Harvesters – Cornstalk type – Cutters
Patent
1995-10-11
1997-09-02
Melius, Terry Lee
Harvesters
Cornstalk type
Cutters
56105, 56109, 56119, 460 36, A01D 4502
Patent
active
056619642
ABSTRACT:
A fresh market sweet corn harvester for removing ears of corn from corn stalks. The harvester is configured to be mounted to a drive chassis for over-the-ground travel and includes a lower frame with one or more cutters for cutting lower portions of the corn stalks at a cut height above the ground. Hydraulic cylinders extending between the lower frame and the chassis are actuated from within the chassis operator compartment to raise and lower the lower frame and adjust the cut height. An upper frame is pivotally mounted with respect to the lower frame, One or more gathering mechanisms and one or more stripping mechanisms are mounted to the upper frame. The gathering mechanisms engage upper portions of the cut corn stalks and pull the stalks through the harvester. The stripping mechanisms remove ears of corn from the stalks as they are pulled through the harvester by the gathering mechanisms. Hydraulic screw jacks extending between the lower and upper frames are actuated from within the operator compartment to raise and lower the stripping mechanisms to independently adjust the stripping window height.
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Pixall, 4-Row Corn Puller, CP200, CP 400, CP400L Operator's Manual, 35 pages (Date-Unknown).
Paulson Bernard S.
Paulson Bruce H.
Melius Terry Lee
Pixall Limited Partnership
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