Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
056500000 | STALK CHOPPERS | 14 |
20090107103 | Methods and Apparatus for Stripping Leaves from a Stalk Cured Tobacco Plant - A machine which provides for both leaf stripping and grading can be used to process plants, such as burley tobacco plants, by continuously moving the plants in a first direction while simultaneously varying the position of the plants in a second direction relative to a defoliating apparatus. The plants may be moved horizontally through a machine by a transporter engaging the plant stalks while the vertical distance between the transporter (and thus the plants) is varied relative to the defoliating apparatus. The transporter and defoliating apparatus may be positioned at an angle to one another. Due to the changing amount of vertical distance, leaves from different sections of the plants, such as leaves at different stalk heights, can be contacted and removed at different corresponding horizontal locations in the machine. Accordingly, leaves can be graded based on the location(s) from which they are retrieved after removal. | 04-30-2009 |
20120174554 | Conveyor, Particularly for a Machine for Mowing Stalk-like Crops - A conveyor ( | 07-12-2012 |
20130111871 | Sugar Cane Chopper Blade - Sugar cane stalks are conveyed along a path passing between upper and lower chopper drums equipped with chopper blades extending lengthwise of the drums and located so that blades of one drum intermesh with those of the other so as to cut the cane stalks into billets. The cutting diameter of the blades of the upper chopper drum is greater than that of the blades carried by the lower blade resulting in the peripheral speed of the upper chopper drum being greater than that of the lower chopper drum. The cutting edge of each of the blades is defined at one side by a compound bevel with the blades being disposed on the drums so that they overlap and mesh bevel-to-bevel. The compound bevels are chosen so as to both satisfy the requirement that the blades be self-sharpening and have close to a zero timing angle. | 05-09-2013 |
20140325953 | METHOD OF REMOTELY CONFIGURING A RESIDUE SYSTEM OF AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER - A shifting method for an inline shaft system of a chopper system of an agricultural harvester is described and illustrated. The method includes the steps of detecting, temporarily rotating and engaging. The detecting step detects a failure to properly engage a shift collar with a splined component. The temporarily rotating step temporarily rotates the inline shaft system. The engaging step engages the shift collar with the splined component. | 11-06-2014 |
20140373501 | CROP PROCESSING AND/OR CONVEYING ELEMENT FOR A FORAGE CHOPPER - A crop processing and/or conveying element for a forage chopper has a body that can be mounted on a carrier that can be set in rotation and is furnished with a hard material layer that comes into contact with crop during operation. The hard material layer is connected in a form-fitting manner to the body. | 12-25-2014 |
20160029567 | Cutting Device for Agricultural Harvesting Machines - A cutting device for agricultural harvesters has a conveying channel and pivotably supported cutting knives arranged in a row on a frame. The cutting knives project in the cutting position into the conveying channel. A conveying member with conveying tines, rotatingly driven about a horizontal axis, interacts with the cutting knives for comminuting crop. Individual adjusting devices, each associated with one cutting knife, yieldingly support the cutting knives in the cutting position. A knife switching device is provided to move the cutting knives from the inoperative position into the cutting position. With a preselecting device a desired group of cutting knives can be selected that is pivoted into the cutting position upon activation of the knife switching device. The preselecting device is activatable with reduced force expenditure by eliminating resistances, caused by adjusting and connecting devices of the knife switching device, when preselecting the desired group of cutting knives. | 02-04-2016 |
056502000 | With driven pickup | 2 |
20120031066 | CHOPPING CORN STALKS AND LIKE CROP RESIDUE - A method of lifting corn stalks from a field surface and chopping the corn stalks with a rotary mower comprises configuring blades of the blade assembly such that as the blade assembly rotates, air is drawn upward under the mower deck; configuring the rotary mower such that an area of a circle defined by a circular path of outer tips of blades of the blade assembly is greater than 60 square feet; and rotating the blade assembly such that the outer tips of the blades move at a speed greater than 20,000 feet per minute and such that the air drawn upward under the mower deck draws corn stalks up from the field surface into contact with the blades. | 02-09-2012 |
20140196430 | IMPLEMENT FOR EXTRACTION AND DECIMATION OF PLANT STALKS - An implement for extraction and decimation of plant stalks with a puller section and flail section. The puller section is driven by a motor and uses a pair of track belts with interlocking protrusions to grab plant stalks and pull them up by the root. The puller section discharges the plant stalks into a hooded flail section with flail rotor and flail knives that decimate the plant stalk into small pieces. | 07-17-2014 |
056503000 | Rotating on vertical axis | 1 |
20180020617 | Mulching Device for Processing Plant Stubble on a Field | 01-25-2018 |
056504000 | Rotating on horizontal transverse axis | 5 |
20080245047 | Shredder head, and mobile silvicultural vehicle including the same - A shredder head for passing over a terrain containing vegetation and rocks so as to silviculturally process said terrain. The shredder head includes an elongated support shaft, a rotor, and a plurality of first and second sections provided longitudinally along a peripheral support surface area of the rotor. The second sections are each disposed between pairs of first sections so as to have an alternation of first and second sections longitudinally along the rotor. Each section includes at least one supporting element for supporting at least one processing tool configured for cooperating with the terrain via a rotation of the rotor for processing the terrain and corresponding vegetation and rocks present therein. First longitudinal gaps are defined between pairs of adjacent first sections, and second longitudinal gaps are defined between pairs of adjacent second sections, and the supporting elements and corresponding processing tools of these sections are shaped, positioned and sized within their respective sections so that the longitudinal gaps are smaller than longitudinal thicknesses of the corresponding processing tools so that rocks present in the terrain to be processed by the shredder head are impacted either by processing tools of adjacent sections or by processing tools of a same given section, so as to decrease average impact forces of the rocks per processing tool of the shredder head. The shredder head is also advantageous in that it is configured to be able to change the nature of the processing tools used therewith, without having to change the rotor or the corresponding supports of the processing tools. | 10-09-2008 |
20100011736 | Agricultural Machine, Especially A Field Chopper - An agricultural machine, especially a field chopper, has a carrier vehicle ( | 01-21-2010 |
20110258979 | Cotton Stalk Removal Apparatus - A cotton stalk remover apparatus is provided for attachment to a cotton harvesting machine. The removal apparatus is placed in-line behind each harvesting head or operated as a separate machine. The removal apparatus includes a blade section having a rotating blade that lifts and damages cotton stalks. The cotton stalks are released rearward from the blade section assisted by the rotating blade. The blade may have four peripheral blades, and the blade may be assisted in ejecting the cotton stalks by an directional device section having a rotating walker or alternatively a spiral auger that moves the top section of cotton stalks downward and rearward. The lifting and de-rooting of the cotton stalks by the blade may be assisted by a pulling section that includes rotating spindles with spiral flanges that grab, lift and release the stalks immediately prior to the stalks entering the blade section. | 10-27-2011 |
20150292591 | A DEVICE FOR STUBBLE TREATMENT AND A VIBRATION-ABSORBING ARRANGEMENT THEREOF - A device for stubble treatment once a crop has been harvested having a frame, at least one knife rolling segment connectable to the frame through a pair of bearings to operate substantially horizontally, a vibration-absorbing arrangement for each bearing that is adapted to be mounted between a bearing and a free-end of the frame that has vibration-absorbing elements that are at least partially made of a resilient material to isolate the frame from vibrations generated at the rolling segment, a first plate to be attached to the free-end of the frame and a second plate adapted to be attached to the bearing, the plates being adapted to be fastened together. Two or more vibration-absorbing elements are positioned in-between the plates, wherein two vibration-absorbing elements are positioned symmetrically with respect to the center of the plates. | 10-15-2015 |
20160066504 | Crop Stubble Flattening and Slicing Apparatus - A stalk stubble flattening an slicing apparatus for use on agricultural implements for harvesting row crops to bend over stub stalks to prevent undue wear and damage to tires of the implement. A plurality of slicing disc blades are mounted on a shaft that is rotatably mounted by bearings to a top surface of a curved flattening plate. The shaft is perpendicular to, and the disc blades are parallel to, the direction of travel. A plurality of corresponding slots are provided through the flattening plate such that the perimeter edges of the discs extend therethrough below the bottom surface of the flattening plate. The blades travel over the stalks and slice them longitudinally. | 03-10-2016 |