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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
David K Johnston, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Michael R Stuber, Raytown, MO (US);
Assignee:
Allis-Chalmers Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
130 / ; 130 / ;
Abstract
Removable flow retarding finger attachment is mounted on the outside of the perforated cylinder cage of an axial flow harvester with fingers extending through the openings in the cage to slow the axial flow of crop material through the spirally ridged cage. Two embodiments of the invention are illustrated. In one version, the finger attachment is removably secured to the cage in a flow retarding position by releasable fastening means. In the other version, power means is provided to permit selective adjustment of the fingers between flow retarding and retracted positions.