Patent ID: 9603304
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A01D

Claim:
1. A corn harvesting head for a corn harvester having a wheel at a forward end thereof, the corn harvesting head for processing a plant, the corn harvesting head comprising: a plurality of snouts in spaced relation to each other, said plurality of snouts positioned forward of the wheel at the forward portion of the corn harvester, each of said plurality of snouts having a forward portion and a rearward portion and a first side extending between said forward and rearward portions and a second side extending between said forward and rearward portions, said forward portion having a bottommost edge, said rearward portion having a bottommost edge, each of said first side and said second side having a cut-out area opening at a bottom thereof, said cut-out area defining a lower edge of the sides such that said lower edge is at a level higher than a level of said bottommost edge of said forward portion and also at a level higher than a level of said bottommost edge of said rearward portion, said lower edge of the side extending upwardly at an angle from said bottommost edge of said forward portion so as to reach a maximum height above the level of said bottommost edge of said forward portion, said lower edge of the side extending downward from the maximum height toward the bottommost edge of said rearward portion, whereby when said snout is arranged with an adjacent snout any plant entering a space therebetween along a line that is not centralized between the snouts the plant contacts one of the snouts such that the plant will contact the snout along said lower edge of the side and at a height of the plant that is higher than the base of the plant.