Crop threshing or separating inventions 08/09

20090215509 - Automatedly foldable and unfoldable grain tank extension and cover for an agricultural harvesting machine: An automatedly foldable and unfoldable grain tank extension construction for increasing the grain holding capacity of a grain tank of an agricultural harvesting machine, such extension construction including a plurality of extension panels mounted for pivotal movement about corresponding, respective, upper peripheral portions of the grain tank, with pliable corner... Agent: Cnh America Llc

20090215510 - Collecting trough construction easily accessible for cleaning: A collecting trough construction for facilitating the clean out of collecting troughs of clean grain and tailings collecting and conveying systems of agricultural combines, such collecting trough construction including a base pan sized and dimensioned to extend longitudinally between first and second cross-pieces of such a collecting and conveying system,... Agent: Cnh America Llc

20090209307 - Rear rotor cone: The invention provides an improved threshing and separating mechanism and method for a combine. The mechanism includes an elongated rotor mounted for rotation about a rotor axis within a rotor housing on the combine. The rotor has a threshing portion and a separating portion. The housing has a threshing section... Agent: The Law Office Of Randall T. Erickson, P.C.

20090203411 - Shelling and grinding apparatus: An apparatus for reducing and separating an associated agricultural product into two or more sub-parts is provided. A first housing includes an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being configured to receive the associated agricultural product to be reduced. A first reducing assembly is disposed between and in communication with... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090203411 - Shelling and grinding apparatus: An apparatus for reducing and separating an associated agricultural product into two or more sub-parts is provided. A first housing includes an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being configured to receive the associated agricultural product to be reduced. A first reducing assembly is disposed between and in communication with... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090197655 - Combine threshing components: Combine threshing assemblies are provided. Combine threshing assemblies illustratively include a rotatable member having a cylindrical shaped outer surface. In some embodiments, a first and a second row of bars are secured to the cylindrical shaped outer surface. Each bar in the first row is illustratively distributed along the circumference... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090197656 - Rigid rotor discharge deflector: A rigid rotor discharge deflector apparatus for a combine has a body member that is attachable to the side wall of a discharge passage at the downstream end of the rotor. The body has a face portion with at least one ridge portion thereon extending generally laterally across at least... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20090197657 - Rigid rotor discharge deflector: A rigid rotor discharge deflector apparatus for a combine has a body member that is attachable to the side wall of a discharge passage at the downstream end of the rotor. The body has a face portion with at least one ridge portion thereon extending generally laterally across at least... Agent: Cnh America LLC