Patents Examined by Jerry Lee Melius
  • Patent number: 5454758
    Abstract: A self-propelling harvester thresher has elements for cutting and transporting a harvested product, threshing unit arranged after the elements and operating in accordance with the principle of radial flow and also including a threshing basket and a threshing drum, a transferring drum arranged after the threshing unit for transferring substantially threshed straw, a separating unit transporting the harvested product in accordance with the principle of axial flow against a travelling direction of the harvester thresher and including at least one separating rotor and a separating housing provided with a drawing-in opening. The threshing drum has a plurality of threshing segments arranged on its periphery and offset relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Claas OHG
    Inventors: Franz Tophinke, Franz Heidjann, Josef Stovesand, Johannes Dammann