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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6009802 | Mobile scrap cutter and method for assembling and disassembling the same A scrap cutter transport unit reduces assembly and dismantling times during production of mass-produced components. The scrap cutter transport unit includes a base frame for accommodating assemblies in both their transportation and operating states. Durin... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5647545 | Portable crusher for concrete A crushing plant is carried on one trailer and a screening plant is carried on another trailer. A separate hopper for receiving material is supported on the crushing plant trailer. The trailers are positioned angularly with respect to each other. Conveyor... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5333799 | Bale cutting machine An apparatus and method for breaking down compressed bales of may or similar materials. The apparatus utilizes a canted bed mounted on wheels for movement as a trailer and a single blade knife spans the width of the bed between two cantilever mounted leve... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5309703 | Mobile apparatus for turning and aerating compost materials in a compost windrow A mobile apparatus for turning, and otherwise agitating, compost materials in an elongated windrow, is described. The invention includes a chute structure, that can be moved into, and along, the windrow. A toothed drum, at the leading end of the chute str... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5102056 | Combination leaf and lawn debris comminuting vacuum and wood chipper A multipurpose reducer vacuum for vacuuming leaf, garden and lawn debris which uses circular grate bars and free swinging hammers to comminute the debris. The reducer vacuum mounts to the rear bumper of a pickup truck. An adjustable discharge chute is use... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5082189 | Chopper for comminuting stalk-shaped harvested crops In a chopper for comminuting stalk-shaped harvested crops, in particular maize, to improve the throughput it is proposed that the cutting drum (10), the press rollers (7) and the post-accelerator rotor (6) have the same width. Preferably, the post-acceler... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5074479 | Rubber tire shredder A tire shredder having bundled precisely machined cutter discs.... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5064126 | Shredder A shredder for bulk waste paper comprising a rotatable hopper, a rotary hammer-mill (2) comprising a plurality of flails (24), a set of fingers (30) interdigitated with the flails in the floor of the hopper, a perforated screen (3) enclosing the lower por... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5048766 | Apparatus and method for converting infectious waste to non-infectious waste Infectious medical waste is rendered non-infectious by an apparatus that includes a hopper into which the infectious waste is charged, a pair of grinders or other destruction devices that reduce the waste materials to small particles, a first heating stat... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4951882 | Combination leaf and lawn debris comminuting vacuum and wood chipper A multipurpose reducer vacuum for vacuuming leaf, garden and lawn debris which uses circular grate bars and free swinging hammers to comminute the debris. The reducer vacuum mounts to the rear bumper of a pickup truck. An adjustable discharge chute is use... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4951885 | Crusher unit for use in a mobile crushing system A crusher unit is part of a mobile crushing system which may also include one or more endless conveyors, if required. The crusher unit has a substructure (1) that can be set down on the ground (14), a crusher (4), and a housing (9) for the control and sup... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4925113 | Scrap tire processing apparatus An apparatus for processing a scrap rubber tire carcass having a circumferential crown and a pair of sidewalls extending generally radially inwardly from and generally perpendicular to the crown, each of the sidewalls having an inner circumferential edge.... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4778322 | Round bale retriever/feeder A multi-function bale handling apparatus for use on small trucks or other farm vehicles is defined by a metal frame, which is mounted on the vehicle, a loading device defined by a prong pivotally mounted on the end of an arm, which is also pivotally mount... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4560207 | Method and apparatus for fragmenting asphalt A method and apparatus for laterally severing an asphalt layer to form a ribbon, separating the asphalt ribbon from an underlying base, elevating the separated asphalt ribbon, and fracturing the elevated asphalt ribbon by bending same. A cutting member ha... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4544104 | Wood chipper In order to enable the setting of the inlet funnel of a wood chipper to different positions for adaptation to prevailing operating conditions including the type of material to be chipped, it is proposed in accordance with the invention that cooperating be... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4530385 | Apparatus for removing tree stumps A tractor supported and driven mechanism for removing tree stumps which cause linear movement of a rotary cutter disk for milling away stumps from the side portions thereof. The mechanism incorporates a frame structure having a hydraulically driven slide ... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4526180 | Straw chopper and spreader assembly A straw chopper and spreader assembly for receiving straw from a threshing machine, has a casing enclosing a pair of contra-rotatable flail assemblies. The flails are mounted in different horizontal planes and have blades which overlap so as to shear and ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4496107 | Machine for removing blocks of forage from a silo A machine for removing blocks of forage from inside a horizontal silo has a chassis with prongs fitted on a lower part of the chassis and extending substantially horizontally, an arm located at a certain distance above the prongs and bearing a cutting dev... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4491279 | Portable rock crushing and conveying system A rock crushing and conveying apparatus for an open pit mining operation having an apron feeder conveyor, a rock crushing assembly and an endless belt drive station, each of which are capable of being lifted by a transporter vehicle and moved within the s... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4438885 | Manure loader A loader for feeding manure into open top spreaders is disclosed which includes a heavy duty scoop within which a transverse auger is rotatably carried. The auger includes a plurality of square blades which are arranged upon a shaft in the form of a helix... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4344581 | Crushing apparatus Apparatus for crushing fragments of mineral material comprises a rotary crusher mounted above, and co-operating with, a scraper-chain conveyor. The rotary crusher has a cylindrical body provided with a plurality of first, second and third rows of chisels.... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4341354 | Device for cutting out and transporting a silage block A device for cutting out and transporting a silage block, comprising a main frame which may be connected to a tractor and which comprises an at least approximately horizontal cross-beam, which carries a plurality of parallel tines and to which an upstandi... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4326675 | Honey pit fertilization system A fertilization system using the contents of the manure pits on farms to supply the fertilizer. The system comprising a pump for forcing the contents of the manure pits either directly through the irrigation piping system to the fields or for spraying the... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4284246 | Honey pit fertilization system A fertilization system using the contents of the manure pits on farms to supply the fertilizer. The system comprising a pump for forcing the contents of the manure pits either directly through the irrigation piping system to the fields or for spraying the... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4278210 | Forage harvester feed roll mounting mechanism In a forage harvester having a rotatable cutterhead and adjacently-positioned shearbar, an upper feed roll assembly comprising at least one upper feed roll mounted above and forwardly of the shearbar for movement by a pair of arms. A lower feed assembly c... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4278211 | Tensioning mechanism for forage harvester feed roll assembly In a forage harvester having a rotatable cutterhead and adjacently-positioned shearbar, an upper feed roll assembly is mounted above and forwardly of the shearbar. A lower feed assembly cooperates with the upper feed roll assembly to convey crop material ... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4260114 | Safety device for brush chipper A brush chipper having a guard (38) which is released to block the inlet (12) to the cutter (10) when an emergency condition is sensed. During normal operation of the chipper, the guard (38) is held out of the path of brush to the cutter (10). When a weig... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4218022 | Straw chopper and spreader attachment for a combine harvester A straw chopping and spreading device consisting of a rotary chopper, mounted in a housing assembly and a spreader assembly 16 through which chopped straw passes out of the housing assembly. The spreader assembly consists of a pair of converging plates wh... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4169561 | Lawn mower chopping attachment A platform is inclined relative to the ground to support and close the open housing of a rotary lawn mower. A feed inlet is provided in the platform with a guide chute for directing twigs and lawn clippings upwardly into the housing. A shear bar is provid... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4150796 | Apparatus for shredding vegetation A frame member having a vegetation-receiving chute with an outlet immediately adjacent the location at which the movable blade of a power lawnmower may be positioned in order to cup up and shred vegetation fed into the chute. In one embodiment, the chute ... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4111245 | Tree delimber An apparatus for delimbing felled trees is described, wherein the trees are pulled individually or, in some cases, in bundles through the delimber. The delimber is provided with a base; a lower impact shear blade which is a notched steel plate supported u... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4078733 | Apparatus for separating and distributing rolled bales of agricultural material A large rolled bale of agricultural material is separated and distributed by placement upon a first and a second endless conveyer placed end to end and driven in the same direction to turn the rolled bale while drawing therefrom portions of the agricultur... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4057952 | Rotary mower and shredder device A rotary lawn mower includes apparatus for chopping and shredding materials such as cuttings, etc. into a mulch and collecting the mulch in a storage facility attached to the mower's housing. The device includes three blades affixed to the same vertically... | 11/15/1977 |
| 3963184 | Device for converting a conventional lawn mower to a leaf shredder A plate is detachably securable to the bottom of a conventional lawn mower. The plate covers approximately half of the bottom but leaves the portion open at the rear. A specifically altered cutting blade of the mower, driven by the motor, rotates over the... | 06/15/1976 |
