Abstract: A tire protection mount may include a bracket that includes a central platform and an arm. The central platform is connected the arm to define an opening. The tire protection mount further includes a shield connected to the bracket that substantially covers the opening.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new and simplified device for controlling residual agricultural products. In particular, the device is useful for folding over corn stalk stubble or other stubble which may be protruding from the surface of the earth. The end of the flattening shoe which contacts the corn stubble is provided with an angled or radius section which insures that the flattening shoe will not dig into the earth as it is advanced by the vehicle and, if the device should become unattached, it will not damage tires that are immediately following.

Abstract: Corn stalk rollers, comprising a plurality of roller assemblies pivotally mounted to and spanning the corn head of a corn harvest combine; an apparatus to bias the plurality of roller assemblies into contact with the ground while the corn harvest combine is harvesting corn; and chevron-patterned protrusions on each of the plurality of roller assemblies for providing ground traction and for aiding in crushing harvested corn stalks to ground level corn-field-wide.

Abstract: The multi-stage crop termination system includes a main frame assembly connected to first and second roller frames. A first roller is installed in the first roller frame and a second roller is installed in the second roller frame. A compression frame extends between the main frame and the second roller frame so that a downwardly compression force is applied to the second roller. In the preferred embodiment, the first roller is a smooth drum and the second roller is a central cylindrical drum with a plurality of crimping bars extending outwardly from the drum. In operation, crops are flattened by the first roller and then crimped by the second roller. A pivot joint between the first roller frame and the second roller frame ensures that the second roller is able to maintain contact with the ground as the system traverses uneven terrain.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention are corn stalk rollers, comprising a plurality of roller assemblies pivotally mounted to the corn head of a corn harvest combine; an apparatus to bias the plurality of roller assemblies into contact with the ground while the corn harvest combine is harvesting corn; and chevron-patterned protrusions on each of the plurality of roller assemblies for providing ground traction and for aiding in crushing harvested corn stalks to ground level.

Abstract: A gathering and picking device comprising a picking gap, which is used to separate fruits from plants standing on a field. The gathering and picking device is provided with a first feed element operating at a first feeding speed and a second feed element operating at a second feeding speed. Both feed elements are located adjacent to the input region of the picking gap. The second feed element is arranged above the first feed element. Both feed elements cooperate to convey the plants into the picking gap. The second feeding speed is higher than the first feeding speed to slope the plants rearward as they engage the feeding elements.

Abstract: A gathering and picking device comprising a picking gap, which is used to separate fruits from plants standing on a field. The gathering and picking device is provided with a first feed element operating at a first feeding speed and a second feed element operating at a second feeding speed. Both feed elements are located adjacent to the input region of the picking gap. The second feed element is arranged above the first feed element. Both feed elements cooperate to convey the plants into the picking gap. The second feeding speed is higher than the first feeding speed to slope the plants rearward as they engage the feeding elements.

Abstract: A machine for mowing stalk-like crop includes a plurality of intake and mowing arrangements mounted in side-by-side relationship to each other and operative to deliver the mowed crop to a transverse crop conveying channel located behind the intake and mowing arrangements. The width of the channel available for carrying harvested crop is constructed so as to be variable in accordance with the amount of crop being conveyed at any location along the channel so that a positive conveyance of the crop always takes place without plugging.

Abstract: A machine for mowing stalk-type crops includes a crop conveyor wheel mounted for rotation about an approximately vertical axis and provided with recesses that are distributed over its circumference and designed as receptacles for plant stalks. A stationary shield is fixed directly above the conveyor wheel and includes an outer region located above an outer portion of the conveyor wheel just inwardly of the recesses of the surface of the conveyor wheel. In order to improve the crop transport and to prevent the loss of corn cobs, the shield is provided with an arcuate cutout located between the outer region and an inner region of the shield, the cutout having an open end located adjacent to the crop flow received by the machine.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for crushing plant residue remaining in a farm field following the crop harvest comprising a main frame moveable in a forward path, a yieldable residue knock-down drape suspended on the frame for knocking the plant residue to the ground and breaking the upstanding plant residue apart from its underground roots as the frame forwardly moves, and a transversely disposed residue crushing roller mounted on the frame rearwardly of the knock-down drape for crushing spaced-apart portions of the knock-down residue into a plurality of smaller crop residue segments.

Abstract: A chopping apparatus for cultivating crop fields that mounts to at least one of the wheels of an agricultural vehicle, tractor or like vehicle comprising a plurality of blades attached to a plurality of spaced arms. The plurality of spaced arms extend outwardly and lock in a fully extended position to consecutively chop foliage and thereafter scoop, plunge and generally penetrate field soil when the agricultural vehicle is in motion and the corresponding wheel is rotating. A second locked arm position accommodates vehicle transportation by retracting the blades inwardly and proximate a center portion of the agricultural vehicle wheel. Each arm is spring biased to facilitate blade impact with a rigid object, such as a rock or the like, by allowing each arm to travel inwardly when a substantial force is imparted on any of the blades.

Abstract: The invention relates to a modular stalkroll for a corn head on a corn harvester. The apparatus consists of a drive shaft, fabricated stalkroll and a front auger. The drive shaft has several milled regions and a tapered region. The fabricated stalkroll has an upper and lower hub. The lower hub is inserted onto the drive shaft and is in contact with the tapered region. The upper hub has a drive shaft receptacle which receives the milled region of the drive shaft. The upper hub also has a female receptacle for receiving the front auger. A retaining bolt is inserted through the front auger and through the upper hub so as to clamp the front auger and fabricated stalkroll to the drive shaft. The fabricated stalkroll can be replaced by removing the single retaining bolt for either maintenance or replacement of a flute.

Abstract: An adjustable chopper shaft is disclosed including a chopper shaft (14), a gear (18) concentrically mounted on the chopper shaft, the gear being accomodated in a gearbox (40). A setup (30, 32) for selectively allowing rotation of the chopper shaft relative to the gear are provided and this setup for selectively allowing rotation of the chopper shaft relative to the gear is located externally of the gearbox.

Abstract: An aggressive, high capacity snapping roller is formed from a multiplicity of elongated narrow rails to define a cylindrical segmented roller having stronger, more rigid and more evenly spaced blades which are integral with each rail. Individual rails include an arcuate cross section wall defining segment and an integral, angled, uniformly sharpened blade. A single row of intermittently spaced welds joins each adjacent pair of rails together and allows a low friction, unobstructed channel between blades. A method for making the roller is also disclosed.

Abstract: A process to manufacture control cable comprising feeding of a plurality of parallel conducting wires between an upper and a lower plastic films to be preheated in respective tunnel type heaters, and then formed and cooled by forming rolls, transferred by transmission rolls for cutting along gaps between two consecutive wires at appropriate pitch by roller cutters, the wires so processed are then twisted by a twisting machine, covered with metal foil first, and then braided copper network made by a braiding machine, and finally a PVC insulation layer by a PVC injection machine. The finished product is finally collected by a product collector.