Crop threshing or separating inventions 03/07

20070072660 - Conveyor feeder house chain slat: A new and improved conveyor feeder house chain slat having a unique shape and structure that provides sufficient structural rigidity to improve crop throughput while reducing clogging of crop material. The unique slat also provides additional support to the chain. Because the chain rides on the rear of the elongated... Agent: Deere & Company

20070066367 - Method and arrangement for repairing memory chips using microlithography methods: The present invention relates to methods for repairing memory chips (7) with redundant cell areas and fuses using microlithography means, characterized by the following method steps: a) photoresist is applied to at least one wafer (6) which is to be repaired; b) a mask (1) is created in line with... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070066368 - Mobile apparatus for retrieving and processing bulk harvested nuts and fruits: An apparatus for processing nuts and fruits, and more specifically, to a mobile apparatus that picks-up fruits and nuts, and similar products from the ground and conditions them, in bulk. The mobile apparatus conditions the fruits and nuts by removing debris with a combination of a belted conveyor and a... Agent: Stratton Ballew

20070066369 - Apparatus for cleaning air discharge from agricultural harvester: An apparatus for cleaning the air discharged from an agricultural harvester. A separation housing has inlet and outlet ends. The inlet end includes an upper chute, a lower chute, and a separation wall therebetween. The lower chute extends from the inlet end to a clean air discharge intermediate the inlet... Agent: R. Michael West Law Offices Of R. Michael West, A Professional Corporation

20070066370 - Air boost to improve straw chopper spreading in a combine harvester: A combine harvester with a straw separating system includes a straw chopper and discharge assembly mounted for receiving the straw and having a rotor for chopping the straw and for generating a stream of chopped straw for spreading the chopped straw. A pneumatic air source is provided preferably separately driven... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20070066373 - Auto matically deployable and storable cover apparatus for directing cotton flow from a conveyor duct of a cotton harvester to a cotton receiver thereof: The apparatus for directing a flow of air and cotton from a cotton conveyor duct of a cotton harvester into a cotton receiver includes a cover member and a mounting element configured for mounting the cover member to a cotton conveyor duct for movement between a first position located at... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070066371 - Automatically deployable and storable cover apparatus for directing cotton flow from a conveyor duct of a cotton harvester to a cotton receiver thereof: The apparatus for directing a flow of air and cotton from a cotton conveyor duct of a cotton harvester into a cotton receiver includes a cover member and a mounting element configured for mounting the cover member to a cotton conveyor duct for movement between a first position located at... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070066372 - Automatically deployable and storable cover apparatus for directing cotton flow from a conveyor duct of a cotton harvester to a cotton receiver thereof: The apparatus for directing a flow of air and cotton from a cotton conveyor duct of a cotton harvester into a cotton receiver includes a cover member and a mounting element configured for mounting the cover member to a cotton conveyor duct for movement between a first position located at... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070066374 - Compactor control logic for a cotton harvester: A system and method for controlling a compactor in a cotton harvester includes lowering a compactor frame to a first height to compact the cotton bolls, raising it to a second height, and distributing the cotton bolls fore-and-aft when the frame is at the second height. These steps may be... Agent: Cnh America LLC Intellectual Property Law Department

20070066375 - Cotton module builder calibration: A system and method for calibrating a cotton module builder having a compactor frame, the system including an electronic controller configured to move the compactor frame to a plurality of positions, to read a compactor frame position sensor or sensors in the first and second positions, and to calibrate the... Agent: Cnh America LLC Intellectual Property Law Department

20070054713 - Quick-adjust cotton picker basket: A cotton picker basket is disclosed that includes a first basket portion and a second basket portion, the first basket portion configured to move relative to the second basket portion to adjust a volume contained therein and an compactor disposed at least in part within one of the first basket... Agent: Cnh America Llc Intellectual Property Law Department

20070054714 - Method of manufacturing a cotton picker basket: A cotton picker basket is disclosed that includes a first basket portion and a second basket portion, the first basket portion configured to move relative to the second basket portion to adjust a volume contained therein and an compactor disposed at least in part within one of the first basket... Agent: Cnh America Llc

20070049366 - Threshing tine for a combine rotor: A method and apparatus for use in a combine rotor for processing harvested agricultural crop, the threshing section of the combine rotor having one or more threshing tines, each threshing tine having multiple crop engaging portions that project upwardly and forwardly from the rotor, each crop engaging portion having a... Agent: Deere & Company