Crop threshing or separating inventions 01/07

20070015556 - Wide-spread impeller spreader for harvesting combine: The present invention is for a chopper and wide-spread impeller spreader that feeds crop residue from the chopper into the spreader at a specific upward angle to more fully utilize the momentum the crop residue achieves in the chopper. The spreader incorporates air intake holes and air fins above the... Agent: Deere & Company

20070010304 - Threshing device for harvesting machines: Threshing device for harvesting machines of the type including a feeder for cut plants, oriented towards a succession of rotors that mix and convey said cut plants splitting grains from straw, stems or spikes; and a flat or longitudinal wave grille whereby grains are conveyed for gathering thereof. Each rotor... Agent: Defillo & Associates, Inc.

20070010305 - Field chopper and method of operation: A field chopper and a method for its operation. The field chopper is includes an internal combustion engine in drive connection with a crop intake device, a chopping device, and a feeding device that transfers crop from the intake device to the chopping device. A controller, connected to an operator... Agent: Deere & Company

20070004478 - Method of adjusting an anti-wind wiper assembly: An anti-wind wiper including an extension adjustably mountable in a desired spaced relation and angular orientation relative to a leading edge of a flight of a front rotor inlet section of a combine, for interaction with the flight during rotation of the rotor, for directing and guiding crop material, particularly... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070004479 - Straw chopper for combine with adjustable stationary knife bank: A straw chopper for an agricultural harvesting machine includes a housing, a rotor carried by the housing, and a stationary knife bank. The rotor includes a plurality of pendulously mounted knife blades. The stationary knife bank includes a plurality of stationary knife blades adjustably movable toward and away from the... Agent: Deere & Company

20070004480 - Sheller and method of use thereof: A sheller for vegetables and fruits, particularly for legumes, having a rotatable drum with baffle plates having openings formed therethrough. The baffle plates are disposed such that the openings thereof are radially oriented opposite from one another to control dwell time of legumes in the drum.... Agent: Williamson Intellectual Property Law, LLC