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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. 20, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Rudy P. A. Vandewalle, Zedelgem, BE;
Geert Claeys, Sint-Michiels, BE;
Inventors:
Rudy P. A. Vandewalle, Zedelgem, BE;
Geert Claeys, Sint-Michiels, BE;
Assignee:
CNH America LLC, Racine, WI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D087/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An agricultural harvesting machine comprises crop processing mechanism and an elevator assembly for conveying harvested crop material to said crop processing mechanism. The elevator assembly comprises an elevator housing and endless elevator mechanism mounted for rotation in said housing over a shaft. An outer and an inner shaft shielding plate are mounted around the shaft for preventing migration of crop material to said shaft. The inner plate is mounted within the outer shielding plate.