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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322177 | Machine for gathering ground strewn articles A machine for removing articles strewn on a tract of ground generally consisting of a wheel unit; a support frame mounted on the wheel unit, having device for advancing the machine along the tract of ground; an endless conveyor mounted on the support frame, having d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7156333 | Bale processor with fork lift An apparatus for disintegrating bales of agricultural materials such as hay. The apparatus includes a processing tub and is provided with a novel adjustable fork-lift adapted to raise bales of different size and configuration into the processing tub. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6955312 | Apparatus and method for comminuting rock An apparatus for comminuting rocks, comprising a frame having a restrictive passageway with an inlet and an outlet end for relative displacement of rocks from the inlet to the outlet end. A rotary impacting device is secured to the frame in the passageway so as to b... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6648254 | Bale processor The crop material processor for disintegrating baled crop material comprises a housing for receiving and containing the baled crop material. The housing has a front wall, a back wall, a left side wall, a right side wall and a bottom, wherein each of the l... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6626608 | Mobile rock crusher A mobile rock crusher for crushing raw rock material which has been windrowed on a roadway in the translation path of the crusher includes a rigid supporting structure, which includes a frame, and translation means for allowing translation of the frame ov... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6607039 | Core processor A core processing device with a housing having forward and rearward ends, opposite sidewalls, a top, and an open bottom. Wheels operatively connected to the housing. A rotatable brush member connected to the sidewalls for picking up and transporting cores... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6550705 | Movable comminuting apparatus for turf grooming A comminuting mechanism is disclosed that includes a rotatable drive shaft which supports a plurality of blades, each blade having both straight arms and arms having angled tip portions. The shaft and blades are supported on a frame within a hood, and the... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6505786 | Silage cutter A silage cutter having a frame consisting of first and second frame members which are adapted to be moved relative to one another about a hinge axle by means of a drive mechanism, wherein the drive mechanism includes two hydraulic cylinders. The first fra... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6425232 | Crop processor roll arrangement for a forage harvester A forage harvester and a method of operating the same which comprises a crop processor unit located in a crop flow between a cutterhead and a blower rotor, the crop processor unit being for handling crop material including kernels, the crop processor comp... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6199781 | Animal feed processor An animal feed processor for producing a mixture of baled crop material and a supplemental feed. The animal feed processor comprises a container for receiving baled crop material mounted on a chassis and a hopper for receiving the supplemental feed also m... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6196483 | Chaft cutter for comminuting haulm behind the grain-separator devices of a combine harvester The subject matter of the invention is a straw-cutting machine which is disposed behind the grain separating devices of a combine harvester and whose separating devices cut up the stalks falling down from the straw walkers into short pieces. In this proce... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6192991 | Core processor The invention is designed to fit in the rear of a utility vehicle. An Aerifier takes aerification cores out of the turf and leaves them on the ground. A core harvester and this invention is attached to a utility vehicle. The core harvester harvests the ae... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6185919 | Apparatus and method for removing plant stalks from a field and shredding the plant stalks A system for removing plant stalks from a field and shredding the plant stalks. The plant stalks are cut and passed through feed rollers which directly feed the plant stalk to a shredder. Compression of the plant stalks by the feed rollers increases as th... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6116529 | Corn processor for forage harvester In a pull type forage harvester which travels forwardly in a field to pick up crop material and feed it into a housing having a cutterhead with knives rotatable around a transverse axes. The cutterhead chops the crop material and deposits it in a transver... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6050510 | Switching device for cutter blades in agricultural harvesting machines The invention relates to an agricultural harvesting machine having a switching device for cutter blades for comminuting crop material before the pressing or gathering operation. It is particularly applicable for round and square baling presses as well as ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6047910 | Composting apparatus A composting assisting apparatus having a rotatable drum mounted on a support frame. A plurality of blades are mounted on the drum and arranged in a helical path along the axis of the drum. When the drum is rotated, the blades on the drum are rotated in a... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6000647 | Implement for cleaning chicken houses An attachment for use with litter removal machines such as are used in poultry houses. The attachment includes a blade that can be mounted on a litter removal machine to direct litter accumulated on poultry house floors near the walls into the path of the... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5950938 | Method and apparatus for treatment of hay before dried on spot A fixed roller is laterally axially supported by a movable body so as to ow an axial center line of the fixed roller to extend in parallel to a lateral direction, and driven to rotate an upper peripheral surface of the fixed roller backward, and a plural... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5941316 | Stalk puller and chopper assembly A stalk puller and chopper assembly 10 drawn behind a tractor 11, the stalk puller and chopper assembly comprising a puller means in the form of a pair of contra-rotating rubber wheels 12 and 13 on a shaft 21. The wheels are located upstream of a feeder m... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5901535 | Feed control device for a harvesting machine method of controlling The harvesting machine includes an attachment, a feed device for material to be harvested, a cutting drum for the material to be harvested, an ejection means for conveying the material from the cutting drum, an advantageously hydrostatic drive for the fee... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5826808 | Mobile compactor, pulverizer and cutting apparatus and method therefor The present invention is directed to a mobile hammermill apparatus for pulverizing and compacting waste and soil in road construction, disaster cleanup, forestry, agriculture, and particularly at landfill sites, in a single operation. The mobile apparatus... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5542617 | Mobile paper shredder A truck mounted mobile paper shredder with high shredding rate incorporates a hammer mill, with a sweeping arm in a tub feeding the mill. A lifting arm lifts paper containers to an inverted position over the tub to feed paper into the tub. The hammer mill... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5498207 | Front unit for a forage harvester A forage harvester is provided with a cutterhead frame (34), mounted on a support (40) which can be pivoted about an cylindric beam (80) at the top thereof. The cutterhead frame (34) can be pivoted about the axis (39) of the cutterhead (36) under the acti... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5366169 | Apparatus for comminuting and composting of organic waste materials piled up in loose heaps There is provided a self-propelled mechanized apparatus for comminuting organic waste material, such as graveyard trash, shrubbery, branches, and municipal and private rottable waste. The apparatus includes a precompression device for precompressing the w... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5354003 | Trash plant stem shredding apparatus A trash plant stem shredder having vertically stacked pairs of parallel, frictionally engaged contra-rotating uprooting rollers are carried by a frame and towed behind a vehicle. The uprooting rollers are tilted forward such that, when a trash plant stem ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5297745 | Rear-mounted manure gathering machine and method of handling manure A more even distribution of manure during spreading, a more efficient pickup of loose and gummy material, a more efficient pickup of manure in irregular feedlots, and avoidance of spillage of manure during transport are accomplished by employing a method ... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5240188 | Universal mulching machine and method The present invention includes mulching apparatus and method for comminuting solid organic vegetation material including a housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a power-driven, rotatable shaft mounted in said housing, a fan blade assembly... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5143305 | Soil treatment apparatus and method A method and apparatus for removing from soil particles within a predetermined size range, comprises a movable frame, and a digger attached thereto to excavate soil as the frame is moved. A first separater to which the excavated soil passes allows materia... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143309 | Apparatus for conditioning the floor of a poultry rearing area The floor of a poultry rearing area is conditioned for reuse for raising a new batch of chicks, by revitalizing the litter and droppings on the floor of the area. This is accomplished by scraping the litter from the floor with an elongated blade, so that ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5028170 | Apparatus and method for continual removal of reinforced pavement with simultaneous separation and rendering of a bulk component from a reinforcement component thereof A system is provided for forcibly drawing a flexibly-supported, acute angled, wedge under an existing stretch of a predetermined width of reinforced pavement to initiate removal thereof from the ground below. Gravity-assisted impact hammers apply downward... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4928890 | Apparatus and method for producing cold mix asphalt An apparatus to be towed behind a roadway planing machine to mix aggregate planed from a roadway into cold mix asphalt for repaving the roadway. The aggregate is introduced, via an inclined shaker screen, into a surge bin and conveyed from the surge bin t... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4854507 | Method and apparatus for conditioning the litter on the floor of a poultry rearing facility An apparatus for reconditioning the floor of a poultry rearing area includes a housing and frame adapted to be attached to a three-point hitch of a tractor so that the device is propelled and powered by the tractor. The device further includes a rotating ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4728046 | Method of and agricultural machine for producing power fodder An agricultural machine for producing a storable power fodder of grain and stalk product comprises a device for cutting a grain containing stalk product, a device for threshing the cut product, a device for separating during the threshing a part composed ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4718612 | Maize chopper A maize chopper has a casing supported by a frame and maize-stalks are supplied to the casing. A chopping wheel has a supporting plate in the casing and rotatable around an axis of rotation and cutting elements are fixed to said supporting plate. Between ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4711403 | Method and apparatus for cleaning chicken manure from chicken houses The present invention relates to a chicken manure handling machine and system. The chicken manure handling machine is designed to be maneuvered inside a chicken house and is particularly used to automatically clean chicken manure from the chicken house be... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4708294 | Method and apparatus for conditioning the floor of a poultry rearing area The floor of a poultry rearing area is conditioned for reuse for raising a new batch of chicks, by revitalizing the litter and droppings on the floor of the area. This a accomplished by scraping the litter from the floor with an elongated blade, so that t... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4690224 | Agricultural implement for disposal of crop residue An agricultural implement for clearing a field of crop residue after harvest is attached to the linkage of a tractor and serves to cut and shred stalks of plants planted in two parallel rows. It comprises two sheave-shaped rollers on a common axle serving... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4506840 | Baffle means for forage harvesters In a forage harvester having a cutterhead and an auger to move crop material away from the cutterhead, baffle means are provided to prevent material from being thrown from the auger toward the cutterhead. The baffle means is located above the auger and be... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4506839 | Forage harvester shear bar with concave cutting surface A forage harvester shear bar having a first surface across which crop material is fed for cutting by the harvester cutterhead. A cutting surface perpendicular to the first surface forms a cutting edge therewith. The shear bar is arched upwardly by clampin... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4496105 | Forage harvester drive and electric control therefor A forage harvester adapted to be drawn by and powered from a tractor includes a feed roll mechanism for receiving and feeding crop material to a cutterhead mechanism which then supplies cut-up crop material to a blower for transfer to a forage wagon. A ma... | 01/29/1985 |
