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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5465563 | Lawn mower with rotatable wheels A lawn mower is provided which has one or more rotatable wheels on one side of the mower shroud enabling the mower to cut grass at the edge of gardens and around obstructions.... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5463857 | Double knife stubbel cutter A double knife stubble cutting machine is provided for cutting stubble after a harvesting action into three separate pieces including a standing stubble piece and two cut pieces. The device comprises a frame having a center section and a pair of wing sect... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5448796 | Sprung castor wheel assembly A castor wheel assembly comprises a base member for mounting on an object to be supported, a swivel member mounted on the base member for rotation about the vertical axis. A castor wheel is mounted on a pair of side plates which extend upwardly from an ax... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5435239 | Conditioning roller assembly A chain drive system is provided for communicating rotation from the bottom roller of a hay conditioner to the top roller of the hay conditioner. The top and bottom rollers include longitudinally extending flutes which intermesh as the rollers rotate. The... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5425223 | Grass mower blockage monitor This invention provides an indicator means for a grass mower to detect blockages of a duct used to transport clippings from a mower head to a storage container. The indicator is mounted on the duct and is responsive to air flow rate in the duct thereby in... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5415210 | Funnel for attachment to one end of a cylindrical drum A funnel is designed for attachment to one end of a cylindrical drum and includes an inclined funnel surface depending toward a discharge opening passing through an opening adjacent one edge of the drum. Around the inclined surface is a raised flange and ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5371949 | Method and tape construction for laying out a baseball diamond A reel dedicated to the layout of a baseball diamond includes a tape with an inner end reeled onto a reel body and an outer end attached to the reel body to form a loop of the tape. The loop has a length 2x+Ýa;2x and has a first base marking at a dist... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5372571 | Centrifugal separator with water jacket and bottom discharge A centrifugal separator of the type comprising a bowl having a base and a peripheral wall surrounding a vertical axis about which the bowl rotates and a jacket having a base plate under the base of the bowl and a sleeve surrounding the peripheral wall inc... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5368541 | Method of extraction of mercury and gold from mine tailings A method of separately extracting mercury and gold from mine tailings includes a centrifugal separator comprising a centrifuge bowl having a plurality of annular rings on the peripheral surface. An outer bowl or sleeve member provides a jacket from which ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5366339 | Lifting device for barrels A lifting device for polyethylene barrels comprises a pair of arms each having a sleeve for engaging over the fork of a fork lift truck. A cross bar interconnects the arms and is adjustable in length in conjunction with the adjustment of the spacing betwe... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5363159 | Three-dimensional photograph A three-dimensional photographic technique comprises scanning the outside surface of the three-dimensional surface such as a human subject using a color digitizer which generates spatial and color data relating to the outside surface. The spatial data is ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5355538 | Lifting and transportation device for bed ridden patients A device for lifting and transporting a patient from a bed includes a base frame with ground wheels for rolling across the ground. The frame includes two parallel horizontal rails with each rail having a main fixed center wheel and castor wheels at forwar... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5333919 | Gasket for a pipe joint A pipe joint is formed between two annular flanges at the end of pipe elements and includes a gasket in the form of an annular band having an outside diameter less than the bolts and an inside diameter equal to the diameter of the duct through the joint. ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5324377 | Pultrusion method including transverse fibers Transverse fibers are added to a pultruded part by forming a body of fibers and resin in a first die part which body is dimensioned smaller than that of the die through which the body is to be passed. A fluid including cut fibers is then applied under pre... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5261771 | Multiple use freight deck A deck structure for use in loading a transportation vehicle includes a main deck portion having a plurality of parallel spaced elongate rail members attached at each end to a sleeve together with a pair of support portions each formed from parallel rail ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5253825 | Aircraft ski An aircraft ski for attachment to the axle of the ground wheel of the aircraft includes a pair of rams moving the ski upwardly and downwardly from a retracted position to a deployed position. On each side of the ski is provided a respective lever which is... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5211509 | Extraction of underground pipe Underground pipe is withdrawn in a continuous pipe portion without excavating the full length of the pipe by positioning in an opening at one end of the pipe portion a boom mounted on a vehicle. The boom carries a lower reaction member which projects forw... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5168770 | Pivotal handle for a window actuator A pivotal handle for an actuator of a window includes a triangular shaped cap member with a recess along one side of the triangle shape into which the splined shaft end of the actuator is inserted and clamped. A handle member is pivotal relative to the ca... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5156338 | Sprayshield attachment for a field sprayer A spray shield for a field sprayer includes a front skirt and a rear skirt each extending along a plurality of nozzles of the field sprayer. For each nozzle there is provided a dome-shaped enclosure which is attached to the front and rear skirt and extend... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5058531 | Feeder for animals A feeder for cylindrical bales is of the tombstone type that is it includes a lower circular band defined by hoops and an upstanding sheet of material forming a skirt. U-shaped frames or tombstones are then attached to the outer frame and extend upwardly ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5020580 | Hydraulic door construction A hydraulically actuated door for a large opening of a building comprises a door formed in two parts divided by a horizontal hinge line so that a lower part can fold up under the upper part in an open position of the door. The upper part carries two flang... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4956966 | Header for a combine harvesting machine A header frame for a combine includes a mounting frame which is attached to the front end of the feeder housing of the combine and a header frame. The header frame is mounted on the mounting frame by suitable linkage so that it can lift in a vertical dire... | 09/18/1990 |
