Harvesters inventions 04/07

20070089389 - Self-propelled harvesting machine and operating method therefor: A method of operating a self-propelled harvesting machine includes continuously separating a crop-material flow into a useful-material flow and a remaining-material flow, in a separating step of the machine, capturing at least a portion of the useful-material flow from the separating step in a measurement channel, weighing the useful material... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070089390 - Crop attribute map input for vehicle guidance: A method for dividing a field into zones with similar crop attributes and developing a mission plan for steering the harvester to selectively harvest crops based on one or more of the attributes. The attributes include protein level, starch level, oil level, sugar content, moisture level, digestible nutrient level, or... Agent: Deere & Company

20070089391 - Crop harvesting header with drive reversal: A crop harvesting machine including a header mounted on a tractor is hydraulically driven by a pair of pumps on the tractor and a series of motors on the header. A first circuit control includes variable rate valves controlling the rate of supply of fluid from the unidirectional pumps to... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20070089392 - Gathering device for soft objects: Disclosed is an apparatus for retrieving soft objects with minimal stress to the back and adverse damage to the objects. The apparatus comprises a storage section, a gathering section, a rim and an elongated handle. The storage section is shaped like an open basket on its side and having a... Agent: Berggren Law Offices, LLC

20070084172 - Guidance indicator system for a cotton harvesting machine: A guidance indication system for use during the unloading of a load from a crop harvesting machine that determines a required steering correction as a function of wheel position when the machine is deviating from a desired path during the unloading process, and displays the steering correction to the operator.... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070084173 - Mounting rotary cutting deck to lift arm: The entire right, title and interest in and to this application and all subject matter disclosed and/or claimed therein, including any and all divisions, continuations, reissues, etc., thereof are, effective as of the date of execution of this application, assigned, transferred, sold and set over by the applicant(s) named herein... Agent: Deere & Company

20070084174 - Fogging system capable of killing insects for use with a lawn mower: A lawn mower having an internal combustion engine has a container of liquid insectide or other chemical that can be spread on vegetation during a mowing process hung on a crossbar of the mower. The container is fluidically connected to a muffler associated with the mower and chemical from the... Agent: Sung I. Oh, Professional Law Corporation

20070084176 - Convertible mower deck with angled pivoting baffles: A convertible mower deck has a plurality of adjoining cuffing chambers under a mower deck, each cutting chamber having a cutting blade mounted to the lower end of a vertical spindle. Angled pivoting baffles are positioned in the openings between adjoining cutting chambers, and a baffle also is mounted in... Agent: Deere & Company

20070084175 - Power assist rear discharge mower deck: A rear discharge mower deck has at least two cutting blades mounted on vertical spindles in cutting chambers, a fan in a housing mounted on the deck over the cutting chambers, and an inlet opening between the cutting chambers and the fan housing. The surface area of the inlet opening... Agent: Deere & Company

20070084177 - Rotary crop inverter: The apparatus is a farm machine that inverts crop windrows using only the raking tines of a conventional rotary rake machine. The tines engage and move an existing windrow, and invert the windrow as the crop is being disengaged from the tines. The inverting machine accomplishes the inverting by imparting... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070084178 - Leaf pickup rake: A leaf pickup tool. A stationary rake head is fixedly mounted to a rod. A movable rake head is pivotally mounted to the stationary rake head with movement controlled by means of a handle slidably mounted to the rod and connected to the movable rake head by a rigid member.... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070079591 - Aquatic vegetation groomer: An aquatic vegetation cutting and removal system is disclosed which is a self-contained floating system having a depth-variable cutting assembly operated in conjunction with a rake device which gathers and removes detached aquatic weeds or other vegetation. The system may be large enough to have a rider-operator or small and... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070079592 - Crop harvester having metal conditioner rolls with herringbone rib pattern: The conditioning rolls of a crop harvester have intermeshing metal ribs arranged in a herringbone pattern, each rib comprising a pair of end-to-end segments that converge spirally from opposite ends of the roll to a centermost apex. Alternative embodiments provide a single pair of metal herringbone rolls, two pairs of... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070074496 - Transport method and apparatus for mower deck: Transport brackets are welded onto the top surface of the mower deck, each transport bracket having vertical plates with holes extending transversely through the plates. Pins extend through at least one hole in the plates and are secured to a rear mounted hitch of a tractor. The mower deck may... Agent: Deere & Company

20070074497 - Modularized lawnmower replacement blade: A modularized lawnower replacement blade which can be can be attached to a standard lawnmower shaft. The modularized blade includes a central disk with two recessed seats formed. between four corner wedges. A cutting blade is attached to each recessed seat so that the blades are positioned at a right-angled... Agent: John Wiley Horton Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20070074498 - Cutting reel adjusting system: A control system for a cutting reel unit includes a height-of-cut adjusting system and a reel-to-bedknife clearance adjusting system. The height-of-cut adjusting system includes a first frame; a second frame; a cutting reel supported by the second frame; a bedknife arranged adjacent to the cutting reel and supported by the... Agent: The Law Office Of Randall T. Erickson, P.C.

20070074499 - Y- type hay rake: A rake provided with a frame (10) with vertical uprights (12, 13) on wheels (14, 15), in which the gathering arms (21, 22), each equipped with a plurality of rake wheels (23, 24), are of unequal length, the longer arm (e.g. 21) being hinged to one of the vertical uprights... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.