| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 460079000 | SEPARATOR | 24 |
| 20090318204 | SEAL ASSEMBLIES FOR GRAIN SEPARATORS - The invention provides for a seal assembly for a grain separator. The grain separator may include a housing, a rotatable grain separation cylinder within the housing, the cylinder having an end surface, a grain inlet having an inlet spout extending through the end surface for conveying grain into the cylinder in a feed zone, an auxiliary end piece or seal cone functionally connected to the end surface of the cylinder. The auxiliary end piece may have an annular external surface spaced laterally from the feed zone, and a seal interfacing with the annular external surface, thereby defining a seal zone spaced laterally from the feed zone. Such grain separators have increased capacity compared to separators with traditional seal assemblies. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20110086684 | COMBINE HARVESTER AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY GATHERING GRAIN TEST DATA - The present invention provides a novel combine harvester and associated method configured for gathering grain test data. In general, the combine harvester includes a grain diverting assembly that is configured to selectively divert grain from a grain harvesting path to a grain testing path for the purpose of gathering the grain test data. In various embodiments, the present invention may return the tested grain to the grain harvesting path for further delivery to a primary grain hopper. The present invention may also provide a sampling cup and sample delivery system that allows a sample of the diverted grain to be automatically gathered and delivered to a combine harvester operator location. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20120108302 | Agricultural material separator - A combine is provided with an improved system for collecting agricultural material, such as stover, from an agricultural field and separating desired parts of the stover, such as corncobs, from undesired parts. The combine is provided with a system for moving the desired portion of the stover to a container and discarding the undesired portion of the stover back on the agricultural field. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20150087364 | FRAME FOR A RECIPROCATING SIEVE - A sieve frame ( | 03-26-2015 |
| 20160057936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING DEBRIS FROM USABLE CROP - An apparatus for separating usable crop from intermixed debris. The apparatus has: a) a conveying system configured to convey usable crop in a processing path from an upstream input location to a downstream output location; and b) a first separating system configured to cause separation of debris intermixed with usable crop as usable crop is conveyed in the processing path. A vacuum system downstream of the preliminary separating system is configured to: a) generate a low pressure volume which causes additional debris intermixed with usable crop to be drawn away from usable crop by vacuum; and b) cause drawn debris to be directed towards a collection location spaced from the output location while allowing usable crop to advance toward the output location. | 03-03-2016 |
| 460080000 | Axial | 7 |
| 20090104952 | TRANSPORTING CORN COBS - A cart is towed behind a combine harvester for collecting corn cobs and includes a conveyer belt feeding into a system for separating cobs from residue to be discharged and a tank for receiving and transporting the cobs. An unload auger is provided from the tank to one side of the cart while the cart moves forward. Power for driving the cart is obtained from a chopper drive of the combine harvester. The separating arrangement includes a series of sequential blower fans for blowing air through the discharged material as it is discharged from a conveyor and into a spreading guide disperses the residue. The cobs are conveyed using a series of augers where the auger to flight distance is at least 2 inches and particularly a pair of augers feed the cobs through a front wall of the tank so as to push cobs upwardly into the tank. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090111547 | Adjustable vane system for an axial flow rotor housing of an agricultural combine - A adjustable vane system for an axial-flow, rotary combine housing that incorporates at least one flat wall section as part of the otherwise cylindrical or oblong, curved housing cover, and adjustable vanes having flat bases that are angularly adjusted on the surface of the flat wall section. The housing includes fixed vanes on a curved portion of the housing cover that have a lead ends, in a direction of circumferential crop movement, substantially in registry with trailing ends of the adjustable vanes. The adjustable vanes include pivot connections near the trailing ends and swing connections near the lead ends of the adjustable vanes. All of the adjustable vanes are gang together and moved together. A mechanism is provided to swing the adjustable vanes from a position corresponding to the normal helical path of the fixed vanes to a bypass position wherein crop flow through the adjustable vanes will skip one or more passes between the fixed vanes on the next pass through the fixed vanes. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20110223979 | AXIAL SEPARATOR FOR A COMBINE HARVESTER - An axial separator for a combine harvester has a separating rotor which is rotatably supported in a housing including, as viewed in the conveyance direction, a receiving region for crop material, a separating region, and a transfer region for crop material residue, a wall that limits the transfer region in sections in the circumferential direction of the separating rotor, and at least one guide element disposed in the transfer region, which influences the flow of crop material residue emerging in the transfer region and being conveyed to a further-handling unit located underneath the transfer region, wherein the at least one guide element is disposed on the housing such that the position thereof can be changed in the circumferential direction of the housing. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20140011554 | Combine harvester - A combine harvester includes a separating device that extends in a longitudinal direction of the combine harvester. In front of the separating device, a tangentially disposed feed drum is installed. The feed drum is configured with substantially axially parallel guide plates on a circumference thereof. The substantially axially parallel guide plates bear against the jacket surface of the feed drum via support elements. The support elements extend between adjacent guide plates in the circumferential direction and, extend between the adjacent guide plates in the radial direction across an entire free jacket surface of the feed drum. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140141849 | Crop Engaging Elements for a Combine Harvester Separating Rotor - A separating rotor ( | 05-22-2014 |
| 20150141097 | Adjustable Vane in Combine Harvester - A processing system for a combine harvester having a rotor housing that receives a rotor. A cover directs crop material through the rotor housing. At least one adjustable vane guides the crop material. The vane has a cover-facing proximal edge adjacent the cover and an edge projecting toward the rotor. A leading end of the vane is connected with a first pivot connection and the vane is connected to the cover along its inner edge with a second pivot connection. A line drawn through the pivot connections intersects a plane perpendicular to an axis of the cover and forms an angle with the plane of between 5 and 15 degrees. The vane pivots with respect to the cover about an axis along the line to adjust a tilt angle of the vane. Also, tilting the vane adjusts an angle of the distal edge of the vane relative the plane. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150305242 | SEPARATING DEVICE FOR A COMBINE HARVESTER - A separating device for a combine harvester that operates according to the principle of axial flow includes a housing with a separating grate arrangement and a cover arrangement that jointly form a hollow cylinder. A separating rotor is accommodated in the hollow cylinder in a rotatably supported manner such that an intermediate space (Z | 10-29-2015 |
| 460081000 | Separating cylinder | 4 |
| 20110207511 | MOUNTING COMPONENT FOR SECURING A CROP HANDLING ELEMENT TO A SEPARATOR ROTOR - A mounting component for securing a crop handling element to a separator rotor is embodied as a profile-section component, with side walls facing toward one another and extending in some portions in the circumferential direction of the separator rotor; for securing the mounting component to the surface of the separator rotor, and each of the side walls of the mounting component has a longitudinal weld seam, extending essentially parallel to the side wall, with a weld seam portion extending beyond the length of the respective side wall, which weld seam portion is embodied at an angle to the respective side wall. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120244921 | AXIAL FLOW DISRUPTER - A combine harvester having a tubular housing that concentrically receives a rotor used for threshing and separating crop materials. Concave assemblies are arranged side-by-side along the a processing system. The processing system also includes at lease one disrupter plate placed between adjacent concave assemblies having an arcuate configuration similar to that of concave assemblies. An upper edge of the disrupter plate projects above the transverse bars and curved rods of the concave assemblies toward the rotor to slow the axial flow of the crop material through the rotor housing. Accordingly, the disrupter plate provides a tortuous flowpath for the crop material as it moves axially through the processing system to permit the more time for threshing and separation to take place. | 09-27-2012 |
| 460083000 | Multiple cylinders | 2 |
| 20140342787 | Combine harvester - A combine harvester includes at least one device for separating a crop stream into at least two crop streams that each contains different compositions of crop components. The device delivers at least one crop stream to at least one of a number of grain pans assigned to the device. The grain pan transfers the crop stream to a cleaning mechanism. At least one roller pair extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the combine harvester separates the crop stream. A first roller and a second roller of the roller pair have a relative speed with respect to one another. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20160007536 | INLET HEAD HOUSING | 01-14-2016 |
| 460084000 | Including deflector means | 3 |
| 20090197656 | Rigid rotor discharge deflector - A rigid rotor discharge deflector apparatus for a combine has a body member that is attachable to the side wall of a discharge passage at the downstream end of the rotor. The body has a face portion with at least one ridge portion thereon extending generally laterally across at least a portion of the face portion. The body also has an upper body portion above the level of the ridge portion, an upper ramp portion sloped and extending outwardly from the upper body portion to the ridge portion, and a bracing associated with the upper ramp portion maintaining the ridge portion essentially fixed relative to the side wall. The body member may also include a lower body portion below the level of the ridge portion, and the upper and lower body portions may both be attachable to the side wall. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090197657 | Rigid rotor discharge deflector - A rigid rotor discharge deflector apparatus for a combine has a body member that is attachable to the side wall of a discharge passage at the downstream end of the rotor. The body has a face portion with at least one ridge portion thereon extending generally laterally across at least a portion of the face portion. The body also has an upper body portion above the level of the ridge portion, an upper ramp portion sloped and extending outwardly from the upper body portion to the ridge portion, and a bracing associated with the upper ramp portion maintaining the ridge portion essentially fixed relative to the side wall. The body member may also include a lower body portion below the level of the ridge portion, and the upper and lower body portions may both be attachable to the side wall. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20120208609 | RESIDUE SEPARATING FEED SYSTEM FOR BIOMASS - A feed system for a biomass collection device uses a conveyor for dropping a flow comprising a mixture of denser or heavier biomass to be collected such as cobs, and less dense or lighter biomass residue such as leaf trash, through a space, and rotary feed apparatus below for receiving the flow, operable for propelling the received flow into a collection device, in combination with a fan configured and operable for directing a flow of air along a second path intersecting the first path in a manner to divert at least a substantial portion of the less dense or lighter biomass residue away from the feed apparatus, while allowing substantially all of the denser or heavier biomass to continue along the first path to the feed apparatus for feeding into the collection device. Distribution apparatus along the second path can then be used to spread the diverted biomass. | 08-16-2012 |
| 460085000 | Straw walker | 1 |
| 20120309476 | STRAW WALKER FOR A COMBINE HARVESTER - The invention describes a straw walker for a combine harvester, comprising a straw walker grate ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 460090000 | Shaking table | 4 |
| 460091000 | Oscillating | 2 |
| 20140066145 | Combine Harvester Grain Cleaning Apparatus - A combine harvester comprises an oscillating thresher pan ( | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140370947 | Combine Harvester Grain Cleaning Apparatus - A combine harvester ( | 12-18-2014 |
| 460093000 | Reciprocating | 1 |
| 20150087365 | HANGER MOUNT FOR A RECIPROCATING SIEVE - A hanger mount ( | 03-26-2015 |
| 460094000 | Mounting of | 1 |
| 460095000 | Suspended | 1 |
| 20150087366 | LIGHTWEIGHT HYBRID MATERIAL RECIPROCATING SIEVE - A frame for reciprocating sieve assembly comprises a first side member ( | 03-26-2015 |
