Patents by Inventor Heath McCormick

Heath McCormick 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).

  • Shearing stalk roll set and method of harvesting corn
    Patent number: 6216428
    Abstract: A stalk roll set for a corn-harvesting combine includes first and second rolls adjacent one another, each having an axis of rotation and defining a shear zone therebetween. At least one pair of flutes projecting radially from each roll. The pair of flutes being bilaterally symmetrical and each including a knife edge with a leading surface and a trailing surface forming an acute angle therebetween, whereby the flutes of the adjoining stalk rolls are offset to and overlapping one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Case Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron T. Becker, Steven T. Rieck, Heath McCormick