above the rotatable knives. The header may also be provided with a front feed roll placed behind the knives and two additional feed rolls placed behind the front feed roll, wherein the front feed roll is equipped with guiding blades along the length of the feed roll. The blades have a central protrusion, so that the blades are longer in a region around the middle of the blade than at the lateral ends of the blades. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100205923 | Forage harvester having a blower - The invention relates to a forage harvester having a header for harvesting crop from a field, a chopper for comminuting the crop harvested by the header, a spout from which the chopped crop is discharged and a rotary blower ( | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100300057 | FRONT ATTACHMENT FOR HARVESTING STALKED PLANTS - A front attachment for harvesting stalked plants has an intake conveyor mechanism that operates independently of the distance between rows, and a picking assembly located downstream thereof and transversely to the direction of travel, which separates the crops from the stalked plants and conveys them to a separate utilization, the plant stalks are guided in a guide channel from the intake conveyor mechanism to the picking channel, the guide channel is at least partially swept over, in the region of the intake conveyor mechanism, by driving elements of intake conveyor elements, which are situated in pairs and rotate in opposite directions, and, in the region of transfer to the picking assembly, the guide channel is at least partially swept over by driving elements of at least one rotating transfer element. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110011048 | CONVERTING A CORN HEAD ROW UNIT FOR HARVESTING CORN STALKS IN ADDITION TO EARS - A conventional corn head comprises side-by-side row units, each including a frame supporting a pair of snapping rolls below a pair of gathering chains for guiding corn stalks to the snapping rolls which operate to detach corn ears from the stalks, which remain attached to the ground. The row units are each designed such that they can be easily converted for harvesting the entire corn plant by adding one or more cutting disks for being driven together with idler sprockets of the gathering chain arrangement so as to sever the corn stalks from the ground. The gathering chains can also be replaced by chains including stalk grasping arrangements so as to better convey the stalks to a cross conveyor located behind the row units. The snapping rolls can be removed and their drive shafts shielded by deck plates located below the cutting disks when the row units are converted for harvesting entire corn plants. The cutting disks and gathering chains having a stalk grasping characteristic can be provided as part of a kit that is supplied for converting the row units of a conventional corn head into row units for harvesting entire corn plants. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110041472 | AUGER STRIPPER ARRANGEMENT FOR CORN HEAD - A corn head includes plural pairs of first and second laterally spaced rotating stalk rolls each having outer fluting and plural outer arrays of spaced knife members extending along the length of each stalk roll. Corn stalks are directed by rotating pick-up cones each disposed forward of a respective stalk roll into the space between adjacent stalk rolls, where the stalks are directed downwardly through the inter-roll space and are reduced by the cutting action of the rotating knives. Each pick-up cone and its associated stalk roll rotate in opposite directions as do the two stalk rolls. Disposed above and extending along the length of the stalk rolls are a closely spaced upper auger and stripper plate which remove an ear of corn from the stalk and direct the ear to the combine for further processing. A skid plate is disposed adjacent a lower, forward portion of each pick-up cone. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110308220 | NON-ROW SENSITIVE HARVESTING UNIT FOR A CORN HEADER - The non-row sensitive corn harvesting unit utilizes a tine wheel tilted to have tines that extend forwardly and downwardly into a side region of a stalk receiving area bounded by a row divider and which move along an upward and rearward trajectory toward a moving stalk handling element bounding an inlet of a stalk processing or picking channel, for pushing stalks toward the path of the handling element, such that the stalk will be grasped and carried into the channel, providing enhanced non-row sensitivity as well as improved handling of downed stalks. A companion tine wheel can be provided on the opposite side of the receiving area and function in the same manner. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120042624 | Removable Corn Header Snout - A removable divider for a row unit of an agricultural header. The divider is configured to be detachably retained by mounting portions of a frame of the row unit. The divider is retained by the mounting portions of the frame when the divider is in a first position relative the row unit for harvesting crop and is removable from the mounting portions when the divider is in a second position relative the row unit. Outward and parallel extending portions abut the frame of the row unit when the divider is in the first position but then allow the divider to be removed from the row unit when the divider is moved into the second position. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042625 | Cantilevered Gathering Auger For Corn Header - A cantilevered gathering auger for a row unit of a harvesting header. The gathering auger cooperates with a striper plate to remove useable parts from crop stalks gathered in a crop passage and to convey the stripped useable parts rearward into a cross auger of the header. The useable parts are conveyed rearward free of obstruction to the cross auger. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042626 | Crop Capturing Member for Corn Header with Gathering Auger - An elongated member extending from one row unit of a pair of adjacent row units of a harvesting header to urge crop stalks in a crop passage between the adjacent row units toward a gathering auger on the other of the pair of adjacent row units. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042627 | Helical Acting Straight Snap Roll Flutes for Corn Header - A helical-acting snap roll for a harvesting header having straight flutes which are free of a formed twist. The snap roll includes elongated straight flutes that extend substantially the entire length of the snap roll but that are parallel misaligned with a central axis of rotation of the snap roll. A pair of opposing and counter-rotating snap rolls of the present invention chops and pulls crop stalks passing therebetween downward toward the ground while also creating a helical action such that the crop stalks are conveyed rearward. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120096824 | Tugger/Accumulator For Use With An Agricultural Biomass Harvester - An agricultural harvesting system includes a primary harvester for harvesting grain and biomass, a biomass harvester for further processing the biomass, and a T/A coupled between the primary harvester and the biomass harvester. The T/A includes an onboard power plant and an onboard propulsion system. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120291410 | CORNHEAD DIVIDER LIFT ASSIST LINKAGE - A corn head divider lift assist linkage comprises two members and a spring pivotally coupled together, wherein one of the two members is pivotally coupled to a row crop divider and another of the two members is pivotally coupled to a bracket that is fixed at the rear of two adjacent row units. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130014483 | Front attachment for a self-propelled combine harvester for harvesting stalked cropAANM Luetke-Harmann; TimAACI SendenhorstAACO DEAAGP Luetke-Harmann; Tim Sendenhorst DEAANM Aerdker; BernhardAACI WarendorfAACO DEAAGP Aerdker; Bernhard Warendorf DE - A front attachment for a self-propelled combine harvester for harvesting stalked crop includes a number of intake conveyor mechanisms are arranged side by side, each of which exhibiting grooved conveyor wheels that rotate about a substantially vertical rotational axis. Snapping units are located downstream of the intake conveyor mechanisms in the direction of crop flow are formed with snapping rollers extending horizontally and transversely to the direction of travel. A transverse conveyor is equipped with opposing auger sections via which harvested fruits are drawn together in the center of the front attachment and fed from there to a feed rake. The grooved conveyor wheels of the individual intake conveyor mechanisms include, on the outer circumference thereof, radially extending driving elements. The driving elements engage via sections thereof into guide channels to pick up and convey plant stalks. The guide channels are equipped with end sections that guide the stalked crop in the direction of the center of the front attachment. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130160416 | TRASH FINGER - A corn head includes a frame, an auger, and a finger. The frame includes a feeder house opening and a trough located in front of the feeder house opening. The auger is rotatably mounted in the trough and includes flighting for directing material into the feeder house opening. The finger is attached to the auger and extends radially outward from the auger. The finger is flexible and rotates along with the auger. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130186052 | Downed Corn Rake and Methods of Harvesting Downed Corn - A rake for harvesting downed corn, including a mounting plate, a camshaft comprising a series of cams, and a plurality of support bars extending between the mounting plate and the camshaft. Rake tines are attached to each of the cams. A rotating rake implement mounted on a header with pairs of rake tines mounted on a camshaft and kickback arms attached to each pair of tines. A hydraulic motor is configured to drive the camshaft. A method of harvesting downed corn using a combine harvester equipped with a corn head having a corn rake mounted to the head. The corn rake includes pairs of rake tines mounted on a camshaft. With the camshaft rotating, the combine harvester is driven through the downed corn, the pairs of rake tines assisting in providing the downed corn to an auger area of the corn head. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130276420 | Downed Corn Rake and Methods of Harvesting Downed Corn - A rake for harvesting downed corn, including a mounting plate, a camshaft comprising a series of cams, and a plurality of support bars extending between the mounting plate and the camshaft. Rake tines are attached to each of the cams. A rotating rake implement mounted on a header with pairs of rake tines mounted on a camshaft and kickback arms attached to each pair of tines. A hydraulic motor is configured to drive the camshaft. A method of harvesting downed corn using a combine harvester equipped with a corn head having a corn rake mounted to the head. The corn rake includes pairs of rake tines mounted on a camshaft. With the camshaft rotating, the combine harvester is driven through the downed corn, the pairs of rake tines assisting in providing the downed corn to an auger area of the corn head. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130283748 | INNER ROW TRUSS FOR ROW CROP COMBINE HEADER - A harvesting header for a row crop machine has a tool bar with a plurality of row units attached thereto. Each row unit has a base and a pair of elongated row unit arms extending from the tool bar. The row unit arms form a stalk-receiving slot between facing inner sides of the pair of row unit arms. The row unit arms have outer sides facing away from the stock-receiving slot. The header has inner row braces, with each brace positioned forward of the tool bar and between an adjacent pair of row units. A first side of the inner row brace is attached to one of the outer sides of one of the row unit arms, and an opposing side of the inner row brace is attached to one of the outer sides of one of the row unit arms of an adjacent row unit. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130283749 | STALKED CROP HARVESTING HEADER AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING STALKED CROP MATERIAL - A tensioning system for maintaining the tension in a chain conveyor extended over at least one drive sprocket and one idler sprocket, and a method for maintaining the tension in a chain conveyor, in particular for example for a stalked crop harvesting header. The tensioning system comprises a first tensioning arm and a second tensioning arm rotatably connected to one another for rotation around a shaft onto which one of the sprockets is mounted, the second tensioning arm rotatably connected to a fixed point of a supporting plate, wherein the tension in the chain conveyor is maintained by rotational movement of at least one of the drive sprocket or the idler sprocket around a fixed point of the supporting plate. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140075908 | Corn Head Attachment with Sweeper Device - A corn head attachment has a sweeper device extending across a working width of the corn head attachment. The sweeper device is attached to the attachment frame by support arms pivotable about a first pivot. The sweeper device position relative to the frame is adjustable by a longitudinal adjusting device parallel to the travel direction and height-adjustable about the first pivots. The adjusting device moves the sweeper device along a curved path in a first direction away from a first position, in which a rotary axle of the sweeper device is at a leading area of a harvesting slot, into a second position above a rearward area of the harvesting slot and also moves the sweeper device in opposite direction. The adjustment of the sweeper device along the curved path is controlled by a forced guiding action to avoid collision of the sweeper device with other corn head attachment components. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140075909 | SELF-CENTERING COVER FOR HINGED ROW CROP HARVESTING HEAD - A self-centering cover assembly for hinged row crop harvesting head comprises a cover supported on a base member, wherein the base member is positioned by springs to self-center with respect to two hinged sections of the harvesting head | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140083074 | Crop Divider Hinge Kit and Method - Provided is a simple, inexpensive, truly feasible technical solution that readily permits do-it-yourself retrofitting of existing combine harvester heads to allow their crop dividers to pivot out of the way for transport. Provided is a retrofit hinge kit adapted for use with square tube frames and methods for its use. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140130474 | SNOUT HEIGHT AND TENSION ADJUSTMENT - Adjustment of snout height and tension is provided for a combine harvester. The combine harvester includes a header having a plurality of row unit divider assemblies. The row unit divider assemblies include a bonnet portion, a snout portion, and a height and tension adjustment device. The height and tension adjustment device is coupled between the bonnet portion and the snout portion and is operable to adjust an angle and tension of the snout portion with respect to the bonnet portion. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140260165 | GATHERER AND SNOUT FOLDING METHOD - In one embodiment, a method comprising moving a corn row divider assembly of a corn header forwardly and upwardly from an operational configuration of the corn row divider assembly, the corn row divider assembly comprising a snout hingeably coupled to a gatherer hood; collapsing the snout relative to the gatherer hood; and moving the collapsed snout and gatherer hood rearward to a non-operational configuration. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140260166 | CONTOURED AUGER PAN - A harvester includes a cross conveying auger with a helical blade. An auger pan extends under and behind the auger and forms a trough portion below the auger. A lower rear quadrant of the auger pan is contoured includes one or more projections to provide resistance to radial movement of the ears of corn so that the ears and are moved longitudinally inward along the auger. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140298769 | ROW DIVIDER FOR A CORN HEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING A HOOD WITH A STRUCTURED SURFACE - A corn head assembly for a combine harvester capable of reducing grain loss. The corn head assembly includes a frame, a plurality of row units and a hood. The frame is mounted to a forward end of the combine harvester. The plurality of row units extends forward from the frame. The hood extends between an adjacent pair of row units. The hood includes a first end proximal to the frame, a second end distal to the frame and opposite the first end, and an outer surface extending between the first and second ends. The outer surface has a plurality of structures configured to inhibit a flow of grain in a forward direction along the outer surface. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150047309 | Crop Divider Hinge Kit and Method - Provided is a crop divider hinge kit and method of installation and use that facilitates do-it-yourself retrofitting of existing combine harvester heads to allow their crop dividers to pivot out of the way for transport. Hinge kits may be adapted for use with frames having a square tube portion and may comprise a replacement portion of square tubing pivotably connected with a sleeve portion adapted to receive therein and be affixed to a cut portion of the square tube frame. Quick-disconnect fastening mechanisms may be used in connection with hinge kits, including in connection with removably fastening crop divider support members. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150068180 | WIRE HARNESS INTEGRATED WITH ROTATIONAL MOLD - In one embodiment, a method comprising rotationally molding a snout of a corn row divider assembly, the snout comprising a double-walled structure; rotationally molding a first conduit into a surface of the double-walled structure, the first conduit extending from an aft end of the snout to a location proximal to the fore end of the snout; attaching a sensor to the snout at a location proximal to the fore end of the snout; inserting a first wire harness into the first conduit, the first wire harness extending between the aft end of the snout and the location proximal to the fore end; and connecting the first wire harness to the sensor. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150089914 | Divider Assembly for Corn Header - A corn header has a row unit frame and an auger sweeping ears of corn toward a center of the corn header. A corn row divider assembly has a snout and gatherer hood hingeably coupled to, and aft of, the snout. An aft end of the gatherer hood extends beneath and to the rear of the fore end of the auger in an operational configuration of the divider assembly. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150101303 | ROW DIVIDER FOR A CORN HEADER OF A COMBINE HARVESTER - An improved row divider for a corn head assembly of a combine harvester is disclosed. The row divider includes opposing non-vertical sidewalls that taper inwardly to define a narrow bottom. The non-vertical sidewalls may be planar, concave or convex. The sloping surfaces of the sidewalls result in less severe bending and shearing of corn stalks that are misaligned with respect to the row divider as the combine harvester traverses a corn field, thereby increasing crop yield. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20160007533 | ROW DIVIDER CONTAINING A HELICOIDAL LIFT OF VARIABLE CROSS SECTION AND A SUGAR CANE HARVESTER | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160174461 | DECK PLATE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A HEADER OF AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160174462 | ADJUSTABLE ROW UNIT DECK PLATE FOR A HEADER OF AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160183466 | HOOD DIVIDER ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER - A row divider of an agricultural harvester is disclosed. The row divider includes a hood, a divider and an adjustment apparatus for adjusting the position of the divider and hood relative to each other. The adjustment apparatus includes a divider support extending from the hood for supporting the divider and an adjustment assembly. The adjustment assembly is connected to the divider support and extends through the hood to an outer region of the hood such that an operator can access and adjust the position of the divider from a region outside the hood and/or divider without the need for lifting the divider to an up position. | 06-30-2016 |
