Patents by Inventor Walter Foegeling

Walter Foegeling 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: 8104254
    Abstract: A front attachment for harvesting stalked plants has an intake conveyor mechanism that operates independently of the distance between rows, and a picking assembly located downstream thereof and transversely to the direction of travel, which separates the crops from the stalked plants and conveys them to a separate utilization, the plant stalks are guided in a guide channel from the intake conveyor mechanism to the picking channel, the guide channel is at least partially swept over, in the region of the intake conveyor mechanism, by driving elements of intake conveyor elements, which are situated in pairs and rotate in opposite directions, and, in the region of transfer to the picking assembly, the guide channel is at least partially swept over by driving elements of at least one rotating transfer element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Luetke-Harmann, Walter Foegeling, Bernhard Aerdker
  • Publication number: 20100300057
    Abstract: A front attachment for harvesting stalked plants has an intake conveyor mechanism that operates independently of the distance between rows, and a picking assembly located downstream thereof and transversely to the direction of travel, which separates the crops from the stalked plants and conveys them to a separate utilization, the plant stalks are guided in a guide channel from the intake conveyor mechanism to the picking channel, the guide channel is at least partially swept over, in the region of the intake conveyor mechanism, by driving elements of intake conveyor elements, which are situated in pairs and rotate in opposite directions, and, in the region of transfer to the picking assembly, the guide channel is at least partially swept over by driving elements of at least one rotating transfer element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Tim Luetke-Harmann, Walter Foegeling, Bernhard Aerdker
  • Publication number: 20090061969
    Abstract: A combine harvester, has a device for separating out foreign objects, a feed rake with at least one tension mechanism, which is located in a channel and is redirected via at least one upper and one lower tension mechanism guide, at least one foreign-object capture basin, foreign object separating elements that extend through the tension mechanism and assigned to at least the upper tension mechanism guide, the foreign object capture basin is located in the engagement region of the foreign object separating elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Walter Foegeling, Dirk Speckamp, Hubert Korte, Bernhard Aerdker
  • Patent number: 6435966
    Abstract: A harvesting machine having a dividing device for dividing granular material from stem- or stalk-like material, and a separating device connected downstream of the dividing device, in which there is a conveying unit for conveying the stream of material from the dividing device to the separating device. In order to satisfactorily discharge the stem- or stalk-like material from the conveying tines of the conveying unit, cleaning elements are provided for cleaning away the material being conveyed over the free ends of the conveying tines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Heidjann, Martin Dammann, Dirk Speckamp, Bodo Kühn, Walter Fögeling, Andreas Arnold
  • Patent number: 6176150
    Abstract: An agricultural machine is equipped with a operator's cab and incorporates a gearbox which can be shifted through the various gear stages by means of a shift lever. The shift lever is coupled to the steering column when necessary by a coupling device such that the pivotal movement of the steering column can be utilized to shift gears in the gear box. To this end, an auxiliary pedal for releasing the steering column is provided in the cab in addition to the normal foot pedal. The auxiliary pedal initially releases the gas strut that is retaining the steering column and then inserts a locking pin into a blind hole in the shift lever when the steering column is in the relevant position. In this manner the operator has more free space because the number of elements in the controls are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Walter Fögeling
  • Patent number: 5157904
    Abstract: In a sugar-cane harvesting machine with a mobile machine base frame and a chopping mechanism (8), harvesting attachments which can be optionally fixed on the machine base frame are provided for adapting to different harvesting circumstances and terrain conditions, of which harvesting attachments one is designed for single-row harvesting and another for multi-row harvesting. The harvesting attachments contain row dividers (5, 6, 7), a mowing mechanism (23, 24, 25, 26) and a feeding mechanism (b 19, 20, 21, 41, 42). The multi-row harvesting attachment projects beyond the chopping mechanism (8) predominantly on one side so that symmetry is produced with respect to the running gear. In the uniform feeding space behind the mowing mechanism, the stream of material is laterally constricted and, specifically, preferably on one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Claas OHG
    Inventors: Hillrich Otten, Guenter Liegers, Karl Landwehr, Walter Foegeling, Rudolf Arnold