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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7011580 | Elevator for an agricultural harvesting machine An agricultural harvesting machine comprises a crop processing apparatus and an elevator assembly for conveying harvested crop material to the crop processing apparatus. The elevator assembly comprises an elevator housing and an endless elevator apparatus mounted fo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6991537 | Deflector for a discharge outlet of a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine A deflector for a discharge outlet of a tailings conveyor of a harvesting machine for providing tailings dispersal over a sieve of a cleaning system or other location on the harvesting machine, without significantly interfering with crop material flow from a threshi... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6990794 | Conveyor means for a fruit harvester A fruit harvesting machine comprises a movable frame and a harvesting assembly for detaching crop material, comprising fruit and foliage from trees, shrubs and the like standing on a field. A conveyor receives the detached fruit and foliage, together with juice from... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6984171 | Hydro-mechanical threshing rotor control system for an agricultural combine A hydro-mechanical control system for an agricultural combine threshing rotor is operable 1) to transfer torque to the rotor so as to maintain rotor velocity within an acceptable range of a commanded velocity despite small fluctuations in rotor load and engine speed... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984172 | Dual power path drive for a rotating threshing rotor of an agricultural combine and method for decelerating the rotor A dual power path drive and method for controllably decelerating the rotor or rotors of an agricultural combine in reduced time, without causing undesirable wear, shock and energy transfer to other aspects of the power system of the combine. The drive and method use... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6979262 | Releasable locking apparatus Locking apparatus adapted for releasably holding a first member, which can be, for instance, a relatively heavy member or device such as a crop residue spreader, in one or more predetermined positions relative to a second member, which can be, for instance, a fixed ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976913 | Crop chopper arrangements for agricultural machinery A crop chopper arrangement generally comprises a discharge apparatus having an inlet adapted to receive chopped crop from a crop chopper for an agricultural machine. The arrangement further includes a row of guide vanes positioned substantially transversely to a lon... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976914 | Impeller with swept back blades for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine A rotary impeller for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine, for threshing tailings and propelling the tailings through a portion of the conveyor, including a mounting portion mountable to a rotatable member for rotation in a predetermined rotational direct... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974384 | Tailings conveyor with rotary impellers disposed and rotatable at progressively faster speeds for threshing and conveying tailings through the conveyor and method of operation of the same A tailings conveyor includes a housing for receiving tailings from the cleaning system, a first rotary impeller having threshing portions rotatable at a first speed for accelerating and propelling tailings along a predetermined path in the housing, and at least one ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969315 | Basket door extension for a cotton harvester A foldable extension for an unloading door of a cotton receiving receptacle of cotton harvester which, when in a deployed position, increases the overall length of the door and directs cotton conveyed over the extension in a downward direction so as to facilitate mo... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968942 | Feeder chain wear strip A wear strip easily mountable on an outer surface of a support member or structure of a feeder of an agricultural combine, for preventing wear of the support member and a feeder chain movable thereover. The wear strip includes an elongate body of a molded plastics m... | 11/29/2005 |
| D512080 | Engine enclosure | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966388 | Offset hitch A heavy gauge agricultural implement hitch is disclosed which is offset such that the implement and the tractor are not directly in line with one another, but allows the tractor to follow the previous crop rows and the implement to be offset of the previous crop row... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966180 | Control arrangement and method for a hydraulic system A control arrangement for a hydraulic system is disclosed. The system comprises a variable displacement hydraulic pump (4), which is connected with a hydraulic drive motor (16) by a supply line (11) and a return line (12). The system also... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965822 | Work vehicle including startup control current calibration mechanism for proportional control systems A method of calibrating the control current startup threshold in a proportionally controlled drive system for a work vehicle is disclosed. To determine a current threshold value for use in the system a control current exhibiting a relatively low value is first appli... | 11/15/2005 |
| D511532 | Sloped vehicle hood | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962526 | Combine tailings sensor system A system for sensing the presence of tailings in a combine includes a tailings sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a flow rate of tailings and a first microcontroller module coupled to the tailings sensor and configured to receive the signal and fil... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6958012 | Threshing machinery concave arrangements A concave arrangement is disclosed for a threshing machine such as a combine harvester 10. The arrangement includes a concave 30 having a moveable rear portion 48 that is adapted to vary the break-over angle presented to straw passing downstream... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6953397 | Device for adjusting the width of a sieve opening on combine harvesters The invention relates to a device for adjusting the width of a sieve opening on combine harvesters. The aim of the invention is to be able to economically produce this device and to permit a quick installation of a new sieve or a quick re-installation of the previou... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953416 | Traveling gear for an agricultural working machine A traveling gear for an agricultural working machine configured to adjust an engine speed so as to control the traveling speed of the agricultural working machine for road travel. The traveling gear generally controls the traveling speed of the machine by controllin... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952998 | Minimum till seeding knife The present invention relates to a knife for and a method of zero till or minimum till seeding and fertilizing. The knife is particularly adpated for dray land conditions producing minimum soil disturbance and very shallow operation. The knife has a high penetration... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945023 | Shielding means for an elevator of an agricultural harvesting machine An agricultural harvesting machine comprises crop processing mechanism and an elevator assembly for conveying harvested crop material to said crop processing mechanism. The elevator assembly comprises an elevator housing and endless elevator mechanism mounted for ro... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935253 | Depth control for seed planter A disc opener assembly connected to a tool bar linked to a vehicle for movement over the ground for opening a seed trench therein, the assembly comprising a main arm member attached to the tool bar, a disc mounted for rotation on the main arm, a gauge arm member hav... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932004 | Hose constraint for planter apparatus An apparatus for use with an agricultural assembly including at least one rigid support member and a plurality of power cables that traverse along trajectories generally aligned with a cable trajectory adjacent a mounting segment on a mounting side of the support me... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6928938 | Method of conveying particulate material from an air seeder hopper An air seeder is provided having at least one container with a trough in the bottom floor. Preferably, the floor is formed with a v-shaped configuration converging at a metering mechanism. An auger is rotatably mounted in the trough to move particulate material to t... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928802 | Compactor structure for forming a crown on the top of a compacted cotton module Cotton compacting structure for distributing and compacting cotton within a cotton compactor chamber of a cotton module builder or packager, including a frame adapted to be supported in the chamber for downward movement against cotton collected in a lower portion of... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929574 | Belt drive two speed shift mechanism A two speed shift mechanism for a belt drive that includes a rotatable shaft with a first pulley, and a tube concentric with the shaft and rotatable therearound. The tube includes a shift hub supporting a second pushy in axially spaced relation to the first pulley f... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929334 | Caterpillar track tension management A management system is disclosed for controlling the tension of an endless track by regulating the hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic jack acting on a roller serving to tension the track. The tension management system comprises two accumulators of different capacity ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928939 | Crop conversion plug A bulk fill system for split row planters that can be easily converted to plant 30″ corn or 15″ soybeans with the aid of a conversion plug that controls the flow of seed entrenched air to select meters on planter rows. The conversion plug is easily installed and... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6930710 | Method of and apparatus for processing a video image A color enhancement method for use in a video camera imaging system (10,30) in the context of non-uniform lighting includes an adaptive algorithm (100–110) for developing a shutter speed control signal, analog gain control signal and color balance si... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918237 | Feeder position sensor A mounting assembly and a rotational position sensor adapted for indicating a rotational position of a feeder of an agricultural combine relative to a frame or chassis supporting the feeder for rotation, utilizing a transfer shaft for connecting a rotatable element ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918238 | Preloadable, externally installable and removable bearing and shaft assembly An externally installable and removable bearing and shaft assembly for supporting an end of a rotatable member for rotation relative to a support member or structure, which when installed, applies an axial preload force against a shaft of the assembly, for reducing ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915863 | Planter bar support wheel assembly An agricultural apparatus comprising a carrier frame including a support surface defining an arcuate track about a pivot point, a mainframe mounted to the carrier frame at the pivot point for rotation thereabout between an operating position and a transportation pos... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908378 | Threshing rotor inlet flight extension The extension has an elongate blade shape and is positionable in radially outwardly extending relation along a leading edge of a rotor inlet flight, the blade having a leading edge located forwardly of the leading edge of the flight so as to rotate in advance thereo... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908379 | Combine harvester A combine harvester has at its rear end separate chaff and crop residue discharge openings. A chopper is provided for cutting the crop residue into small pieces, and a chaff discharge device serves to disperse the chaff exiting from the chaff discharge opening. The ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908380 | Hinged unloading auger for an agricultural combine A hinged unloading auger for an agricultural combine that reduces the portion of the unloading auger that extends beyond the rear end of the combine when the unloading auger is in its storage position. The horizontal section of the unloading auger includes a hinged ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6904851 | Internal tank augers for air seeder hoppers An air seeder is provided having at least one container with a trough in the bottom floor. Preferably, the floor is formed with a v-shaped configuration converging at a metering mechanism. An auger is rotatably mounted in the trough to move particulate material to t... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907331 | Vehicle control system and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for a vehicle control system comprising electronic modules used for the automatic control of vehicle operation. The method for automatic storing of configuration file data of at least three electronic modules f... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901730 | End hood extension for a corn header The extension includes a support member including a mounting end mountable to a corn header adjacent to a rear end thereof for pivotable movement about a generally upwardly to downwardly extending pivotal axis between at least one forwardly extending position spaced... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899042 | Cleanup system for a planting implement A planting implement is configured with a cleanup system for the removal of product associated with operation of the planting implement. The planting implement generally includes a fluid pressure source in combination with at least one planting unit configured to de... | 05/31/2005 |
