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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6918733 | Hold down clamp for holding down sheet material A hold down clamp for holding down a stack of sheet material, preferably on a transportation trolley selectively in operative association with a printing machine. The hold down clamp has a vertically adjustable holding arm selectively lockable along a substantially ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6059515 | Hand truck having tines and an arm for separating flakes from bales of hay and like material A hand truck has a pivoting wedge that initiates a fracture within a bale of hay, straw and similar materials and assists in retaining the material onto the truck. The wedge pivots out of the way when not in use. A toe consists of long slender tines which... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5984606 | Hay loader A hay loader is provided including a fixed frame mounted on a vehicle. Also included is a moving frame slidably mounted on the fixed frame. The moving frame is maintained vertically oriented while being shifted toward and away from the moving frame. Also ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5584636 | Bale handling apparatus A break-out attachment (2) configured for connection to a vehicle, such as a lift truck (20), for retrieving, transporting and releasing cotton bales. The break-out attachment comprises a shaft (24) rotatably mounted to a base frame (4), two lower horizon... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5496144 | Self-loading hay bale transport trailers Self-loading/unloading transport trailers include at least one rearwardly extending frame extension foot which is positioned below a rearward cross-brace of the cradle frame. During a loading/unloading operation, the rearwardly extending frame extension f... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5082413 | Bale carrying apparatus An apparatus for carrying large-diameter bales for attachment to a front end loader including a support frame for attachment to the loader, forwardly extending support arms for supporting a bale generally from underneath, first and second forwardly extend... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4983087 | Screw type bale handling device A tractor mountable handling device for handling baled material, such as giant round hay bales, employs an open center, open coil helical screw that is screwed into the bale, and a frame for holding the bale on the three-point hitch of the tractor or on a... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4930964 | Hay loader A self-loading transport for round hay includes at tilt platform hinged to a transport platform. Round bales of hay are captured onto the tilt platform when it is in an upright position. Then, movement of the transport forward will raise and level the til... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4911596 | Tractor accessory for moving round bales A tractor mounted accessory for handling round bales comprises an attachment frame adapted to receive a bar extending across the front of the tractor to support the accessory on the tractor. A pivoting frame is pivotally supported on the attachment frame ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4790558 | Front mounted bale carrier assembly A bale carrier assembly (10) for use with a tractor (11) having a substantially U-shaped frame (16), the bale carrier assembly (10) comprising: a mounting unit (22) secured to the tractor frame (16); a tine unit (23) pivotally connected to the mounting un... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4583900 | Round hay bale handling apparatus having at least one screw spear A hay bale handling apparatus has a screw spear, which is rotatably supported by a frame, advanced into a round hay bale by a hydraulic motor, which is mounted on the frame, rotating the spear as a vehicle, which may be a tractor, for example, having a fr... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4341354 | Device for cutting out and transporting a silage block A device for cutting out and transporting a silage block, comprising a main frame which may be connected to a tractor and which comprises an at least approximately horizontal cross-beam, which carries a plurality of parallel tines and to which an upstandi... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4230433 | Bale collector An attachment is disclosed which is releasably securable to an agricultural bale-loading machine to convert the latter into a combined collector/loader.... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4120405 | Spear-type tractor-attached hay bale pickup device A device for impaling and lifting hay bales consisting of a long, round, pencil-pointed shaft for said purpose plus two shorter shafts of similar design protruding just below and to each side of the main impaling spear for the purpose of stabilizing the b... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4099629 | Hay bale handling machine An elongated finger-support member may be pivotally connected to the three-point hitch of a tractor or to the bed of a pickup truck. The support finger is T-shaped in cross section and tapers to a point and includes a rearwardly facing hook on the top con... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4091947 | Tractor mounted multiple bale carrier A bale pickup and carrier structure mounted on the 3-point hitch of a tractor for picking up and carrying three or four cylindrical bales of substantial size and weight. The carrier consists of a transversely elongated frame having several pairs of bale s... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4089425 | Self-loading trailer A self-loading trailer for handling heavy or large loads wherein the trailer includes a load cradle supported on wheels for tilting movement. An arm including a load engaging means is carried by the cradle for free pivotal movement with respect thereto wh... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4084707 | Round bale loading and unrolling machine A round bale trailer includes a conveyor running the length thereof with a hay bale unrolling machine at the rear end. The unrolling machine includes a pointed spindle pivotal between a rearwardly extending loading and unrolling position and a forwardly e... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084708 | Bale lifter and carrier attachment A bale lifter and carrier attachment for pick-up trucks, tractors and other self-propelled vehicles consisting of a frame adapted to be mounted on a vehicle for pivotal movement on a horizontal axis transverse to the direction of travel of the vehicle, a ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4082192 | Hay bale pickup and transport device A hay bale arm is pivotally mounted on a base assembly adapted to be carried on the bed of a pickup truck, the front end of a tractor, or on the three-point hitch of a tractor. The hay bale arm includes spaced apart arm portions having finger portions whi... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4073532 | Round bale handler A round bale handling device for use with conventional farm tractor front end loaders includes a normally vertical, forwardly tiltable frame having a pair of shafts with a plurality of tines thereon mounted for partial rotation about longitudinal axes the... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4062461 | Hay bale loader A pair of elongated chains of substantially equal length are connected at one end in spaced-apart relation to a bar extending transversely of the tailgate open rearward end portion of a pickup truck bed. The pickup truck is disposed with the rearward end ... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4062454 | Material loading trailer apparatus The loading apparatus of this invention is capable of handling heavy loads such as large round bales of hay weighing fifteen hundred pounds or more without requiring the use of hydraulic, electrical or any other auxiliary power source. The apparatus inclu... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4051963 | Combined hay carrier and feeder Apparatus for loading, transporting and feeding large hay bales and hay stacks. An open bottomed trailer includes a frame mounted on a wheel assembly. Four panels mounted on the frame comprise a plurality of spaced bars. A pivotal lift supported within th... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4044907 | Hay handler Hay handling apparatus by which a large, cylindrical bale of hay can be lifted, transported, and deposited, comprising a cradle of a configuration for receiving the bale therewithin. A main frame pivotally supports the cradle so that the cradle can be piv... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4002147 | Bale handling apparatus Apparatus for handling and feeding large hay bales comprising the separable, cooperative, combination of a coupler unit adapted to be attached to a three-point lift hitch on a tractor, and a lift fork unit which can be readily converted into a bale feedin... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3974926 | Baled hay transporter A baled hay transporter comprising structure rotatably mounted on a wheeled frame or cart for engaging the underside of baled hay and then rotatively lifting the baled hay in a cradling manner, portions of the rotative mechanism serving as part of the cra... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3967742 | Hay stack mover Hay stacks and bales are loaded, transported and unloaded by a single man. Pivotal lifting tines carried by a mast which attaches to a tractor three-point hitch are maneuvered under a stack or bale. Lift assist wheels coupled with the mast raise the loade... | 07/06/1976 |
