Corn Silk Separator Patents (Class 209/607)
  • Method for preparing ears of corn for automated handling, positioning and orienting
    Patent number: 8579118
    Abstract: A method for automated handling, positioning and orienting of an ear of corn includes methods for altering a portion of an ear of corn. Optionally included are one or more stations for automatically processing, testing, sampling and preparing the ear of corn for processing, testing or sampling and an automated transport means for automatically moving ears of corn from station to station using alterations made to the ear of corn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Cope, David Kurth, Thomas Edwin Arneson, Kirk David Shirar, Kevin Ray Zaruba