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US4497162A
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Combine harvester
Assignee: Kubota Corp
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Filing: 1983-01-18
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Granted: 1985-02-05
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Expires: 2003-01-18
Abstract
Abstract A combine harvester of directly-streamed type wherein a thresh/selection apparatus (3) and a manipulation quarter (4) are mounted on a vehicle framing (2) equipped with running travel means (1) thereunder; in such configuration of left and right juxtaposition as to enable their snug accommodation within the reaping width of the havester; an engine (26) is mounted, rearwardly of the said manipulation quarter (4), on to the said vehicle framing (2); and a lower portion of a said grain-tank (6) is disposed, at a position directly rearwardly of beater means (21), in a manner as to protrude into a front end upper portion of a selecting section (3b) with a strawwalker (22).
Inventors
- 👤 Jyutaro Eguchi
- 👤 Shinzo Kashino
- 👤 Tetsuichi Odahara
- 👤 Gunzo Sukenari
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-28 15:05
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01D; A01D41/00; A01D67/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
209 words
A rotary-type combine harvester comprising traveling means permitting said harvester to travel over ground: a harvester frame mounted on said traveling means; reaping and pretreating means carried forwardly by said fame; threshing and separating means including a threshing drum, beater means and a straw walker, said threshing and separating means mounted at a transversely offset position on said frame; a driver's section disposed parallel to and in a side-by-side relationship with said threshing and separating means; an engine attached directly to said frame rearwardly of said driver's section and having a transverse dimension substantially equal to a transverse dimension of said driver's section; a grain tank disposed above said threshing and separating means and including a grain discharge pipe; wherein a transverse dimension of said threshing and separating means and the transverse dimension of said driver's section added together substantially equal to a transverse dimension of said reaping and pretreating means; and wherein said grain tank includes a lower part having a V-shaped section extending into a space between said better means and a straw walker in said threshing and separating means such that a lower end of said grain tank is disposed below tops of said threshing drum of said threshing and separating means and said beater means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
209 words
A rotary-type combine harvester comprising traveling means permitting said harvester to travel over ground: a harvester frame mounted on said traveling means; reaping and pretreating means carried forwardly by said fame; threshing and separating means including a threshing drum, beater means and a straw walker, said threshing and separating means mounted at a transversely offset position on said frame; a driver's section disposed parallel to and in a side-by-side relationship with said threshing and separating means; an engine attached directly to said frame rearwardly of said driver's section and having a transverse dimension substantially equal to a transverse dimension of said driver's section; a grain tank disposed above said threshing and separating means and including a grain discharge pipe; wherein a transverse dimension of said threshing and separating means and the transverse dimension of said driver's section added together substantially equal to a transverse dimension of said reaping and pretreating means; and wherein said grain tank includes a lower part having a V-shaped section extending into a space between said better means and a straw walker in said threshing and separating means such that a lower end of said grain tank is disposed below tops of said threshing drum of said threshing and separating means and said beater means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A combine harvester as claimed in claim 1 wherein said grain discharge pipe extends from said grain trank transversely toward said driver's section and then rearwardly through a space above said engine, said grain discharge pipe having a top level with or below a top of said grain tank.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1988-02-05 | 1988-08-06 | 1989-02-05 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1992-02-05 | 1992-08-06 | 1993-02-05 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1996-02-05 | 1996-08-06 | 1997-02-05 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |