Patent ID: 7104038
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus improving the arrangement of and spatial relationship between both the functional elements of a row crop harvester for mounting to a mobile threshing unit, and a mobile threshing unit, wherein the functional elements of the row crop harvester and the mobile threshing unit include: i. a row crop harvester, having a main frame, for attachment to and mounting upon a mobile harvesting threshing unit; ii. a first conveyor system in said row crop harvester including a power source, said power source connected to a plurality of row units mounted on said main frame, said row units for harvesting grain material growing upon stalks, said first conveyor system conveying said harvested grain material up a first inclined plane to exits from said first conveyor system; iii. a second conveyor system at right angles to said first conveyor system, said second conveyor system receiving said harvested grain material from the exits of said first conveyor system, wherein said second conveyor system comprises a power source, an auger with flighting and a curved trough containing said auger; iv. said auger cooperating with said curved trough to convey said harvested grain material from the exits of said first conveyor system to an area at the center of said auger for exit from said second conveyor system; v. a third conveyor system, including a power source, in said mobile threshing unit for retrieving said harvested grain material in said open area and delivering said harvested grain material to the thresher mechanism of said mobile threshing unit, vi. said second conveyor system connected to said third conveyor system by an open area between the exit of the second conveyor system and the entrance of said third conveyor system wherein the improvement is comprised of: