JAMES WENDELL SCHROEDER
Pilots at West Rd, Newton, KS

5906089, May 25, 1999

Jul 17, 1997

8/896178

Ronald K. Guinn - Valley Center KS
James W. Schroeder - Newton KS
Michael O'Halloran - Hesston KS

Hay & Forage Industries - Hesston KS

A01D 4700, A01D 7528

56 102E

The windrower or other harvester has a hydraulic lift circuit for its header that includes a pair of double-acting cylinders which operate in concert to raise the header and provide a solid, lower limit for downward swinging of the header. The two cylinders are connected to one another in a master-slave relationship, and the slave cylinder has its return line normally blocked by a one-way check valve so that a body of fluid is trapped against the piston of the slave cylinder during field operations. This stabilizes the two cylinders to reduce header bounce.

6412570, Jul 2, 2002

Feb 16, 2001

09/785740

Martin E. Pruitt - Hesston KS
James W. Schroeder - Newton KS
Jeffrey S. Funk - Hillsboro KS

AGCO Corporation - Duluth GA

A01B 59043

172449, 172678, 2804162, 56 157

A pull-type implement has operating components that are driven by a mechanical drive line on the tongue of the implement. An upper gear box is fixed to the front end of the tongue and a lower gear box swivels relative to the upper gear box about an upright axis passing through the two gear boxes. A hitch that establishes a draft connection between the tongue and the draw bar of a towing tractor has a fore-and-aft receiver that extends beneath the lower gear box and has a lower pivotal connection with the tongue at that location. A mast fixed to and projecting upwardly from the receiver has an upper pivotal connection with the tongue at a location above the upper gear box. The receiver has a forwardly facing socket that loosely receives the draw bar to permit the draw bar to swing up and down to a limited extent about a transverse axis and rotate side-to-side to a limited extent about a fore-and-aft axis when the draw bar is retained within the socket by a locking pin. One embodiment isolates both gear boxes from all draft loads, while a second, pull-through embodiment places a limited amount of draft loading on the lower gear box.

4938010, Jul 3, 1990

May 20, 1988

7/196293

Ronald K. Guinn - Valley Center KS
Ray Schmitt - Hesston KS
James W. Schroeder - Newton KS

Hay & Forage Industries - Hesston KS

A01D 3412, A01D 5720

56181

A harvester having hydraulically shiftable draper sections for left, right or center crop discharge has a pair of movement limiting tangs which are carried by the draper sections at either of one of two selected locations in order to enable the lateral dimension or width of the discharge opening to be varied in accordance with crop conditions. When the standing crop is relatively dense, the tangs are positioned in an inboard location on the draper carriages so that the width of the discharge opening is maximized. Alternately, the tangs can be positioned in outward locations on the carriages for limiting lateral movement of the latter and reducing the width of the discharge opening so that the crop materials under relatively light crop conditions are formed into a dense, interlaced windrow having a central snow and ice shedding ridge. Enlarge deflectors fixed to opposite side portions of the header substantially cover the gap when the draper sections are shifted inwardly so that the majority of the severed crop materials are directed onto the draper sections and toward the discharge opening.

2012021, Aug 23, 2012

Feb 17, 2012

13/399664

Martin E. Pruitt - Hesston KS, US
Brendon Nafziger - Canton KS, US
James W. Schroeder - Newton KS, US

AGCO CORPORATION - Duluth GA

A01D 34/66

56255

A crop harvesting header has a cutter bed to cut crop material as the harvester advances through a field. The cutter bed includes a plurality of rotatable cutters having knives extending from opposing ends of the cutters. Each cutter is ninety degrees out of phase with respect to its adjacent cutters such that the circular paths of travel of the knives of adjacent cutters overlap one another, and adjacent cutters rotate in opposite directions. Each cutter has a generally elliptical knife carrier, and a pair of knives at opposites ends of the carrier, wherein a portion of each knife extends beyond the end of the carrier to expose a cutting surface to sever the standing crop. The cutter also includes an attachment device connecting each knife to the knife carrier, and a fixed stop restricting rotational movement of the knife with respect to the carrier about the attachment device.

2012021, Aug 23, 2012

Feb 17, 2012

13/399603

Martin E. Pruitt - Hesston KS, US
Brendon C. Nafziger - Canton KS, US
James W. Schroeder - Newton KS, US

AGCO CORPORATION - Duluth GA

A01D 34/52

56255

A crop harvesting header has a cutter bed to cut crop material as the harvester advances through a field. The cutter bed includes a plurality of rotatable cutters having knives extending from opposing ends of the cutters. Each cutter has a generally elliptical knife carrier, and a pair of knives at opposites ends of the carrier, wherein a portion of each knife extends beyond the end of the carrier to expose a cutting surface to sever the standing crop. Each knife is shaped such that its width dimension at a proximal end where mounted on the knife carrier is narrower than its width dimension at a distal end extending away from the knife carrier.

2012021, Aug 23, 2012

Feb 17, 2012

13/399630

Martin E. Pruitt - Hesston KS, US
Brendon C. Nafziger - Canton KS, US
James W. Schroeder - Newton KS, US

AGCO Corporation - Duluth GA

A01D 34/66

56255

A crop harvesting header has a cutter bed to cut crop material as the harvester advances through a field. The cutter bed includes a plurality of rotatable cutters having knives extending from opposing ends of the cutters. Each cutter is ninety degrees out of phase with respect to its adjacent cutters such that the circular paths of travel of the knives of adjacent cutters overlap one another, and adjacent cutters rotate in opposite directions. Each cutter has a generally elliptical knife carrier, and a pair of knives at opposites ends of the carrier, wherein a portion of each knife extends beyond the end of the carrier to expose a cutting surface to sever the standing crop. The cutter also includes an attachment device connecting each knife to the knife carrier, and a fixed stop restricting rotational movement of the knife with respect to the carrier about the attachment device.