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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:
Dec. 02, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frans J Decoene, Zedelgem, BE;
Assignee:
Sperry Corporation, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 60 ; 56 139 ; 56 145 ; 56 98 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a low profile, compact row crop attachment which eliminates the use of crop conveyors in the form of chains with crop-engaging extensions attached thereto, such conveyors being subject to fast wear and being relatively expensive to replace. The chain type conveyors are replaced by a plurality of rotary means which are staggered transversely of the attachment relative to each other and positioned along side and outside an associated stalkway defined by a pair of spaced apart members. Conveyor means extend from the rotary means from outside into the associated stalkway so as, in operation, to convey crop along that stalkway.