Patent ID: 8863486

Claim:
A corn stalk guide system, comprising: a corn header assembly, wherein said corn header assembly comprises a first tooth and a second tooth; a first sprocket extending from said first tooth; a second sprocket extending from said second tooth; a first guide member secured to an interior surface of said first tooth via one or more fasteners, wherein said first guide member is continuously tapered from its rear end to its front end, wherein said first guide member includes one or more apertures extending from its upper surface to its lower surface, wherein said rear end of said first guide member is positioned over said first sprocket, wherein said lower surface of said first guide member extends parallel with respect to said first tooth, wherein said upper surface of said first guide member extends at an acute angle with respect to said lower surface of said first guide member and said first tooth, said rear end of said first guide member forming a right angle with respect to said lower surface of said first guide member; and a second guide member secured to an interior surface of said second tooth via one or more fasteners, wherein said second guide member is continuously tapered from its rear end to its front end, wherein said second guide member includes one or more apertures extending from its upper surface to tis lower surface, wherein said rear end of said second guide member is positioned over said second sprocket, wherein said lower surface of said second guide member extends parallel with respect to said first tooth, wherein said upper surface of said second guide member extends at an acute angle with respect to said lower surface of said second guide member and said first tooth, said rear end of said second guide member forming a right angle with respect to said lower surface of said second guide member.