Crop threshing or separating inventions 02/07

20070042822 - Combine with a rotary conveyor: A combine with straw walkers and a conveyor located above the straw walkers. The conveyor is provided with tines and a rotating body with a closed circle cylindrical envelope surface. The envelope surface of the rotating body has no remarkable recess or elevations. The tine guides each have a holder... Agent: Deere & Company

20070037620 - Adjustable flow deflector apparatus for transitioning crop residue flow from an axially arranged threshing system to a residue distribution system of an agricultural combine: Adjustable deflector apparatus for transitioning crop residue from an axially arranged threshing system of a combine to a crop residue distribution system is disposed in a position such that at least a portion of a crop residue flow from the threshing system will strike or impinge the deflector and be... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070037621 - Method for transferring crop material: In a method for transferring crop material from a harvesting machine to a hauling vehicle, with which the crop material is accelerated and ejected through a conveyor chute of a transfer device to a target point on the transport vehicle, the acceleration of the crop material to be transferred is... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20070032279 - Crop separating harvester: A crop separating harvester includes a primary crop path having an apex, a forced air supply tangentially positioned to the crop path from a bottom side of the apex, and a crop retrieval member, wherein said crop retrieval member is separated from said apex a predetermined distance defining a gap... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070026910 - System and method for detecting combine rotor slugging: A system to sense incipient slugging of a rotor by sensing a rotor speed signal, an engine speed signal and a first hydraulic motor speed signal, combining the rotor speed signal and the engine speed signal to provide a second hydraulic motor speed signal, and determining incipient slugging based upon... Agent: Cnh America LLC Intellectual Property Law Department

20070026912 - Adjustable crop residue flow distributor for a vertical spreader of an agricultural combine: An adjustable flow distributor for a vertical spreader operable for discharging a flow of straw and other crop residue in a sideward direction for deposition over a field, the flow distributor including a metering edge and the adjustability allowing positioning the metering edge for tailoring or adjusting a pattern of... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070026914 - Adjustable crop residue flow distributor for a vertical spreader of an agricultural combine: An adjustable flow distributor for a vertical spreader operable for discharging a flow of straw and other crop residue in a sideward direction for deposition over a field, the flow distributor including a metering edge and the adjustability allowing positioning the metering edge for tailoring or adjusting a pattern of... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070026915 - Adjustable crop residue flow distributor for a vertical spreader of an agricultural combine: An adjustable flow distributor for a vertical spreader operable for discharging a flow of straw and other crop residue in a sideward direction for deposition over a field, the flow distributor including a metering edge and the adjustability allowing positioning the metering edge for tailoring or adjusting a pattern of... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070026913 - Crop processing element for a rotary combine: An apparatus and method for improving the ability of a rotary combine to gently thresh a crop and to gently convey the crop through the threshing section of the combine. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is a crop engaging element for the rotor of a rotary combine, said crop... Agent: Robert M. Hunter PLLC

20070026911 - Straw chopper with fan having enhanced air flow in an agricultural combine: A straw chopper for an agricultural harvesting unit includes a housing, and a rotor carried by the housing. The rotor includes a center chopping section and a pair of fans respectively positioned at longitudinally outboard ends of the center chopping section. Each fan includes a hub rotatable in a direction... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.