Crop threshing or separating inventions 11/08

20080293460 - Knife blade covers for a rotary chopper element of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester for converting the integral chopper assembly to a beater construction: A knife blade cover for converting the rotary chopper element of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester to operate as a beater instead of as a chopping construction, which knife blade cover includes a cover member mountable over one or more mounted assemblies of the rotary chopper element... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20080293462 - Concave pan portion of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester: A concave pan portion of an integral chopper assembly that includes a concave pan shell portion with a separate grate portion that may be easily installed into and removed from an intermediate opening in such concave pan portion for replacement in the event of undesirable wear thereto, and a separate... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20080293463 - Insertion tool for a rotary chopper element of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester: An insertion tool for installing rotary chopper elements in integral chopper assemblies in combine harvesters, which insertion tool includes an elongated open-ended trough-like bed portion of a length, breadth, and depth to sufficiently accommodate the rotary chopper element therewithin, with lift brackets along the sides thereof configured to accommodate the... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20080293461 - Rotary chopper element of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester: A rotary chopper element for an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester, which rotary chopper element includes a cylindrical rotary member having a plurality of ring portions axially aligned in an ordered side-by-side arrangement along the longitudinal axis of the rotary member, with each ring portion having disposed annularly... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20080287172 - Crop processing machine: A crop processing machine includes a transport mechanism for conveying a crop, a mounting assembly fixed with respect to the transport mechanism, and a knife assembly pivotally mounted with a 4-bar link to the mounting assembly, the knife assembly including a knife for trimming the crop as the crop is... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080274777 - Auger screen: A bulk loader including an air inlet, an air-particulates separating chamber in communication with the air inlet, an air outlet in communication with the air-particulates separating chamber, means for moving air and particulates into the air-particulates separating chamber, means for separating air from particulates positioned within the air-particulates separating chamber,... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080274778 - Modular combine harvesting machines: A grain cleaning module, adapted to be fitted to a grain cart (1) having means to deliver cleaned grain to collection means, includes a cleaning stage comprising at least one hollow cylinder (4) adapted to be mounted to said cart and means for causing the grain and waste material to... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.L.P.