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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5246077 | Three-point hitch guidance control A horizontal guidance control system for a standard three point tractor hitch is disclosed. The system employs the use of a manual control element which actuates a pair of hydraulic cylinders contained in a pair of hydraulic adjusters. The control element... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5224551 | Guidance system control A switch assembly which is attached to a portion of the agricultural tractor and implement combination in order to control operation of a guidance system. The switch assembly includes a switch, a switch support assembly, an attachment assembly, and an adj... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5207739 | Collapsible guide rod assembly for a tractor guidance system A guide rod assembly is mounted on the front end of a tractor with the guide rods closely adjacent the front wheels and the crop rows to transmit steering signals to a steering guidance system. The pair of guide rods pivot from a downwardly extending para... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5148873 | Row follower A sensor used to sense a path in a cultivated field is attached to a tractor. The sensor is stabilized to prevent the sensor from bouncing. The stabilizer may take the form of a coulter. In other cases the sensor and the stabilizer may be combined in the ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5121799 | Guiding agricultural vehicles A guidance system for an agricultural tractor includes a furrow feeler which depends from a horizontal shaft so that the shaft rotates about a horizontal axis aligned with the direction of draft. Misalignment causes rotation of the horizontal shaft, which... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5103924 | Mechanically coupled automatic guidance system for agricultural tractors A simple and inexpensive, mechanically coupled automatic guidance system for tractors comprising a ground line sensor which is directly coupled to a steering system comprising limited, partial, spatial disengagement or play about a narrow steering angle w... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5094300 | Attachment for guidance of pull-type implements An attachment accessory for an angularly adjustable agricultural implement guidance system that allows guidance of a pull-type implement thereby. A plurality of rotatable coulters which engage the ground are attached to a rigid frame which is connected to... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5088561 | Sensing apparatus for a guidance system An agricultural implement guidance system having a sensing apparatus and sensing apparatus brackets. The sensing apparatus brackets have an offset configuration so that the brackets form a V-shape when the brackets are attached to the support rod. The sen... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5040613 | Counterbalanced sensing wand assembly An agricultural implement guidance control system has a counterbalanced sensing wand assembly. The wand position sensing assembly is designed to compensate for the adverse effects of operations on a field which has a side slope, i.e., slopes to the left o... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5016540 | Amusement ride A portable amusement ride incorporates a multi-functional trailer which can serve for hauling the amusement ride, when disassembled, and serve as an elevated track portion of the ride, when assembled. Electrically powered vehicles are guided and powered o... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4871026 | Trench forming device and guidance method A method of guiding farm equipment is provided. The method includes the steps of attaching a trench forming device to a tractor in front of the rear wheels of the tractor, traversing ground with the tractor equipped with the trench forming device set to a... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4843972 | Apparatus for vertical adjustment of a traveling service unit for a textile spinning mill machine A traveling service unit for an associated textile spinning mill machine may be elevationally adjusted with respect to a reference rail mounted longitudinally along the machine by a feeler guide element pivotably mounted to the service unit in following e... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4697405 | Mowing apparatus A mower for mowing under fences or guardrails and the like has trailer mounted multiple rotary mower units including a first multiple blade unit for rotating on a vertical axis around posts and for mowing under and behind the fence or guardrail and a sing... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4640365 | Row following guidance device for a tractor-drawn row crop implement A row following guidance device connecting the right and left ends of the forward portion of a row crop implement to a tractor will adjust the length of each left and right connection as the tractor deviates laterally from alignment with the crop rows to ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4616712 | Row finder An attachment associated with a tractor mounted implement to enable the implement to be accurately located with respect to the ridges in a ridge planting system or the growing crop plants to more accurately plant or cultivate the ridges in a ridge plantin... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4607716 | Agricultural apparatus with an automatic positioning mechanism and method Automatic steering mechanism for use on apparatus for forming raised beds or ridges and furrows and lowered beds with uniform spacing with the apparatus being of a type comprising a self-propelled vehicle having a steering apparatus for steering the vehic... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4529152 | Devices for maneuvering helicopters on a ship's deck The invention relates to devices for maneuvering helicopters on the deck of a ship. According to the invention, the helicopter, whose landing gear comprises at least one swivelling wheel, is maneuvered between a take-off and landing area and a garage area... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4505094 | Row crop harvester guidance system control circuit A row crop harvester guidance system control circuit comprises a control valve for actuating a hydraulic cylinder connected to the tongue of a pull type harvester responsive either to first and second row crop sensing units mounted on opposite sides of a ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4440091 | Guideway control apparatus An apparatus for automatically controlling the operation of a non-track machine, such as a tractor used in plowing, fertilizing or mowing, may incorporate a guideway which limits the repetitive closed loop elongate path through which such a slave tractor ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4428449 | Comparator for the control circuit of an automatic steering installation A simplified construction of a comparator is provided in an automatic steering system utilizing dual chambers separated by a membrane, e.g., a diaphragm or bellows. Each side of the membrane operates a respective valve which valves are normally open but c... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4414903 | Automatic guidance mechanism An improvement in furrow followers of a type adapted for connection to an automatic steering mechanism for causing a vehicle to selectively follow a furrow is disclosed. The improvement provides a first and a second probe unit which are adapted to lie in ... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4406232 | Automatic guidance mechanism steering clutch A clutch mechanism for use in an automatic steering system is disclosed. The clutch mechanism allows an operator to manually override the automatic steering mechanism by use of the conventional steering gear. It also prevents damage to the automatic steer... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4367802 | Automatic steering mechanism for use on apparatus forming beds of uniform widths and rows of uniform spacing Automatic steering mechanism for use on apparatus for forming beds of uniform widths and rows of uniform spacing. The apparatus is of a type comprising a self-propelled vehicle having a steering apparatus for steering the vehicle, and a ground engaging im... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4366756 | Electronic tractor guidance system An automatic tractor guidance system for controlling the steering of a tractor to follow a previously plowed furrow is disclosed. A furrow follower is provided with a sensor for sensing the direction of the path relative to the direction of travel of the ... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4345659 | Automatic steering mechanism for sod processing machine and shoe therefor An automatic steering mechanism for a sod harvester, in which a shoe follows the cut edge of a strip of sod. The show has a working edge which slides along the cut sod edge and penetrates slightly into it, to resist the tendency of the shoe to ride up ove... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4299172 | Steering sense reversing mechanism for guided vehicles Steering apparatus for a reversible vehicle of the type adapted to travel on a guideway having at least one guide means extending parallel to the desired course of the vehicle, and wherein the vehicle includes front and rear guideaxle means adapted to fol... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4298084 | Guidance system for tracklaying tractors A guidance system for a track laying tractor in which a furrow following device attached to the track frame senses the distance from the furrow to the tractor and signals the operator or the hydraulic steering system and consists briefly of a sight wheel ... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4165796 | Tractor guidance system A guidance system for a tractor including a valve coupled to a source of hydraulic fluid on the tractor and the power steering mechanism of the tractor. A furrow guide is also coupled to the valve for following a preformed furrow and guiding the tractor f... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4161143 | Automatic steering mechanism An automatic steering mechanism is provided for causing a large farm tractor or other prime mover to selectively follow a predetermined path such as a furrow previously formed in a field. It is contemplated that the prime mover is provided with a steering... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4136619 | Carriage for container transport and transfer plant for containers A transport carriage adaptable for use in a transfer system having both rail-guided and railless conveying regions. The steering mechanism of this carriage has a yoke connected to another vehicular carriage or tractor for imparting a steering movement to ... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4129203 | Roadway vehicle Apparatus and a system are provided for a trackless-roadway vehicle having internal and external propulsion energy sources; the external energy being obtained by a collector plow from electric power rails located in a conduit below the roadway. The collec... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4117889 | Apparatus for guiding row crop processing implements A row crop planter supports at least two vertical guide making blocks to form superficial trenches about four or five inches deep precisely midway between adjacent rows as they are planted. Tires with trench-riding central ridges on front wheels of a trac... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4105086 | System for controlling vehicular four-wheel steering mechanisms A system for controlling vehicular four-wheel steering mechanisms, having means for varying the ratio of the steering angle of the rear wheels to that of the front wheels as a function of the vehicle speed to effect four-wheel steering in low-speed operat... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4057019 | Self-contained steering guidance means A mechanical guidance mechanism is associated with each steerable wheel of a vehicle such as a fork lift truck. The guidance mechanism has a roller guidance member positioned to contact the guide surface laterally adjacent the vehicle. The roller is rotat... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4041876 | Vehicle guiding system In a vehicle guidance system, a circular-section guidance rail is embraced y a detector on a vehicle. At a fork, where the rail progressively broadens prior to dividing, the rail height is reduced so that a detector, when tilted to select one branch of the... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4015539 | Transportation system and vehicles therefor Guide track and vehicle construction for Dual-Mode Vehicle system. The vehicle is steered through junctions to a desired direction on the track by a hydraulic control system mounted on the vehicle and a mechanical control device provided on the guide trac... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3982603 | Steering systems for guided vehicles A steering system for a guided vehicle comprises a coupling device for coing the steering axle actuating linkage both to a detector for guiding the vehicle along a guidance reference member and to a steering gear, the coupling device comprising first and... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3977487 | Vehicle steering system A vehicle adapted to travel over roads under the control of a driver operating a vehicle wheel control system or to be automatically steered along a guideway has a pair of guideway contacting wheels that control the steering when extended to a predetermin... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3950952 | Guided head for a trench brace of trench sheeting devices This disclosure relates to a trench revetment device which includes a hollow post having a wall facing the interior of a trench and with the wall having a generally centrally disposed slot therein. A guiding head is carried by the post for receiving the e... | 04/20/1976 |
