Row crop attachment for a harvester combine

Claim 1

A HARVESTER COMBINE MOUNTED HARVESTING ATTACHMENT FOR ROW-PLANTED CROP, ESPECIALLY INDIAN CORN, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN ELONGATED CUTTING MECHANISM EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE COMBINE; A CARRIER RAIL MOUNTED ON SAID COMBINE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID CUTTING MECHANISM; A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF GUIDE MEANS EXTENDING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY IN DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE COMBINE ACROSS THE CUTTING MECHANISM AND ARRANGED TO DEFINE BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF GUIDE MEANS A STALK PASSAGE CONVERGING IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE ADVANCING DIRECTION OF THE COMBINE, EACH OF SAID GUIDE MEANS INCLUDING A LOWER MEMBER, AN UPPER MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID LOWER MEMBER FOR LIMITED TURNING MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AXIS, AN ELONGATED GUIDE FRAME EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO SAID AXIS AND FIXED TO SAID UPPER MEMBER FOR LIMITED TURNING MOVEMENT THEREWITH, A GUIDE MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID FRAME SO THAT THE ANGULAR POSITIONS OF ADJACENT GUID EMEMBERS MAY BE ADJUSTED RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, AND MEANS FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID UPPER MEMBER IN AN ADJUSTED TURNED POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID LOWER MEMBER; CHAIN TYPE CONVEYING MEANS MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID GUIDE FRAME AND COOPERATING WITH SAID GUIDE MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID FRAME FOR CONVEYING THE CUT CROP BEYOND SAID CUTTING MECHANISM; MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY MOUNTING SAID LOWER MEMBER ON SAID CARRIER RAIL MOVABLE IN LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION THEREOF SO AS TO ADAPT THE POSITIONS OF SAID GUIDE MEMBERS AND SAID CONVEYING MEANS TO THE ROW SPACING OF THE CROP TO BE HARVESTED; AND DRIVE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHAIN TYPE CONVEYING MEANS AND INCLUDING TELESCOPING DRIVE SHAFT MEANS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID CARRIER RAIL AND A PLURALITY OF VERTICAL SHAFTS, ONE FOR EACH GUIDE MEANS, AND EXTENDING RESPECTIVELY ALONG THE RESPECTIVE VERTICAL AXI AND BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT MEANS FOR ROTATION THEREWITH.