CPC A01D 45/025 (2013.01) [A01D 45/021 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method of utilizing a pair of opposed, counter-rotating stalk rolls that are mounted to a corn head row unit, said method comprising:
guiding stalks into an ear separation chamber using a nose cone having helical flighting; and
utilizing a recess formed on a front portion of a main cylinder near a plurality of consecutively arranged reduced flutes to produce a wide stalk engagement gap at least once during a full revolution of the opposed, counter-rotating stalk rolls;
wherein said recess is a section of an exterior surface of a cylinder having a diameter less than a diameter of said main cylinder.
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