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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186140 | Adjustable rake for feed material with multiple width adjustment An adjustable rake for raking agricultural products includes a wheeled cart configured to be pulled in a direction of travel on a surface of travel and first and second rake arm positioners coupled to the wheeled cart and configured to translate in a direction trans... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8146338 | Adjustable rake for feed material with multiple width adjustment An adjustable rake for raking agricultural products includes a wheeled cart configured to be pulled in a direction of travel on a surface of travel and first and second rake arm positioners coupled to the wheeled cart and configured to translate in a direction trans... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8001755 | Adjustable and foldable V-shaped hay rake An adjustable and foldable V-shaped hay rake is an agricultural tool used for raking hay on fields, in which, for each arm of the hay rake, all the mechanisms for moving the arm are centered on a single adjustable master support plate. ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7540139 | Foldable hay rake A foldable hay rake has two rake arms comprised of first and second rake arm structures with rake wheels thereon pivotally secured to a base frame to pivot in a vertical plane. A center rake arm structure is pivotally associated with the base frame with a center rak... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7380393 | Windrower for plant matter with three raking wheels A haymaking machine, particularly a windrower for plant matter lying on the ground, comprising a frame bearing three raking wheels having soil resting wheels and raking forks, driven in rotation about support axes in a work position, which raking wheels are connecte... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367175 | Method and apparatus for hay rake An adapter kit is provided to permit modification of a hay rake to permit single pass hay raking and hay baling. The adapter kit provides an adapter main beam which supports the hay rake with a v-shaped braced rear main beam support positioned between the hay rake m... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360353 | Tension spring assembly for a wheel rake The V-rake has an elongated tow beam with a front end adapted to be connected to a towing vehicle and a back end fixed to a back section, the back section is supported by a wheel assembly, which may be a set of tandem wheels. The V-rake further includes first and se... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360312 | Bush cutter A bush cutter has a driving bevel gear housed in a first box constituting a part of a gearbox, and a driven bevel gear housed in a second box and engaging the driving bevel gear. The driving bevel gear is rotatably retained in a first bearing. The first bearing is s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350347 | Crop raking device A crop raking device includes a rake wheel and a gauge wheel. The rake wheel is configured to rake crop in a field, with teeth disposed around a perimeter thereof, and has a vertically variable position. The gauge wheel is attached to the rake wheel, and is configur... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7328567 | Wheel rake A wheel rake including an adjustment mechanism for adjusting wheel beam angle for more aggressive or less aggressive raking action. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318312 | Adjustable hay rake A carted hay rake is disclosed for raking cut crops into a windrow. The hay rake can include a wheeled cart, rake arms, and tine rake wheels. The rake arms are attached to a rake arm pivot, and can be extendable to a horizontal working position and retractable to a ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313905 | Folding implement frame A folding frame for a drawn implement such as a hay rake is disclosed. The frame includes cushion fold cylinders, a lift cylinder, and a windrow width cylinder. The lift arms actuated by the lift cylinder lift the frame wings and engage a selector valve, providing a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7293705 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7258276 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7165720 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165386 | Vertically folding rake A vertically folding rake assembly is configured for forming a windrow of cut agricultural crop material. The rake includes a trolley; a pair of rake arm suspension supports interconnected with the trolley and movable in a vertical plane between a raised position an... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7100351 | Foldable hay rake A foldable hay rake has two rake arms comprised of two or more arm members with rake wheels thereon. The hay rake arms are pivotally secured together to a pivot assembly to pivot in a vertical plane. The pivot assembly is pivotally secured for pivoting in a horizont... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7083182 | Two-wheeled recovery trailers A trailer (10) for the recovery of vehicles has a drawbar (12) having first and second sections (14,16) hinged together at adjacent ends, about a horizontal transverse axis; the first section (14) of the drawbar (12) has a ball cup... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076938 | Pivoting innermost rake wheel system for varying windrow width A bifold rake for agricultural crop material includes a rear wheeled trolley and a forwardly extending drawbar adapted for interconnection with a tow vehicle such as a tractor. A pair of rake arms are pivotably interconnected to opposite sides of the trolley, and ea... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7007450 | Internal windrow width adjustment system for a V-rake A bifold rake for agricultural crop material includes a rear wheeled trolley and a forwardly extending drawbar adapted for interconnection with a tow vehicle such as a tractor. A pair of rake arms are pivotably interconnected to opposite sides of the trolley, and ea... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6978592 | Rake wheel A rake wheel includes a hub and a plurality of tines connected to the hub and extending outwardly therefrom to an annular rim concentric with the hub. Each tine is journaled through a first plurality of apertures formed in the rim and projects outwardly from the rim... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6959531 | Adjustable tracked side-delivery hay rake An adjustable tracked side-delivery hay rake for use in agriculture for collecting the hay in tidy haycoks, is provided with adjustable wheels movable between a raised and narrow position, suitable for transport and based on the presence—on the arms supporting the... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6951253 | Animal bedding groomer A grooming apparatus, for sloping, aerating and fluffing bedding material in livestock free stalls, is attached to a vehicle such as a skid steer. The grooming apparatus includes a rotary arm, having grooming members, and connected to the vehicle by a boom. The rota... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6952198 | System and method for communication with enhanced optical pointer A system and method for communicating information to a remotely located computer include encoding the information using a plurality of features of an optical pointer, transmitting the encoded information to a remote location using the optical pointer, detecting the ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6948301 | Method and apparatus for raising or lowering the raking wheels of a foldable hay rake A device for raising or lowering the individual raking wheels on a foldable hay rake has a rake arm with a plurality of raking wheels, the device comprises a lift tube that is slidably mounted to the rake arm and is hingedly attached to the plurality of raking wheel... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945024 | Internal opening and closing system for v-rakes A bifold rake includes a rear trolley to which a pair of rake arms are pivotably mounted, and a drawbar extending forwardly from the rear trolley. An opening and closing mechanism includes front and rear operating arms located on each side of the drawbar and pivotab... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918239 | Process of and a device for relative positioning between an agricultural machine and crops on their planting rows For relative positioning between an agricultural machine and crops on their planting rows a sensor is arranged forwardly of a sensor of a rotor of an agricultural machine and at a distance which is at least equal to or greater than a top radius of trees to be worked... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6912832 | Mower suspension A suspension system for a tractor-drawn mower used for crops for agricultural purposes is made up of parallel links, connected at a first end to a frame and to a mowing unit at a second end. A torsion spring assembly, similar to that used for torsion axles, is used ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907719 | Agricultural implement comprising a transporting device An agricultural machine comprises a body and a drawbar, which drawbar is connected to the body using a first articulation with a substantially vertical axis and allows the agricultural machine to be moved along during work and during transport, the body resting on t... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901728 | Expanding and contracting implements For transportability, wide machinery such as disk and cycle-bar mowers are often detached from the tractor on which they are used, and loaded onto a truck or trailer. A new method is to make these wide machines retractable such that their width is no wider than allo... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6892520 | Foldable hay rake A foldable hay rake has two rake arms comprised of two or more arm members with rake wheels thereon. The hay rake arms are pivotally secured together to a pivot assembly to pivot in a vertical plane. The pivot assembly is pivotally secured for pivoting in a horizont... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6823656 | Conversion kit for finger wheel rake A conversion kit allowing most standard “V” hay rakes to be easily converted to obtain the improved performance common to trailing wheel rakes without significant modification to the original frame of the standard “V” hay rakes is disclosed. The conversion k... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6813874 | Towed ray rake with independent adjustments A rake includes a draw bar, anchored at the back to a cross bar ending with hinges having a rotation axis that is parallel to the draw bar. The cross bar is connected through the hinges with two arms, each one appropriate for sustaining the supporting elements of a ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6748730 | Haymaking machine with telescopic carrier arms A haymaking machine for windrowing forage includes a frame carrying several rotors connected to carrier arms which are articulated to the frame and which can be moved from a work position into a transport position. The carrier arms are made as two telescopic parts o... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6539696 | Tension spring flotation agricultural rakes An agricultural rake basket flotation system that employs tension springs to support a portion of the weight of the rake basket, toward the lateral ends thereof, thus allowing for a more sensitive and complete response to encounters with obstacles and irr... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6467249 | Hay making machine comprising at least one raking wheel articulated to a carrying arm A hay making machine, particularly a windrower for plant matter, comprising a structure carrying at least one raking wheel. The latter is connected to the end of a carrying arm in such a way as to be able to pivot about a first axis and a second axis. The... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6463726 | Hay harvesting machine provided with at least a swathing rotor equipped with a deflector with adjustable position A hay harvesting machine including a frame with several windrowing rotors, the frame including a draft beam and a connecting beam which is articulated with respect to the draft beam, at least the rotor of the connecting beam located farthest back being eq... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6405517 | Folding wheel rake with improved folding mechanism An economical wheeled towable folding wheel rake of robust, largely welded construction utilizing a single hydraulic cylinder to fold two opposed wheel rake assemblies via a four bar linkage. The folding mechanism folds the opposed rake assemblies to a co... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6354429 | Agricultural crop material windrow inverting method and apparatus An apparatus for inverting a windrow of agricultural crop material on the ground as the apparatus moves along the windrow in a first direction has a lifting mechanism for lifting the crop material from the ground substantially without destroying the integ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6330785 | Wheel rake spring assembly A lifting force is applied to a wheel rake arm through a spring assembly wherein a coil spring is placed in compression rather than tension. In the preferred embodiment a rod is connected at one end to a rake wheel arm and the free end of the rod extends ... | 12/18/2001 |
