Abstract: The invention relates to a picking device for maize or the like, comprising several picking units (1) which each have a picking gap (5) and a rotating cutting blade (2). In order to allow utilization of the material to be cut, the picking units (1) comprise at least one driver (10, 11) that rotates about a vertical axis (4).

Abstract: A multi-row corn header grooved set allows harvesting with a single com header having fixed distance between rows, for instance at 525 mm, and multiple distancing between rows, for which purpose it bears trimmed or emptied caps on its sides in lieu of conventional headers. Trimmed caps used in combination with lifting sets or grooves designed to form an opening with greater width than that of the transport channel, allows for contact with the plant in a manner such as to avoid rubbing on the most rigid part of the stem, thus preventing shakes, breaks or excessive tilting, which certainly determines the obtention of an effective harvest, upon obtaining ears without practically any waste. That is to say, the grooved set allows that plants entering from outside of the central row of the collection unit reach the same without being cut, broken, shaken or tilted.

Abstract: In one aspect, the disclosure provides a removable sugarcane harvester attachment including a coupler configured to couple the removable sugarcane harvester attachment to a machine. The removable sugarcane attachment includes at least one pair of counter-rotating row dividers; and at least one pair of counter-rotating base cutters located intermediate of the coupler and the at least one pair of counter-rotating row dividers.

Abstract: A corn header (4) for a forage harvester for harvesting stalked crop includes a set of cutting and intake conveyor mechanisms for cutting the crop in a substantially horizontal direction. A separating mechanism for separating the crop in a substantially vertical direction is positioned on at least one side of the corn header, laterally next to the cutting and intake conveyor mechanisms.

Abstract: An apparatus for harvesting agricultural row crops having stalks.

Abstract: A machine is provided for harvesting stalk-like plants. The machine has at least one mowing and pick-up mechanism that comprises a cutting mechanism that can be set into a rotational movement for cutting plant stalks, and a feed mechanism arranged above the cutting mechanism for taking in and discharging the cut plant stalks. The cutting mechanism is drivably connected to an electric motor allocated to it.

Abstract: A machine is provided for harvesting stalk-like plants. The machine has at least one mowing and pick-up mechanism that comprises a cutting mechanism that can be set into a rotational movement for cutting plant stalks, and a feed mechanism arranged above the cutting mechanism for taking in and discharging the cut plant stalks. The cutting mechanism is drivably connected to an electric motor allocated to it.

Abstract: First and second snap rolls corresponding with a pair of forward-extending row units of a harvesting header wherein the snap rolls oppose one another on opposite sides of a crop passage and are offset from one another relative the ground to urge the crop stalks in the crop passage toward one of the row units.

Abstract: The system and method automatically controls the position of at least one deck plate of a harvesting unit of a corn header so as to increase the width of a stalk receiving channel or reduce pinching forces between the plates when entering a stand of corn to facilitate alignment with the corn rows, and to change the position after a suitable time period or other condition or event, to narrow the channel width and/or increase pinching force, to reduce kernel loss while also monitoring forces exerted against the plates by the stalks and responsively adjusting the plate position for maintaining a desired force on the stalks or width.

Abstract: A forage chopper header is provided for use with a forage harvester having a mechanism for chopping crop material and conveying the chopped crop material into a transport vehicle. The header includes a plurality of rotary cutters arranged side-by-side across a front side of a platform, a first auger arranged for conveying crop material cut by the rotary cutters from an outer portion of the header toward the center portion thereof, and a roller supported at a front side of the header and extending across a width of the header for engaging and bending standing crop material as the crop material enters the header. A crop gathering arm assembly can be positioned in front of the roller to help guide standing crop material into the header. A second auger can be arranged in front of the first auger to prevent bunching of crop material in front of the rotary cutters.

Abstract: A feeding and picking device having a rotating feeding device that is rotated about a vertical axis. The device is able to work in fields not planted in rows and is designed to grasp plant stalks and feed them into a picking device. The picking device comprises a snapping channel formed by snapping bars under which is located at least one snapping roll. The feeding device comprises a disc having fingers that overlap the snapping channel. The feeding device is therefore designed to transport the plant throughout the effective length of the picking device.

Abstract: Plants processor and crop heads separator device for combine harvesters, preferably applicable in corn and sunflower crops, and adaptable to row crop harvesting headers currently under use, composed by at least one roll with its rotational axis positioned in angle as regards the forward movement of the header. This device is applicable to combine harvesters equipped with a row crop harvesting header with gathering zones, each of which has one, two, three or more rotating rolls and with a special feature as the rotational axes of the said rolls positioned in angle as regards the forward movement of the combine harvester and where at least one of them rotates opposite to the forward movement of the combine harvester.

Abstract: A machine for the harvest of stalk-like plants with a cutting arrangement for cutting plant stalks that extends in a plane terminating in a cutting edge and a conveying arrangement for taking up and conveying away the cut plant stalks. The plane of the cutting arrangement is inclined upward in the forward operating direction (V) of the machine.

Abstract: A row unit comprises a row unit gearbox with two shearing edges and two stalk rolls with corresponding shearing edges, wherein the stalk roll shearing edges shear against the gearbox shearing edges when the stalk rolls rotate during normal operation of the row unit, thereby chopping material that might otherwise be wrapped around the row unit gearbox and be jammed between the stalk rolls and the gearbox.

Abstract: A machine for mowing stalk-type crops includes a crop conveyor wheel mounted for rotation about an approximately vertical axis and provided with recesses that are distributed over its circumference and designed as receptacles for plant stalks. A stationary shield is fixed directly above the conveyor wheel and includes an outer region located above an outer portion of the conveyor wheel just inwardly of the recesses of the surface of the conveyor wheel. In order to improve the crop transport and to prevent the loss of corn cobs, the shield is provided with an arcuate cutout located between the outer region and an inner region of the shield, the cutout having an open end located adjacent to the crop flow received by the machine.

Abstract: A machine for mowing stalk-like crop includes a plurality of intake and mowing arrangements mounted in side-by-side relationship to each other and operative to deliver the mowed crop to a transverse crop conveying channel located behind the intake and mowing arrangements. The width of the channel available for carrying harvested crop is constructed so as to be variable in accordance with the amount of crop being conveyed at any location along the channel so that a positive conveyance of the crop always takes place without plugging.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a machine including several transversely spaced feed and mowing devices for mowing stalk-type crops. A transverse conveyor channel, through which the harvested crop can be conveyed at least approximately transverse to the forward driving direction, is provided on the rear side of the aforementioned feed and mowing devices, and a feed channel, through which the harvested crop can be fed to a chopping device, is arranged on the downstream end of the transverse conveyor channel. Provided and an intersection of the transverse conveyor channel and the feed channel is a deflector element that is mounted for deflecting downwardly and/or rearwardly plants that protrude out of the transverse conveyor channel such as to prevent them from becoming jammed in front of the feed channel.

Abstract: A machine for mowing stalk-type crops includes a crop conveyor wheel mounted for rotation about an approximately vertical axis and provided with recesses that are distributed over its circumference and designed as receptacles for plant stalks. A stationary shield is fixed directly above the conveyor wheel and includes an outer region located above an outer portion of the conveyor wheel just inwardly of the recesses of the surface of the conveyor wheel. In order to improve the crop transport and to prevent the loss of corn cobs, the shield is provided with an arcuate cutout located between the outer region and an inner region of the shield, the cutout having an open end located adjacent to the crop flow received by the machine.

Abstract: A tip for the leading end of a crop divider of a combine corn head comprises a tip body of a durable, low friction polymer which covers the snoot of the crop divider to reduce the incidents of clogging of the combine head as the head is advanced through the crop.

Abstract: A gathering and picking unit for a harvesting assembly having a plurality of picking units. Each picking unit is provided with at least one picking roll. The picking rolls are rotatably mounted to the outer portion of a moving element that is rotated about a second vertical axis. Each picking roll is rotated about a first horizontal axis. The picking units can be arranged radially or tangentially on the moving element.

Abstract: A harvesting machine for harvesting corn and similar crops on stalks has at least one circulating endless conveyor for engaging a crop, wherein the endless conveyor forms a crop feed area for feeding the crop to an inlet opening of a processing device for further processing the crop. The endless conveyor has a lower cutting plane for the crop with outwardly extending conveying and guiding elements and at least one cutting blade arranged below the conveying and guiding elements. The cutting blade has a stepped configuration and, viewed in a running direction of the conveying and guiding elements, has cutting segments. Each cutting segment has a cutting edge and extends at a slant outwardly relative to a circulating path of the conveying and guiding elements. The cutting blade has cutting segment steps positioned between two neighboring ones of the cutting segments, respectively.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a machine including several transversely spaced feed and mowing devices for mowing stalk-type crops. A transverse conveyor channel, through which the harvested crop can be conveyed at least approximately transverse to the forward driving direction, is provided on the rear side of the aforementioned feed and mowing devices, and a feed channel, through which the harvested crop can be fed to a chopping device, is arranged on the downstream end of the transverse conveyor channel. Provided and an intersection of the transverse conveyor channel and the feed channel is a deflector element that is mounted for deflecting downwardly and/or rearwardly plants that protrude out of the transverse conveyor channel such as to prevent them from becoming jammed in front of the feed channel.

Abstract: A machine for mowing stalk-type crops includes a crop conveyor wheel mounted for rotation about an approximately vertical axis and provided with recesses that are distributed over its circumference and designed as receptacles for plant stalks. A stationary shield is fixed directly above the conveyor wheel and includes an outer region located above an outer portion of the conveyor wheel just inwardly of the recesses of the surface of the conveyor wheel. In order to improve the crop transport and to prevent the loss of corn cobs, the shield is provided with an arcuate cutout located between the outer region and an inner region of the shield, the cutout having an open end located adjacent to the crop flow received by the machine.

Abstract: The device for harvesting corn or similar cereals, which can be constructed particularly as an attachment for combine harvesters or field choppers, having two gathering rollers, which are disposed on either side of a gathering gap for separating the fruit from the plant part bearing it, are driven to rotate about axes of rotation pointing in the direction of travel of the device and are provided with several longitudinally extending cross members, ribs or similar projections, forming working edges protruding over the basic bodies of their rollers. The working edges of the gathering rollers, disposed distributed over the perimeter of the basic bodies of the rollers, traverse working surfaces tapering conically towards the front end of the gathering rollers and with one another or with the basic body of the respectively adjacent gathering roller, form the boundary of the passage gap. The axes of rotation of the gathering rollers converge towards the front ends of the gathering rollers.

Abstract: A harvesting device for the harvesting of ears of corn or of similar grain crops for mounting on a self-propelled agricultural harvesting vehicle, in particular a combine or a chopper forage harvester, equipped with a picking device for ears of corn. The picking device consists of an ear holding device with at least one picking gap and at least one picking cylinder, located below the picking gap, for the purpose of pulling of the corn stalks in a downward direction and ripping the ears of corn off their stalks. The ear holding device is formed by at least one picking disk that rotates around a vertical shaft and features at least one picking gap that runs in the rotation direction and is open at the outer periphery of the picking disk. A covering device, which partially reaches over the topside of the picking disk, forms at least one conveying channel for the transport of the ripped-off ears of corn to the harvesting vehicle.

Abstract: A combine gathering belt assembly has a pair of continuous sprocket chains each supported on rotatable sprockets at their opposite ends, and having spaced parallel inner traveling chain portions. A plurality of flexible spaced belt segments are secured to the sprocket chains. The belt segments on one chain are staggered with respect to the belt segments on the other chain. Each belt segment has a base end adjacent the chain to which it is attached, and an outer end extending forwardly while between the spaced parallel inner traveling chain portions. The belt segments are of such size and spacing that an outer end of a belt segment on one chain closes on a base end of a belt segment on the opposite chain while in the spaced parallel inner traveling chain portions. The closed belt segments then open up as they move around the rotatable sprockets on one discharge end of chains to release plant segments that may be bound by opposite belt segments while moving through the spaced parallel inner chain portions.

Abstract: A corn harvesting attachment for attachment to a self-propelled harvesting machine such as e.g. a combine harvester is described, which can cut independently of the rows and pick the corn ears off the stalks in order to process them separately from the rest of the plants, for example thresh them out. Picking units are associated with the individual feed regions of the cutter bar, which comprise large conveying discs provided with edge recesses. The cut-off whole plants, which are picked upright, are transferred to the picking units either by means of clearing discs or by the fact that the receiving sections of the picking units enter the circle in which the conveying discs move.

Abstract: A conveying device for stem-bearing crops which is provided with two rotatable circular blades and two rotatable housings above for receiving tines, is to be designed in such a way that the tines are fixed to the rotatable housing in such a way that the risk of breaking is substantially reduced, so that the service life of the tines is substantially increased. The tines are permanently inserted in bearing plates. Each bearing plate is mounted freely rotatably on a fixed bearing pin, the longitudinal center axis of the bearing pin being parallel to and spaced apart from the axis of rotation of the cylindrical housing. On the bearing plate on the outside on two bolts are mounted roller bearings which roll over the control face of a control cam which is also mounted on the bearing pin. The control cam is not rotatable relative to the bearing pin, but slidable in the axial direction, and is pressed by a plate spring assembly toward the roller bearings.

Abstract: A non-row-sensitive forage harvesting header for attachment to a mobile frame carrying a chopper has a pair of rotatable cutting discs for severing stalks as the frame moves across a field. Positioned above the cutting discs are a pair of drum-shaped transfer devices rotatable in opposite directions about upright axes coaxial with the rotational axes of the respective cutting discs for gathering severed stalks to a central location between the devices. A pair of endless gripping elements extend about respective ones of the transfer devices and present opposed rearwardly moveable runs extending between the central location and the chopper when the header is attached to the frame. The opposed runs of the gripping elements are operable to cooperatively grip each gathered stalk therebetween while moving the stalk rearwardly from the central location to the chopper.

Abstract: A disc mower conditioner utilizing a modular disc cutterbar to sever standing crop material by impact action supports the cutterbar from the header of the mower conditioner by a pair of transversely spaced support arms mounted by spherical bushings to the header to allow flexing of the support arms as induced by the cutterbar. The mounting of the spherical bushings utilize conical washers engagable with conical sockets in spacers to limit vertical movement of the spacer relative to the header when the corresponding support arm flexes. The mower conditioner header further includes an optional viney crop guide that has a curved leading edge that directs viney crop downwardly into engagement with the adjacent disc cutter. The viney crop guide is also bent inwardly to contain and control the flow of crop material.

Abstract: A row crop header for a harvesting machine includes a frame, a row unit supported by the frame, a first surface supported by the frame forward the row unit on a first side of the row unit, a second surface supported by the frame forward the row unit on a second side of the row unit, a third surface supported by the frame between the first and second surfaces, and a fourth surface supported by the frame between the first and second surfaces. The first and second surfaces face one another and converge toward the row unit. The third surface faces the first surface to cooperate with the first surface so as to support and channel plants toward the row unit. The fourth surface faces the second surface to cooperate with the second surface so as to support and channel plants toward the row unit.

Abstract: A crop header for a harvesting machine including a frame and a plurality of rotary conveyors cooperatively supported by the frame along a first axis. The plurality of rotary conveyors pass crops between consecutive conveyors along the first axis.

Abstract: An improved row crop header for harvesting crops planted in rows. The improved row crop header has a plurality of row units mounted on a frame such that each row unit has at least one gatherer operating in a gatherer plane that is oblique to a row unit plane that passes through the structure of the row unit. The reduced projected width of the gatherer along the row unit plane reduces the width of a row unit. The adjacent gatherers of two adjacent row units overlap as they operate in offset planes. The overlap permits the row units to be arranged closer together on the frame. The closer arrangement together with the reduced width of the row units allows the row crop header to harvest narrower crop rows than the existing corn heads. A method is also provided that uses the improved row crop header to harvest narrower crop rows than in the past.

Abstract: A harvesting apparatus for a crop has a separator for separating grain from the stalks. The separator has a platform adjustable to different heights positioned on the front end of the separator. The separator also has a rearward end for discharging stalks separated from the grain. A cutter is attached to the front end of the platform and is capable of cutting the crop close to the ground and feeding both the crop and the stalks into the platform. A chopper is interposed between the cutter and the platform so that the stalks of the crop are comminuted prior to entering the platform and prior to the grain being separated from the stalks.

Abstract: A harvesting attachment for an agricultural machine for picking and transporting stalk crops has a central part having two sides, two side parts turnably mounted on the sides of the central part and provided with working elements, the side parts are extendable to assume a working position and movable upwardly as well as turnable inwardly to assume a transporting position for reducing a width of the harvesting attachment, so that the side parts with said working elements in the transporting position are located at least partially one above the other.

Abstract: A cutting and transporting device for blade agricultural products with stalks has at least one rotatable cutting disk, at least two coaxially arranged transporting disks having a periphery provided with a plurality of transporting prongs and a plurality of curved depressions for partially surrounding received product stalks, the depressions of at least one of the transporting disks being formed so that they have at least two holding chambers.

Abstract: An improved row crop header is provided for an agricultural harvesting machine. The row crop header includes a frame and a plurality of row units mounted to the frame. Each of the row units has a first gatherer and a second gatherer, both of which have an upper surface. The first gatherer includes a continuous belt. The first and second gatherers are mounted to the frame such that the upper surfaces of the first and second gatherers form a trough. This arrangement of the first and second gatherers allows row units to be spaced closer together.

Abstract: A crop gathering apparatus includes a rear platform attachable across a front end of a harvesting machine header, row divider members laterally-spaced and mounted to and projecting forwardly from the rear platform for guiding crop material rearwardly toward the header, and rotatably-driven vertical rotary members laterally-spaced and mounted on the rear platform for conveying crop material across the rear platform to the header. Each row divider member has a forwardly-tapered front crop-engaging structure with rearward and forward sections. Each rearward section is hinged about a transverse axis to the rear platform to allow pivotal adjustment of the angle of the front crop-engaging structure relative to the rear platform. The forward section is hinged about a transverse axis to the rearward section and pivotally movable between extended and folded conditions.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a corn head auger crop divider located in the auger trough of a corn head. The divider is positioned between the center row divider and center of the feeder house opening. The divider does not contact the transverse auger and transverse auger flighting. The divider consists of a rear divider partially nested within the front divider. The front divider has a triangularly shaped top region. This orients a pair of side embankments so as to smoothly alter the flow of corn crop. In operation, the corn ears are pushed into the auger trough by the gathering chains within the row divider. The transverse auger pushes the corn crop to the center of the corn head where it contacts the side embankment of the front divider. The side embankment changes the direction of the corn crops flow so that it is directed into the feeder house opening.

Abstract: A crop saving attachment is affixed to the outermost snouts of a combine crop header such as a corn header by being fastened only to the gathering point at its downwardly facing rear U-shaped edge and the metal tip at the forward end of the gathering point. The crop saving attachment is movable with the gathering point as it pivots relative to the rear snout section and the wall of the attachment extends upwardly and rearwardly over the rear snout section to deflect down corn stalks laterally inwardly towards the header snapper rollers.

Abstract: In the case of a machine for mowing and chopping corn and other similar stalk-like harvested crops, independently of rows, with at least two drawing-in and mowing drums disposed on either side of the vertical, central longitudinal plane of the machine, the cut, harvested crops are supplied to a central chopper over conveying ducts comprising vertical guiding walls. Towards the chopper and in plan view, the guiding walls have the shape of a wave traveling at right angles to the longitudinal, central plane of the machine. As seen in the driving direction, in each region of the wave crests between two adjacent drawing-in and mowing drums, a transverse conveying drum with protruding driving teeth is provided. Through opening slots in the guiding walls, the driving teeth intervene in the conveying duct for the cut, harvested crops.

Abstract: A foldable corn head having separable, matable auger sections which are cantilever suspended from the ends thereof to provide an obstruction-free path for harvested ears of corn being transported by the auger. Outer sections of the corn head are foldable vertically about horizontal hinges to reduce the width of the head for over-the-road travel. Stub auger sections are cantilever mounted from end plates in the pivotable outer corn head sections, at least one of the stub sections being driven by an actuator, such as a hydraulic motor means. The stub sections are provided with coupling elements at their inner ends which are matable with coupling elements in the ends of the main auger section. The elements have non-symmetrically disposed mating pins and bores to form the couplings and to align the ends of the helical auger flanges.

Abstract: A cutting and transporting mechanism for stalk harvesting products comprises at least one cutting disc, at least transporting disc arranged coaxially relative to the cutting disc and provided with a plurality of transporting prongs arranged on a circumference of the transporting disc, a rotatable reamer associated with the transporting prongs at a discharge location. The rotating reamer has a rotary axis located inside a circumference of the transporting disc and is driven in a direction corresponding to a direction of rotation of the transporting disc. The cutting discs carry on their outer sides catching strips extending at a flat angle .beta. to the tangent. They transport the cut product stalks radially inwardly and are inserted in depressions of the transporting discs.

Abstract: A mowing device for stalky stem products has a cutting disc rotatable about a substantially vertical axis, and a transporting disc rotatable coaxially to the cutting disc at a distance from the latter and having a plurality of pocket-shaped recesses on its periphery for receiving stalky stem products. The cutting disc and the transporting disc are driven in opposite directions. A drive drives the cutting disc and the transporting disc in different directions. Also, the cutting disc on the upper side over its periphery can be provided with approximately gap-less elements suitable for preventing falling of stem product stalks cut by the cutting disc.

Abstract: This invention relates to a harvesting machine (adapter) for gathering grain crops, mainly sunflower, comprisingan underframe suspensible on the front part of a corn combine;nose cones arranged on the front part of the underframe, projecting in the direction of travel, straddling from either side the rows of plants to be gathered and directing them into stem guiding channels;cutting devices arranged at the rear part of the stem guiding channels and designed preferably as rotating cutting devices;tray-like coverings arranged behind the frontal nose cones and in regions between the channels for collecting the dropped-out grains and directing them backward, said coverings being movably coupled to the underframe and their rearward slope being adjustable;at least one picking-shaking or vibrating unit for picking, shaking or vibrating the tray-like coverings or at least the movably embedded part thereof to cause rearward movement of grains fallen onto them;a transverse gathering device with a catch trough located o

Abstract: An implement for attachment onto a harvesting vehicle, particularly adapted for harvesting stalk-type crops independent of the direction of and distance between the rows of crops to be harvested, includes a frame, a plurality of directing fingers fixedly attached to the frame and extending generally forwardly therefrom and a generally transverse cutter bar mounted horizontally along a front portion of the frame. A pair of triangular shaped members are mounted on the frame behind the cutting bar and have guide chains slidingly mounted thereon. The guide chains surround each member and are adapted to revolve therearound. A plurality of gathering lugs are fixedly attached to each guide chain and extend outwardly from each member. Crops are directed to the cutter bar and gathering lugs by the directing fingers and are transferred onto the harvesting vehicle by the gathering lugs as the guide chains revolve about each triangular member.

Abstract: A mowing apparatus for mowing stalk-like crops independently of rows and conveying the mowed crop to a draw-in-box of a chopper, including two rotating mowing rollers with rigid entrainment fingers, the mowing rollers being arranged laterally in front of the draw-in-box of the chopper, and two rotating wipe-off-rollers provided with wipe-off-fingers and cooperating with the mowing rollers by overlapping of the tip paths of the entrainment fingers and of the wipe-off-fingers, wherein the entrainment fingers are hook-shaped and inclined forward with respect to the radial direction and the wipe-off-fingers having a greater circumference velocity than the entrainment fingers.

Abstract: A machine for the mowing and chopping-up of maize or the like should be able to operate independent of the distance between rows and the direction of the rows of the material to be harvested, and should also be able to pick up in a perfect manner stalks that have been flattened. To this effect one or several rotating drawing-in and mowing devices (6, 9) are arranged in front of a chaff-blower (1) with feed rollers (3), which drawing-in and mowing devices (6, 9) each comprise several cutting points (15;56) with adjacent working widths distributed over the front operating range. The drawing-in and mowing device positioned closest to the feed rollers at the same time acts as a transfer element for the harvested material coming from the cutting points arranged further away.

Abstract: An improvement for an attachment on a harvester which picks up downed corn stalks including a roller supported on a spindle disposed on lateral extremities of the harvester attachment formed from elongate cylinders having radially extending vanes on an outer face thereof, the roller spindle driven by a bevel gear system, one of the bevel gears supported on a drive shaft, the other bevel gear extending from a distal end of the spindle supported for rotatable motion about the driving axle by means of a collar attached to the driving axle, and a chain tensioning instrumentality disposed on harvesting snouts intermediate the lateral extremities including a protective shroud over a portion of the chain.

Abstract: Problems associated with row crop attachments for harvesting machines are limited by replacing previously known gathering chains with a plurality of rotary elements adapted to define a stalkway formed of intermeshing rotary crop conveyors.