Patents by Inventor Thomas Barrelmeyer
Thomas Barrelmeyer 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).
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Patent number: 8251787Abstract: A separating unit for a combine harvester and operating in accordance with a principle of axial flow, has a housing having at least one separating grate provided with openings, a rotatably supported separating rotor located in the housing, a cover having a closed jacket surface including, on a side facing the separating rotor, a plurality of guide elements disposed next to one another coaxially to a longitudinal axis of the separating rotor and extending in sections in a radial direction of the cover, and at least one ramp-shaped crop flow deflecting element extending axially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the separating rotor and arranged on the side of the jacket surface facing the separating rotor.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbHInventors: Thomas Barrelmeyer, Heinz Peters, Christoph Molitor, Ernst Reineke
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Publication number: 20120064955Abstract: A separating unit for a combine harvester and operating in accordance with a principle of axial flow, has a housing having at least one separating grate provided with openings, a rotatably supported separating rotor located in the housing, a cover having a closed jacket surface including, on a side facing the separating rotor, a plurality of guide elements disposed next to one another coaxially to a longitudinal axis of the separating rotor and extending in sections in a radial direction of the cover, and at least one ramp-shaped crop flow deflecting element extending axially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the separating rotor and arranged on the side of the jacket surface facing the separating rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Thomas Barrelmeyer, Heinz Peters, Christoph Molitor, Ernst Reineke
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Patent number: 7140961Abstract: A combine harvester with a rotor housing which is positioned in a lengthwise direction and with an inclined angle towards the horizontal line inside of the combine. To arrange the rotor housing in a favorable way inside of the combine harvester, it is suggested to use a feeder house which comprises elements which distribute harvested material from the cutterbar in an up and rearward direction towards its discharge end, said discharge end being arranged in a height substantially above of the rotational axis of the front wheels and in a region before the rotational axis of the front wheels, the discharge end feeds the harvested material into the feeding opening of the rotor housing of the separation unit being arranged in the upper half of it, whereby the rotor housing reaches with its front from a region before the rotational axis of the front wheels and a lower third of the height of the combine harvester to its rear being arranged in the top rear half portion of the combine harvester.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2002Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Claas RGaAInventors: Andrie Visagie, Thomas Barrelmeyer
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Patent number: 6780102Abstract: A combine harvester is provided with a feeder housing; A separation unit including a rotor driven by a shaft is arranged in a rotor housing. The separation unit a feed end and a discharge end; and a transfer mechanism located in the region of the intersection of the feeder housing and the feed end of the separation unit; The transfer mechanism includes a plurality of auger blades connected with the rotor in the region of the feed zone; A rotating element located in the feeder housing has an axis of rotation perpendicular to the axis of the rotor and above the feed end of the rotor. The rotating element feeds harvested crops to the separation unit from underneath the rotating element's axis of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbHInventors: Andrie Visagie, Thomas Barrelmeyer
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Publication number: 20040162123Abstract: This invention refers to a combine harvester with a rotor housing which is positioned in a lengthwise direction and with an inclined angle towards the horizontal line inside of the combine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2004Publication date: August 19, 2004Inventors: Andrie Visagie, Thomas Barrelmeyer
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Patent number: 6558252Abstract: A self-propelled combine harvester includes a separation unit having at least one rotor housing, a sieve mechanism with sieve openings and a rotor rotatably mounted therein. A grain collecting element is arranged adjacent the sieve mechanism. A cleaning apparatus receives the grain kernels collected from the grain collecting element. A sucking blower unit generates a sucking air flow stream. The sucking blower unit draws an air stream in an upward direction through a conduit which guides the air flow stream from a space between the rotor housing of the separation unit and the grain collecting element around a front wall of the housing of the separation unit towards the sucking blower unit. A second discharge location for chaff and broken straw draws the chaff and the broken straw from under the separation unit through the conduit via the sucking blower unit. The mixture of the air, the chaff and the broken straw is directed to the ground or into a chopper via a collection duct.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2001Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbHInventors: Andrie Visagie, Thomas Barrelmeyer
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Publication number: 20020155867Abstract: A combine harvester is provided with a feeder housing; a separation unit including a rotor driven by a shaft and arranged in a rotor housing, said separation unit having a feed end and a discharge end; and a transfer mechanism located in the region of the intersection of the feeder housing and the feed end of the separation unit, wherein the transfer mechanism includes a plurality of auger blades connected with the rotor in the region of the feeding zone; a rotating element located in the feeder housing and having an axis of rotation perpendicular to the axis of the rotor and above the feed end of the rotor, wherein the rotating element feeds harvested crops to the separation unit from underneath the rotating element's axis of rotation; and a transition housing connecting the feeder housing and the rotor housing and having a plurality of interior edges forming a feeding opening through the transition housing wherein the interior edge of the transition housing that forms the bottom of the feeding opening is loType: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbHInventors: Andrie Visagie, Thomas Barrelmeyer
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Publication number: 20020037758Abstract: A self-propelled combine harvester includes a separation unit having at least one rotor housing and a sieve mechanism with sieve openings therein. The separation unit has a rotor rotatably mounted therein. A grain collecting element is arranged adjacent the sieve mechanism. A cleaning apparatus receives the grain kernels collected from the grain collecting element. A sucking blower unit generates a sucking air flow stream for an improved cleaning process. The sucking blower unit draws an air stream in an upward direction through a conduit which guides the air flow stream from a space between the rotor housing of the separation unit and the grain collecting element around a front wall of the housing of the separation unit towards the sucking blower unit. In an alternative embodiment, a second discharge location for chaff and broken straw is provided. The second discharge location draws the chaff and the broken straw from under the separation unit through the conduit via the sucking blower unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2001Publication date: March 28, 2002Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbHInventors: Andrie Visagie, Thomas Barrelmeyer
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Patent number: D639826Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: CLAAS KGaA mbHInventor: Thomas Barrelmeyer
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Patent number: D644670Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: CLAAS KGaA mbHInventor: Thomas Barrelmeyer