Row crop harvester
OwnerIra I. Gunninventor
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Abstract
A row crop harvesting device for mounting on the forward end of a combine, the row crop harvesting unit having closely spaced individual row harvesting units to facilitate retrieval of downed crop and use on closely-spaced crops. The present invention is particularly applicable to corn harvesting units that include a gear housing which is part of and supports the individual row harvesting units, which individual row harvesting units are adjustable transverse to the forward end of the combine to allow adjustment for crop row spacing. The present invention allows closer spacing of the individual row harvesting units by offsetting certain components of the row harvesting units on alternate row harvesting units.
Claims8
A row crop harvester for mounting on the front of and powered by a combine, comprising:
- a frame suitable for mounting on a combine;
- an auger extending across the frame for conveying crop to a combine feeding location;
- a plurality of row units disposed in a parallel side-by-side relation, said row units including units of a first type and a second type, each said row unit comprising forwardly directed means for gathering the crop and means for separating unwanted portions of a crop, and wherein said second type row units are parallel to and vertically offset from said first type row units so as to allow said row units to be placed in a parallel close side-by-side relationship without portions of each interfering with each other, and wherein each crop gathering means includes a forward end and a rearward end, said rearward ends discharging crop portions to said auger and positioned in a line generally parallel to said auger.
A corn harvester for mounting on the front of and powered by a combine, comprising:
- a frame suitable for mounting on a combine;
- an auger extending across the frame for conveying crop to a combine feeding location;
- a plurality of row units for corn harvesting, said row units disposed in a parallel side-by-side relationship transverse to the front of the combine, and spaced and oriented for receiving a plurality of transversely spaced rows of corn, each said row unit having a pair of rotatably driven harvesting rollers and driven gathering chains, and wherein said row units include row units of a first type and row units of a second type, said row units disposed so that said second type of row unit is disposed between and parallel to said first type of row units so that said first and second type of row units alternate across said front of said combine, and wherein said driven gathering chains on said second type of row unit are displaced vertically from a horizontal plane of said gathering chains on said first type of row unit, and further wherein each of said driven gathering chains follows an oblong path with a front end, and a rear end, said rear ends discharging crop portions to said auger and positioned in a line generally parallel to said auger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.