Todd W Stegmiller

US Patent:

20180042180, Feb 15, 2018

Filed:

Aug 12, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/236080

Inventors:

- New Holland PA, US
Eric Fredricks - Davenport IA, US
Clay Reinecke - Bue Grass IA, US
Todd Stegmiller - Rock Island IL, US

Assignee:

CNH Industrial America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01D 82/00
A01D 34/44
A01D 41/06

Abstract:

A header for a combine harvester is provided. The header includes a frame mountable to a forward end of the combine harvester, at least one row unit mounted to the frame to receive and process stalks of corn, a stomping shoe mounted to the frame behind the row unit to flatten stalks of corn, and a stalk splitter mounted to frame behind the row unit to split stalks of corn. The face of the stomping shoe is provided with a plurality of structures to guide each stalk of corn along a predefined path on the face while the stalks of corn are flattened. The stalk splitter includes a disk blade biased against the ground for splitting stalks of corn after they are processed by row units of the corn header.