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US3331196A
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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-04-20
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Granted: 1967-07-18
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Expires: 1984-04-20
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Benjamin M Grant
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-08 13:46
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01D; A01D45/00; A01D45/02; A01D45/021
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
206 words
IN A CORN HARVESTER, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A CORN HEAD, FIRST AND SECOND SIDE DIVIDERS MOUNTED ON SAID HEAD, EACH OF SAID DIVIDERS CHARACTERIZED BY A FORWARDLY EXTENDING TAPERING BODY PORTION TERMINATING IN A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED VERTICALLY DISPLACEABLE SNOUT PORTION, A FIRST TRANSFER CHAIN MOUNTED ON SAID BODY PORTION OF EACH OF SAID DIVIDERS AND A SECOND TRANSFER CHAIN MOUNTED ON SAID SNOUT PORTION OF SAID DIVIDER FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT THEREWITH, SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHAINS DRIVEN BY A COMMON POWER SOURCE, A CENTER DIVIDER DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SIDE DIVIDERS ON SAID CORN HEAD AND LIKEWISE CHARACTERIZED BY A LONG TAPERING BODY PORTION TERMINATING IN A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED VERTICALLY DISPLACEABLE SNOUT PORTION, SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID CENTER DIVIDER INCLUDING A PAIR OF TRANSFER CHAINS MOUNTED FOR EXPOSURE THROUGH THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF AND DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID BODY PORTION, A TRANSFER CHAIN MOUNTED ON SAID PIVOTALLY MOUNTED SNOUT PORTION OF SAID CENTER DIVIDER FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREWITH, AND PIVOT MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID SNOUTS ON SAID SIDE DIVIDERS AND SAID CENTER DIVIDER HAVING A COMMON AXIS OF ROTATION WITH THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE DRIVE MEANS FOR THE TRANSFER CHAINS MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SNOUTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
206 words
IN A CORN HARVESTER, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A CORN HEAD, FIRST AND SECOND SIDE DIVIDERS MOUNTED ON SAID HEAD, EACH OF SAID DIVIDERS CHARACTERIZED BY A FORWARDLY EXTENDING TAPERING BODY PORTION TERMINATING IN A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED VERTICALLY DISPLACEABLE SNOUT PORTION, A FIRST TRANSFER CHAIN MOUNTED ON SAID BODY PORTION OF EACH OF SAID DIVIDERS AND A SECOND TRANSFER CHAIN MOUNTED ON SAID SNOUT PORTION OF SAID DIVIDER FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT THEREWITH, SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHAINS DRIVEN BY A COMMON POWER SOURCE, A CENTER DIVIDER DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SIDE DIVIDERS ON SAID CORN HEAD AND LIKEWISE CHARACTERIZED BY A LONG TAPERING BODY PORTION TERMINATING IN A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED VERTICALLY DISPLACEABLE SNOUT PORTION, SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID CENTER DIVIDER INCLUDING A PAIR OF TRANSFER CHAINS MOUNTED FOR EXPOSURE THROUGH THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF AND DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID BODY PORTION, A TRANSFER CHAIN MOUNTED ON SAID PIVOTALLY MOUNTED SNOUT PORTION OF SAID CENTER DIVIDER FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREWITH, AND PIVOT MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID SNOUTS ON SAID SIDE DIVIDERS AND SAID CENTER DIVIDER HAVING A COMMON AXIS OF ROTATION WITH THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE DRIVE MEANS FOR THE TRANSFER CHAINS MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SNOUTS.
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