Patent ID: 7658058

Claim:
A row crop header for a harvesting machine, the row crop header comprising: a frame adapted to be coupled to the harvesting machine; a plurality of row divider snoots operatively coupled to a forward portion of the frame and projecting forward therefrom, the plurality of row divider snoots being spaced apart from one another across the frame so that, when the frame is coupled to the harvesting machine, and when the harvesting machine drives the plurality of row divider snoots into a plurality of crop rows, each row divider snoot moves in between adjacent crop rows in order to guide each crop row for harvesting by the harvesting machine; and a plurality of pairs of residue guides, each pair of residue guides being operatively coupled to the frame so as to be located rearward from the forward portion of the frame, so as to extend downwardly from an underside of the frame, and so as to be located behind a corresponding pair of adjacent row divider snoots and adjacent to a corresponding pair of stalk rolls of a plurality of pairs of stalk rolls of the row crop header, such that harvest residue from each crop row, that has been harvested by the harvesting machine, when the harvesting machine drives the plurality of row divider snoots into the plurality of crop rows, is guided by each pair of residue guides into a row that is left behind the harvesting machine in the place of the harvested crop row.