US 11,882,791 B2
Narrow row head unit
Marion Calmer, Lynn Center, IL (US)
Assigned to CALMER HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, Lynn Center, IL (US)
Filed by Marion Calmer, Lynn Center, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/305,560.
Application 17/305,560 is a continuation of application No. 16/566,498, filed on Sep. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,058,058.
Application 16/566,498 is a continuation of application No. 15/986,532, filed on May 22, 2018, granted, now 10,420,281, issued on Sep. 24, 2019.
Application 15/986,532 is a continuation of application No. 14/486,595, filed on Sep. 15, 2014, granted, now 10,045,483, issued on Aug. 14, 2018.
Application 14/486,595 is a continuation of application No. 14/094,387, filed on Dec. 2, 2013, granted, now 8,863,487, issued on Oct. 21, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/732,246, filed on Nov. 30, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0329839 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A01D 45/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 45/021 (2013.01) [A01D 45/023 (2013.01); A01D 45/025 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A narrow row head unit comprising:
a. a gearbox associated with a first side of said first narrow row head unit, wherein said gearbox is configured to receive kinetic energy from a harvester;
b. a pair of stalk rolls engaged with said gearbox, wherein said gearbox is configured to transfer a first portion of said kinetic energy to said pair of stalk rolls;
c. a frame secured to said first gearbox and extending outward therefrom;
d. a drive sprocket positioned above said gearbox, wherein said gearbox is configured to transfer a second portion of said kinetic energy to said drive sprocket;
e. an idler sprocket positioned above said frame, wherein said idler sprocket is engaged with said frame;
f. a gathering chain intermeshed with said drive sprocket and said idler sprocket;
g. an enlarged paddle engaged with said gathering chain, wherein the configuration of an outer perimeter of the paddle is oval in shape, wherein an outer surface of the paddle engaging and pushing ears of corn toward the harvester during operation is concave;
h. an ear guide engaged with a top surface of said frame, wherein said ear guide is formed with an ear guide channel on an interior portion thereof facing said gathering chain, and wherein said ear guide channel is sized and shaped to allow said paddle to travel along a length of said ear guide channel; and
i. an actuated stripper plate formed with a recess therein and a finger slot therein, wherein a position of the actuated stripper plate in a vertical dimension with respect to the pair of stalk rolls is be determined by (1) the ear guide and (2) an engagement of the gathering chain and the actuated stripper plate.