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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7854066 | Method and apparatus for an agricultural implement seed meter A seed meter includes an input port configured to receive a supply of seeds and an output port configured to deliver the supply of seeds for dispensing to a planting area and a seed disk configured to receive the supply of seeds from the input port and deliver the s... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7472481 | Method of manufacturing a cotton picker basket A cotton picker basket is disclosed that includes a first basket portion and a second basket portion, the first basket portion configured to move relative to the second basket portion to adjust a volume contained therein and an compactor disposed at least in part wi... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7444747 | Roller mount arrangement An improved roller assembly for use in machinery such as round balers is disclosed. The roller assembly of the present invention reduces sensitivity to varying dimensional tolerances on the roller assembly and the structure to which the roller assembly is mounted. A... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442001 | Boom assembly A boom assembly is bent at a longitudinal center portion thereof to present an upwardly convex shape. The assembly includes a front boom body and a rear boom body. The front boom body and the rear main body each includes a main body consisting essentially of a pair ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7293374 | Crawler frame for construction machine A crawler frame includes a center frame and right and left track frames disposed at right and left sides of the center frame so as to extend in a back and forth direction, wherein legs for connecting a central frame section of the center frame to the track frames ar... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293375 | Crawler frame for construction machine In a crawler frame in which legs in a center frame are formed from cast steel, a simple structure is achieved by reducing the number of components. To this end, the crawler frame, which has a center frame composed of a central frame section for supporting a swing be... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7246563 | Pivot assembly for planter closing wheel frame A pivot assembly is provided for attaching a closing wheel frame to a planter. The closing wheel frame has a pair of closing wheels attached at a rear end and a pair of mounting openings formed at a front end. The pivot assembly includes ball bearings having outer r... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7174616 | Handling the rotor of a rotary machine A method and apparatus are disclosed for removing a rotor of a rotary machine, such as a rotary combine harvester. The method comprises the steps of exposing one end of the rotor while ensuring that the rotor remains safely anchored within the machine, securing to t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7128494 | Method and apparatus for securing a caster wheel An integrally formed caster socket is provided in a tubular framing member for a merchandising display or the like. The framing member has aligned stem receiving holes with the upper hole being on an outwardly domed frusto-conical shaped area and the lower hole is o... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7086214 | 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 ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6948266 | Vehicular arm assembly The present invention relates to a device particularly suitable for grooming/shaping various snow terrain features used by recreational snowboarders and/or skiers and includes an adjustable arm assembly (2) attachable at one end to a suitable vehicle and bein... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6918343 | Pivot assembly for planter closing wheel frame A pivot assembly is provided for attaching a closing wheel frame to a planter. The closing wheel frame has a pair of closing wheels attached at a rear end and a pair of mounting openings formed at a front end. The pivot assembly includes ball bearings having outer r... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6669612 | Finger roller for agricultural machines A finger roller for agricultural machines is provided. At least one finger disk is disposed on a shaft of the finger roller and has a hub, over the periphery of which are distributed and project a plurality of fingers. The fingers are at least slightly el... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6637111 | Method for making a boom of an excavator A boom body comprises a boom front member, a boom intermediate member and a boom rear member. An arm-connection bracket is jointed to the boom front member and a vehicle body-mounting bracket is jointed to the boom rear member, thereby forming a boom. Wit... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6572323 | Lift arm structure for a work vehicle A lift structure for a work vehicle including a pair of lift arms arranged on opposite sides of the work vehicle, each lift arm having a first end pivotally coupled to the work vehicle and a second end for coupling to a tool. Each lift arm includes a firs... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6470560 | Method for making a shaft coupling with tapered spines for a pull-type forage harvester The device consists of a tapered spline coupler for a drive shaft of a pull-type forage harvester. The first drive shaft and second drive shaft each have a set of tapered splines that are inserted into a tapered, internally splined coupler. A pair of reta... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6460249 | Method of constructing a nut harvesting device A method of making a nut harvester in which a plurality of wires are formed into a generally oval and cylindrically shaped chamber having flattened end portions. The shape of the chamber is created by forming the ends of wires into a circular configuratio... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6460473 | Seedling-growing tape and method of manufacturing the same A seedling-growing sheet (1) is in the form of a laminate body (2) consisting of a band-like support member (3) and a porous sheet body (4) laminated on said support member (3). A large number of receptacles (6) for housing rice seeds (15) are formed in t... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6158949 | Boom assembly of a work machine A work machine includes a boom body having a top boom support structure, a bottom boom support structure, a first lateral boom support structure, and a second lateral boom support structure which cooperate with each other to define a boom void therein. Th... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5881821 | Fin sweep assembly and method of manufacture A tillage sweep assembly includes a base sweep with a central fore-and-aft slot. A support strap or stem includes a corresponding fore-and-aft extending protrusion which mates with the slot. A filet weld connects the top of the base sweep to the support s... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5826337 | Method of securing bushings to a closing wheel arm The disclosed invention is an improved closing wheel attachment mechanism which has longer wear life than that of the typical attachment mechanism. The closing wheel arm on an agricultural planter has installed thereon an improved grease bushing assembly ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5346020 | Forged clearing wheel for agricultural residue A clearing wheel for agricultural residue. The wheel has a hub defining a central axis, about which the cleaning wheel can be rotated in use, and a plurality of cutting teeth projecting radially outwardly from the hub to intercept and resituate residue up... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5343959 | Dozer blade, face plate, and edge plate arrangement A dozer blade has (a) a face plate with an exterior surface, (b) an edge plate having a front surface, and (c) a replaceable cutting portion having a front surface and a thickness. The method includes the steps of forming the face plate to include a curve... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5293734 | Bottom blade for grass cutting unit and method of producing A bottom blade for a grass cutting unit is formed by bending a low carbon steel mounting plate to form a lip; welding to the lip a thin wear strip of high carbon steel and further bending the mounting plate to produce the required lip height.... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5188680 | Method of making tooth point A method of making a tooth point and product wherein a tubular blank of alloy steel is heated, shaped at one end to provide a box section and shaped at the other end to provide a blade made up of two layers of steel forged together.... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5152659 | Boom assembly for work machine A boom assembly for a work machine comprising: a pair of first and second members of which one end pivot part is connected pivotally to a base machine and the second end pivot part supports a loading tool pivotally. An inflecting part is provided in the m... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5111578 | Method of manufacturing a backhoe boom A tractor-loader-backhoe is disclosed wherein the loader mechanism is mounted on the frame of the prime mover by a tapered pivot pin having a fastener extending entirely through the axis of the pivot pin to effect a clamping load operable to seat the tape... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5046230 | Method of mounting an implement to a prime mover A crop harvesting machine having mounting arms engageable with a tractor to effect a mounting of the harvester on the tractor is disclosed wherein the hydraulic cylinders used to raise the crop gathering header are double-acting cylinders operable to orie... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5022151 | Method of making an aerosol nozzle assembly A water aerosol or fog-generating system comprises a pipe having a plurality of atomizing nozzles threaded to the walls thereof. The pipe has thin walls made from an alloy, preferably stainless steel, with nozzles affixed at various points along the pipin... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5016350 | Method for manufacturing reinforced tines Reinforcing device formed from a bent metallic bar stock formed into two legs, having an intermediate bend thereof, inserted into the hollowed end of a tine, such as for a hay loader, or related lift mechanism, and therein reinforcing the tine against she... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4886125 | Accurate lightweight manual lawn and garden weed chipper An improved accurate lightweight manual tool to cut suburban lawn and garden weeds efficiently and with little time and effort expended. It is like a miniature hoe half a man's height in length with a very thin very narrow blade, in length four to five ti... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4781254 | Two-piece earth engaging implement and method of forming the same An agricultural earth engaging implement formed from two metal plate sections. One piece forms a narrow profile shaft and the other forms the earth engaging portion. The shaft is formed to provide a tapered cavity for receiving a tine and the implement is... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4704777 | Creeper installation method and apparatus A method and apparatus for ready replacement of a noncreeper subassembly in a tractor transmission with a creeper subassembly. The method includes subassembly removal and replacement through a window. Removal is by opening the window, reaching in to move,... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4694556 | Track tread The invention disclosed is that prefabricated wear pads are applied to the track link bodies of tracked vehicles by inserting projections of the pads through apertures in the link body from one side of the apertures and locking means co-acts with the proj... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4646553 | Press for cultivator shank The invention comprises a hydraulic press for attachment to one of a plurality of shanks of an earth working implement. The press has a lateral base with a pair of spaced notches which form channels for the shank to be positioned in when the press is atta... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4566165 | Method of manufacturing a cylinder for a sugar mill The manufacture of a cylinder, particularly for use in sugar mills, which has an exterior surface defining circular grooves of a cross section having the shape of a triangle, each triangle having an apex at a bottom of the groove in a respective transvers... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4559804 | Method and apparatus for forging wedge-shaped parts A rectangular prism (FIG. 10A) is cut diagonally to form a pair of generally wedge-shaped billets (FIG. 10B). The generally wedge-shaped billets are heated and placed in a transversely elongated die cavity of a lower busting die (20). An upper busting die... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4533001 | Multiple fixture for replacing worn hoe bits A multiple fixture is provided for aiding in affixing replacement spoons to worn teeth of a rotary hoe wheel. The fixture comprises a circular hub from which extends a plurality of generally equally-spaced, radially-disposed arms. The number of arms equal... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4519739 | Backhoe clamping device A backhoe clamping device is provided which is designed to be easily added onto standard existing backhoe equipment. The device includes mounting brackets which are secured to the side bucket links of the existing backhoe and bucket arrangement. Clamp lin... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4450635 | Level adjustable skid shoe for plow blades A snow plow blade skid shoe is angularly adjusted during mounting upon the plow moldboard for leveling the shoes ground contacting pad. The shoe includes a pair of spaced apart brackets which are secured to the moldboard by bolts extending through the pre... | 05/29/1984 |
