Patents by Inventor Albert R. Henry, Sr.

Albert R. Henry, Sr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4219992
    Abstract: A row crop attachment adapting a combine for efficient harvesting of soybeans and similar crops, has crop-receiving structure disposed forwardly of the cutter for catching beans prematurely separated from the stalks by action of the combine cutter. Multiple, spaced, crop-receiving divider pans for support on the combine in generally underlying relation to the beans define a number of stalk-receiving throats extending fore-and-aft of the combine ahead of the cutter; respective opposed pairs of crop-catching wings are pivotally mounted on the pans for swinging movement in a generally horizontal plane to and from positions closing the throats. In preferred forms, each pair of wings is yieldably biased toward its throat-closing position to maintain the width of the throats at the minimum dimension required to allow passage of stalks to the cutter, whereby the crop-receiving structure presents a substantially continuous expanse for catching prematurely separated beans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1980
    Assignee: Darf Corporation
    Inventor: Albert R. Henry, Sr.