Patent ID: 9386747
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A01D

Claim Text:
1. A row unit for a corn header comprising: a gearbox having a cast body and first and second rotatable shafts and first and second openings, the first and second shafts extending out respectively from the first and second openings in a fore and aft orientation; first and second rotatable stalk rolls arranged in said fore and aft orientation, the first and second stalk rolls respectively coupled to the first and second shafts at the aft end; and first and second cast supports secured to a frame of the row unit and extending perpendicular to said fore and aft orientation, the first and second stalk rolls respectively coupled on the fore end of the respective first and second stalk rolls to the first and second cast supports; wherein formed from casting the first and second cast supports are respective first and second protrusions, the first and second protrusions comprising respective first and second knife edges, wherein the first and second protrusions extend rearward in said fore and aft orientation such that the first and second knife edges are located adjacent and to the side of the fore end of the respective first and second stalk rolls.