Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080223332 | Advanced internal combustion engine - An internal combustion engine power cycle wherein a combustion chamber is fitted with an inlet valve, an outlet valve, and movable piston coupled to perform work, includes an generator to form a stream of greater than about 95% molecular oxygen from atmospheric air and a nitrogen waste gas stream; a source of fuel; and a source of liquid water. The power cycle includes admission of the molecular oxygen into the chamber, injection of the fuel into the chamber with combustion, and injection of atomized water into the chamber for generation of steam. | 09-18-2008 |
20080234018 | Rotor for a threshing system of an agricultural combine and method of making the same - A rotor for a threshing system of an agricultural combine and method for making the same, including a body of simplified, three part press fit construction including an inlet segment, a main body segment having threshing elements therearound, and a bulkhead to be connected to a drive mechanism. The inlet segment, main body segment and bulkhead are configured so as to facilitate press fit assembly thereof concentric about a rotational axis about which the rotor will be rotated during operation, while also minimizing eccentricities of those components. As a result, the manufacture of the rotor is simplified by the elimination of the need for an internal skeleton structure and associated welds and/or fasteners. | 09-25-2008 |
20090061968 | REAR ACCESSIBLE SIEVE RETAINER - A sieve retainer for an agricultural combine which is more accessible, particularly from the rear of the combine, which provides improved access to, and removal and replacement of the sieve and prevents loss of sieve retaining hardware. | 03-05-2009 |
20090186674 | AUGER TROUGH CLEAN-OUT DOOR - An auger trough and associated clean-out door construction of a clean grain and tailings conveying system for an agricultural combine, such construction including a pair of spaced, depending auger trough side walls that extend laterally across a combine between opposed sidesheets, with a removable door panel positionable across the combine between the opposed sidesheets and between said auger trough side walls to form an auger trough base, which door panel is configured to be so engageable with the auger trough side walls to substantially close the bottom of the auger trough and whose opposite ends are configured to be complementarily engageable with engagement features associated with the sidesheets to maintain such door panel in place during harvesting operations and, with such auger trough side walls, to define a generally rigid trough between the opposed sidesheets. Preferably, the door panel has a first end configured to be engageable with and to rest upon a projecting flange on a first of the opposite sidesheets and a second, latch end with an associated latch mechanism for engaging a complementary latching feature on the second of the opposed sidesheets for generally securing the door panel in position as the bottom of the auger trough. | 07-23-2009 |
20090215510 | Collecting trough construction easily accessible for cleaning - A collecting trough construction for facilitating the clean out of collecting troughs of clean grain and tailings collecting and conveying systems of agricultural combines, such collecting trough construction including a base pan sized and dimensioned to extend longitudinally between first and second cross-pieces of such a collecting and conveying system, one of which cross-pieces may be a clean grain auger trough or a tailings auger trough, and laterally generally between the sidesheets of a combine, with collecting troughs formed in the upper side thereof, which base pan has first and second ends and is positionable between the first and second cross-pieces with the first end of the auger trough base pan adjacent the first cross-piece and the second end of the auger trough base pan adjacent the second cross-piece to be readily complementarily engageable therewith and wholly or partially disengageable therefrom by a user to permit convenient access to the formed collecting troughs for cleaning thereof. Preferably, the base pan is, alternatively, partially detachable to permit access for cleaning by a user in an in-place clean-out position or wholly removable to permit the removal of such base pan to a remote location for cleaning by the user thereat. | 08-27-2009 |
20100267433 | CONCAVE ADJUST ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A TORSION AXLE FOR DAMPING CROP THRESHING IMPULSE LOADS - The concave adjust assembly uses a torsion axle connecting a drive to a concave. The torsion axle includes an inner element having an angular sectional shape, a tubular outer element disposed about the inner element and having a larger angular sectional shape oriented such that corners of the tubular element are disposed opposite flats of the inner element, the elements being laterally relatively rotatable, and damping elements disposed between the inner and outer elements such that the rotation will compressively load the damping elements. The drive includes a motor, such that operation of the motor will adjustably move the concave, and the damping elements will damp impulse loads generated from threshing, to reduce transmission of the loads to the drive. | 10-21-2010 |
20110023731 | Baler Density Control Mechanism and Method - A method of electronically sensing the fill of material in a stuffer chute and tripping a stuffer of a baler. A combine harvester and baler for biomass collection. In one embodiment, crop material such as the residue or material other than grain (MOG) from the back of the combine is directly projected toward a target on a baler collection device. A tailboard with defection panels may be used to alter the direction of the crop residue from the combine. The tongue of the baler is configured to not obstruct the crop material as the crop material is projected toward the baler. One or more knives of a chopper coupled to the combine may be configured to optimally project MOG toward the baler. Also, the stuffer chute of the baler may be configured to facilitate the flow of crop material such as MOG and therefore minimize obstructions. The crop material is transferred from the combine to the baler without the use of a conveyor. | 02-03-2011 |
20110024538 | Combine Chopper For Feeding A Baler - A chopper for a combine harvester for biomass collection. In one embodiment, crop material such as the residue or material other than grain (MOG) from the back of the combine is directly projected toward a target on a baler collection device. A tailboard with defection panels may be used to alter the direction of the crop residue from the combine. The tongue of the baler is configured to not obstruct the crop material as the crop material is projected toward the baler. One or more knives of a chopper coupled to the combine may be configured to optimally project MOG toward the baler. Also, the stuffer chute of the baler may be configured to facilitate the flow of crop material such as MOG and therefore minimize obstructions. The crop material is transferred from the combine to the baler without the use of a conveyor. | 02-03-2011 |
20110029909 | User Interface With Biomass Deflection Information - A user interface with biomass deflection information for biomass collection. In one embodiment, crop material such as the residue or material other than grain (MOG) from the back of the combine is directly projected toward a target on a baler collection device. A tailboard with defection panels may be used to alter the direction of the crop residue from the combine. The tongue of the baler is configured to not obstruct the crop material as the crop material is projected toward the baler. One or more knives of a chopper coupled to the combine may be configured to optimally project MOG toward the baler. Also, the stuffer chute of the baler may be configured to facilitate the flow of crop material such as MOG and therefore minimize obstructions. The crop material is transferred from the combine to the baler without the use of a conveyor. | 02-03-2011 |
20110151950 | Combine Harvester Processing System Having Adjustable Concaves on a Suspension System - A combine harvester where opposing concaves on either side of a rotor of a processing system substantially simultaneously travel symmetrical paths. The concaves of the processing system may be supported on a suspension system such that the concaves are pivotally supported from a common axial location at one end and translationally adjusted at another end to move the concaves generally radially toward or away from the rotor. | 06-23-2011 |
20120042618 | Tilting Crop Stalk Chopper - A tilting crop stalk chopper on a header for harvesting crops. The chopper is moveably coupled to the header such that the chopper moves between first and second positions to vary the angle at which crops are cut. The movement of the chopper into first and second positions is independent of the position of the row units of the header relative the ground. In one embodiment, a gear box coupled to the chopper is moveable to the chopper between the first and second positions. | 02-23-2012 |
20120042619 | Offset Stripper Plates for Corn Header - First and second stripper plates for a harvesting header that are offset from one another relative the ground. The first and second stripper plates oppose one another to at least partially define a first crop passage for receiving crop stalks and to remove useable parts from the crop stalks gathered in the crop passage. In one embodiment, the first and second stripper plates are offset from one another relative the ground to urge the crop stalks laterally toward a gathering auger of a row unit of the header. | 02-23-2012 |
20120042620 | Pivoting Gathering Auger for Corn Header - A pivoting 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 the cross auger of the header. The gathering auger pivots in a vertical plane between a first position for harvesting and a second position for maintenance. While in the maintenance position, a distal end of the gathering auger does not communicate with the cross auger. The useable parts are conveyed rearward free of obstruction to the cross auger. | 02-23-2012 |
20120042621 | Helical Acting 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 a plurality of 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. In one embodiment, at least a pair of straight portions acting as flutes are partially parallel aligned with one another along the length and one side of each snap roll. | 02-23-2012 |
20120042622 | Combination Driven and Idler Snap Rolls for Corn Header - First and second snap rolls corresponding with a pair of forward-extending row units of a harvesting header wherein the snap rolls oppose one another on opposite sides of a crop passage and are operated at different speeds relative to one another. In one embodiment one of the snap rolls is a powered snap roll and the other is an idler roll. | 02-23-2012 |
20120042623 | Dual Idler Rolls for Corn Header - A first snap roll corresponding with one row unit and another pair of rolls corresponding with another adjacent row unit of a harvesting header where the first snap roll and the pair of rolls are offset from one another relative the ground to urge the crop stalks in the crop passage between the row units toward the one row unit. In one embodiment, the pair of offset rolls are unpowered idler rolls. | 02-23-2012 |
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 |
20120055132 | Smooth Idler Roll for Corn Header - First and second snap rolls corresponding with a pair of forward-extending row units of a harvesting header wherein the snap rolls oppose one another on opposite sides of a crop passage and wherein one of said first and second snap rolls is substantially smooth along its length. In one embodiment, one of the snap rolls is a powered snap roll and the other smooth snap roll is an unpowered idler roll. | 03-08-2012 |
20120055133 | Offset Snap Rolls for Corn Header - First and second snap rolls corresponding with a pair of forward-extending row units of a harvesting header wherein the snap rolls oppose one another on opposite sides of a crop passage and are offset from one another relative the ground to urge the crop stalks in the crop passage toward one of the row units. | 03-08-2012 |
20120055134 | Gathering Auger with Independent Speed - A gathering auger of a harvesting header driven independently from the speed of the harvester. In one embodiment, a row unit of the header includes at last one powered snap roll in combination with a stripper plate for removing useable parts from crop stalks. The gathering auger is powered by a first drive means and the powered snap roll is powered by a second drive means such that the gathering auger and the powered snap roll are operated at different speeds. | 03-08-2012 |
20120168254 | Common Power Lubricated Gearboxes on Combine Harvester - In one embodiment, a lubricant distribution system for a combine harvester, the lubricant distribution system comprising: a plurality of gearboxes coupled to different locations on the combine harvester, each of the plurality of gearboxes comprising lubricating fluid; a reservoir configured to receive the lubricating fluid from the plurality of gearboxes; and a pump configured to pump the lubricating fluid received from the reservoir to the plurality of gearboxes. | 07-05-2012 |
20120204737 | Tracking Bale Density Door for Big Square Baler - In one embodiment, bale density door system of a baler, comprising: plural bale density doors defining a chamber, the chamber comprising a front end and a rear end; and plural tracking surfaces associated with a portion of the plural bale density doors, the plural tracking surfaces moveable in a direction from the front end to the rear end. | 08-16-2012 |
20120222565 | Continuous Round Baler With Pickup - In an example embodiment, a continuous baler includes a round baler and a pickup conveyor for providing crop to the round baler. The pickup conveyor may include a conveyor belt and a controller for manipulating the conveyor belts. In one example embodiment, the speed of the conveyor is adjusted in accordance with the operation of the baler. | 09-06-2012 |
20120234651 | Continuous Round Baler - In an example embodiment, a continuous baler includes a round baler and an adjustable conveyor for providing crop to the round baler. The adjustable conveyor may include a conveyor belt and a controller for manipulating the conveyor belts. In one example embodiment, the speed of the conveyor is adjusted in accordance with the operation of the baler. | 09-20-2012 |
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 |
20120266764 | BALER DENSITY CONTROL MECHANISM AND METHOD - A method of electronically sensing the fill of material in a stuffer chute and tripping a stuffer of a baler. | 10-25-2012 |
20130165192 | Dual Outlet Fan in Axial Flow Combine - A combine harvester has a threshing mechanism with a rotor and a plurality of concaves for threshing grain and cleaning apparatus for removing chaff from the threshed grain. The cleaning apparatus includes a rotor pan arranged below the concaves and a sieve arranged below the rotor pan. A fan is arranged to blow air into an inlet. A duct has a wall defining a passage in fluid communication with the inlet, a first exhaust and a second exhaust in fluid communication with the passage. The first exhaust is arranged to direct a first portion of airflow on the sieve and then up toward the underside of the rotor pan. The second exhaust is located above the rotor pan and arranged to direct a second portion of airflow between the top of the rotor pan and an underside of the concaves. | 06-27-2013 |