A cooking device for cutting a foodstuff into a prescribed shape. The cooking device includes a cutting portion and a handle attached to the cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a cutting blade and a guide; the cutting blade includes a wave-shaped portion in which trough portions, which recede downward in a direction approaching a foodstuff to be cut, and crest portions, which project upward in the opposite direction to the downward direction, appear alternatively; in the cutting blade, crests, which are the tops of the cutting blade crest portions, and troughs, which are the bottoms of the cutting blade trough portions, appear alternatively; and in the guide, at least a portion of a guide surface, which follows the surface of the foodstuff to be cut, is located between the cutting blade crests and cutting blade troughs in the vertical direction.

A stalk roller assembly for an agricultural system includes a stalk roller having a hollow shaft. The hollow shaft has a first end having a first shape, such that the first end engages a guide element. Furthermore, the hollow shaft has a second end having a second shape that engages a drive shaft, such that the first shape is different than the second shape. In addition, the hollow shaft is formed from a single piece of material.

A corn stripper includes a main body having an upper surface and a pair of opposing side surfaces defining an interior space. A blade is supported by and extends between the opposing side surfaces, the blade forming an arc between the opposing side surfaces. A cover is removably attachable to the main body, the cover enclosing the blade when the cover is attached to the main body, the cover further having an outer surface facing away from the main body when the cover is attached to the main body, the outer surface of the cover having brush attached to and extending away from the cover.

The present invention provides a cutter for corn threshing. The cutter is mounted on a rotary food processor with a driving device, which comprises a cylinder with one open end; a cavity disposed in the cylinder to accommodate threshed corn cobs; a cutting member disposed at the middle of the open end of the cavity; and a locking portion disposed at the other end of the cylinder and connected to the driving device of the rotary food processor in a detachable manner. The present invention further discloses a rotary food processor with this cutter. The cutter for corn threshing and the rotary food processor both have the advantages of small volume, simple operation and high practicability.

The present invention provides a cutter for corn threshing. The cutter is mounted on a rotary food processor with a driving device, which comprises a cylinder with one open end; a cavity disposed in the cylinder to accommodate threshed corn cobs; a cutting member disposed at the middle of the open end of the cavity; and a locking portion disposed at the other end of the cylinder and connected to the driving device of the rotary food processor in a detachable manner. The present invention further discloses a rotary food processor with this cutter. The cutter for corn threshing and the rotary food processor both have the advantages of small volume, simple operation and high practicability.

A non-row sensitive corn threshing header comprising a forwardly disposed cutting apparatus for severing standing corn crop from the ground and a rearwardly disposed threshing apparatus for separating kernels from the plant, collecting the kernels, and discarding the remaining plant. The threshing apparatus includes a plurality of screw auger conveyors arranged in upper and lower planes that receive the crop and urge the crop into diminishing space between adjacent auger conveyors, the space defined by the auger flighting and the expandingly tapered auger shanks. Kernels are separated from the cob as the ears are urged rearwardly in the threshing apparatus. The header may include screens and the like for cleaning the grain of chaff prior to transferring to on-board storage or chaff removal may occur after the grain is off-loaded from the harvester.

A non-row sensitive corn threshing header comprising a forwardly disposed cutting apparatus for severing standing corn crop from the ground and a rearwardly disposed threshing apparatus for separating kernels from the plant, collecting the kernels, and discarding the remaining plant. The threshing apparatus includes a plurality of screw auger conveyors arranged in upper and lower planes that receive the crop and urge the crop into diminishing space between adjacent auger conveyors, the space defined by the auger flighting and the expandingly tapered auger shanks. Kernels are separated from the cob as the ears are urged rearwardly in the threshing apparatus. The header may include screens and the like for cleaning the grain of chaff prior to transferring to on-board storage or chaff removal may occur after the grain is off-loaded from the harvester.

A kernel removing apparatus and method for removing corn kernels from a cob of corn or similar food item. The kernel removing apparatus comprises a first housing and a second housing. The first housing includes a sidewall forming an enclosed interior volume, a base, a motor, a gearbox, and a power source. The second housing includes a driveshaft and a cutting assembly that are operably connected to the gearbox and the motor of the first housing. When the motor is actuated, the gearbox rotates the driveshaft and the cutting assembly, wherein the cutting assembly removes corn kernels from a cob of corn, while the core of the cob is received within the tubular member of the cutting assembly. The kernel removing apparatus further includes a slidably securable conduit member having an input port that receives the cob of corn and an output port that dispenses the kernels.

A kernel removing apparatus and method for removing corn kernels from a cob of corn or similar food item. The kernel removing apparatus comprises a first housing and a second housing. The first housing includes a sidewall forming an enclosed interior volume, a base, a motor, a gearbox, and a power source. The second housing includes a driveshaft and a cutting assembly that are operably connected to the gearbox and the motor of the first housing. When the motor is actuated, the gearbox rotates the driveshaft and the cutting assembly, wherein the cutting assembly removes corn kernels from a cob of corn, while the core of the cob is received within the tubular member of the cutting assembly. The kernel removing apparatus further includes a slidably securable conduit member having an input port that receives the cob of corn and an output port that dispenses the kernels.

An image analysis method and system for the computer-implemented determination of the degree of grain cracking of grains within a flow of harvested material processed by working units of a forage harvester. The flow of harvested material comprises whole grains and crushed grains as grain components and non-grain components. The at least one working unit is automatically controlled depending on the degree of grain cracking. Images of the flow of harvested material are cyclically recorded using an optical recording device and transmitted to an image analysis apparatus for evaluation. The image analysis apparatus, in a first stage classifies image pixels contained in the images into grain components and non-grain components, and in a second stage, determines a length of a long main axis and a short main axis of each classified grain component via a length-width comparison, with the first stage and the second stage performed by a neural network.