Abstract: A corn creamer includes a blade bit with a cylindrical body having a first circular end and a second circular end, and said cylindrical body and circular ends define an interior chamber with an interior circumference defined by an interior surface of the circular ends and the cylindrical body. Teeth are disposed on the first circular end of said blade bit, and a scraping blade member with a cutting edge is attached to said cylindrical body and said cutting edge extends inward from the cylindrical body partially into the interior chamber. The second circular end of the blade bit is attached to a shaft and the device is used to cut and cream corn.
Abstract: An unloading system for an agricultural harvesting machine for reducing grain loss by detaining a grain saver door after movement to a fully open position during the unloading process, and by rapidly returning the door to a closed position with sufficient force for urging grain in the door area back into an unloading tube a predetermined time after the unloading process pauses or ceases. The system can advantageously detain the door in the open position in the presence of varying or reduced amounts of grain for increasing consistency and cohesiveness in the flow discharging grain and reduce the amount of grain remaining near a discharge end of the unloading tube when the door is in the closed position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 31, 2009
Date of Patent:
September 11, 2012
Assignee:
CNH America LLC
Inventors:
Jonathan E. Ricketts, Jason L. Shonk, Kevin F. Knapp
Abstract: An ear of corn attached to a power driver such as a drill can be husked and or creamed in a two-step process without detaching the ear from the driver. The shelling device uses a spring-biased grater inside a tube to cut the kernels from the cob, and may be used alone or in combination with the husking device. If desired, the two devices can be connected using an ergonomically designed bracket and used sequentially.
Abstract: A machine having pairs of powered rollers for propelling ears of corn along a course through a cutter head assembly for kernel separation. A hydraulic motor drives each roller by means of a powered shaft which, along with the motor, may be displaced during roller contact with a passing ear of corn by reason of flexible motor mounts each inducing a yieldable distal portion for motor attachment. The motors are shown in fluid communication with a single source of pressurized fluid. Equalizer arms each associated with a powered shaft ensures uniform, opposite displacment of each pair of rollers during contact with an ear of corn. A link coupling each pair of equalizer arms, and indirectly the shafts associated therewith, effects uniform roller displacement to permit ear travel along an axial course through the machine.
Abstract: A new and unique construction for a corn cob cutter knife is presented. A method is described for the manufacture of a unique cutting blade insert which is tapered and which has an inner ski angle compatible with the many applications involved in removing corn kernels from a corn cob in a mechanized operation. The unique removable cutting blade insert is designed so that the various angles of declination and attack optimize the sharpness and long lasting nature of the knife. A method is also presented to determine the off-set grinding radius for the ski angle of the knife. A unique square bushing for the control of the knife is also provided.