Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7384008 | Laser alignment system for a mechanized irrigation system A laser alignment system is provided for a mechanized irrigation system with the laser alignment system being operatively connected to the drive tower motors of the irrigation system to maintain the spans of the irrigation system in alignment. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7309035 | Irrigation system joint A flow-through joint in an irrigation machine between the main pipeline section and a swing span, such as a corner span, permits a limited amount of generally linear displacement of the swing span within the joint for speed control or other purposes. A turret that r... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7150419 | Trailer front mounted sprayers The sprayer trailer has a trailer frame with a font end and a rear end. A pair of wheels are connected to the trailer frame. A hitch assembly includes a rear mast with a lower end connected to the trailer frame and a front mast with a front mast top end connected to... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7121483 | Liquid manure spreading tool bar A liquid manure spreading tool bar for use on a manure spreader, wherein the manure spreader has a tank and a pump, and wherein the spreading tool bar has a supporting frame externally mounted onto the tank, a manure distributor mounted onto the supporting frame, a ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7073735 | Boom breakaway system Foldable boom inner wings are attached to a boom center frame through a rocker attached to a breakaway hydraulic cylinder pressurized to full stroke and connected to an accumulator. When a wing impacts an object, the impact load is transmitted through the fold cylin... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066414 | Method and means for reducing stress in a pivot irrigation pipeline A method and means for reducing stress in a pivot irrigation pipeline by permitting the pipeline to be separated from the center pivot structure while maintaining the pipeline in alignment with the center pivot structure. The alignment assembly of this invention fac... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6109535 | Corrosion resistant irrigation machine An irrigation machine distribution pipeline is protected against corrosion by a plastic liner within a steel pipeline. Access openings are spaced along the pipeline and aligned with apertures in the plastic liner. The liner extends the full length of the ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5709343 | Adjustable drop nozzle system An apparatus attachable to a center pivot irrigation system provides for the raising and lowering of all sprinkler heads simultaneously. The apparatus includes a bar along the length of the system rotatably mounted in brackets attached to the bottom of th... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5695129 | Flexible joint for irrigation machine with steerable corner span A flexible joint accommodates relative horizontal motion between the main pipeline of a center pivot irrigation machine and a swing span without unduly stressing the spans. The flexible joint has a spindle mounted for rotation about a vertical axis in a s... | 12/09/1997 |
| 4432494 | Self-steerable wheel assembly for irrigation systems In a self-propelled irrigation system, a wheeled support assembly is specifically adaptable for use in controlling the movement of an articulated or corner boom with respect to the rest of the system, the wheeled support assembly being characterized in th... | 02/21/1984 |
