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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1983
Edward J Heim, Hoxie, KS (US);
Stephen B Hennessey, Tecumseh, KS (US);
Curtis R Janssen, Solomon, KS (US);
R Shannon Johnson, Peoria, IL (US);
Richard B League, Manhattan, KS (US);
Ronald D Shinogle, Peoria, IL (US);
Richard A Weber, Seneca, KS (US);
Other;
Abstract
An attachment for a corn harvester to pick up loose ears off the ground. In the embodiment described, novel pickup and conveyor mechanism are substituted for the forward, pointed snout members at the forward ends of the longitudinally extending hoods which are part of the row dividers in a conventional corn head and which define throats aligned with rows of corn. The attachment cooperates with the conventional stripper plates, gathering chains, and snapping rolls, making the harvester doubly effective in that it collects loose ears from the ground as well as picking them from the stalks.