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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. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dale R. Tanis, Geneseo, IL (US);
Robert A. Matousek, Milan, IL (US);
Jonathan E. Ricketts, Viiola, IL (US);
Glenn E. Pope, Viiola, IL (US);
John L. Peters, Geneseo, IL (US);
Assignee:
CNH America LLC, Racine, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A shroud for the infeed section impeller in a rotary combine. The shroud includes a rear converging wall cone and a front diverging wall cone. A feed plate extends transversely across the front of the shroud and a sump is formed in the shroud behind the feed plate. The front diverging wall cone comprises top and bottom, rearwardly diverging walls. Transitions castings separate the top and bottom walls on left and right sides and have rearwardly converging front faces.