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Cornstalk harvesting and windrow attachment for a corn picker header

  • US 4,251,980 A
  • Filed: 03/26/1979
  • Issued: 02/24/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination a corn picker header and cornstalk harvesting attachment comprising,a corn picker header having an elongated header frame, and forwardly extending gathering shoes with inwardly and downwardly turning snapping rollers,a cornstalk harvesting attachment positioned under said header and having an attachment frame connected to said header frame,a stalk cutting means positioned rearwardly of the forward end of said snapping rollers and extending the substantial length of said attachment frame for cutting stalks, andforwardly extending gathering guide fingers are provided below said gathering shoes ahead of said cutting means for each corn row to guide stalks into said cutting means whereby stalks are cut after stalks have been engaged by said snapping rolls.

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