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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371040 | Bale wagon having improved rolling rack tines A bale wagon is disclosed having rolling rack tines that pivot, by only a few degrees, so as to reduce the angle between said rolling rack tines and the bale wagons loading bed surface at several preset positions, allows improved control over the lean angle of the u... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7322173 | Hay bale bundling apparatus and method A hay bale bundler machine to receive individual bales of hay or other forage material from a field and to create a bundle of individual bales wrapped with a wrapping material for discharge back to the ground. Further included may be a fully automatic device that ca... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275904 | Bale accumulator A bale accumulator is utilized to deposit bales in groups in a field. The bale accumulator includes a chute along which bales move to an upper end portion of an accumulator ramp assembly. The accumulator ramp assembly slopes downward away from the chute. The chute m... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7188447 | Machine for laying ground cover on seeded areas A machine that quickly lays a cover over a freshly seeded area and at the same time anchors the cover to the ground. The cover helps prevent moisture from escaping from the ground and holds the seeds in place during watering the area, during heavy rains and/or durin... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184154 | Method of generating printer setup instructions The invention is an improved method of generating setup instructions for use with a printing system having connected thereto one or more finishing devices. The inventions involves printing a sheet of setup instructions which the operator carries to the finishing dev... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7128519 | Auto stacking machine for strip articles An auto stacking machine includes a worktable (10), a plurality of chutes (20), a pair of receivers (30), and a cushioning apparatus. Three vertical plates (14) are mounted on the worktable. The chutes are attached to outmost ones of the ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7090456 | Apparatus for loading, transporting, stacking and feeding bales An apparatus to load, transport, stack, retrieve and feed bales of hay can be run by a single operator. A vehicle frame supports an operator cab forward of a tiltable bed. A track begins near the ground in front of the cab and proceeds back toward to bed to above th... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080494 | Method for making a large square bale out of a plurality of small bales A method for making a large square bale out of a plurality of small bales, utilizing a square baler. Small bales are fed into a processing chamber resting in side by side relation on a pivoting floor. The floor is pivoted from a horizontal position to a vertical pos... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073835 | Bale wagon having a damper for the rolling rack An improved bale wagon having at least one bumper member to position the rolling rack at the proper distance from the end of the front load rack of the bale wagon, and to dampen the impact between the front wall of the load rack and the front end of the rolling rack... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073998 | Mechanical lock-up for pivoting table A manually operated mechanism for locking the first table of a bale wagon in the raised position. The mechanism uses gravity to both engage and disengage the lock to permit an operator to safely service the components of the wagon below the first table. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070004 | Robotic sod stacker A numerically-controlled robotic manipulator arm mounted to a sod harvester comprises two segments pivotally coupled together. One segment is rotatably coupled to a fixed base on the harvester while the second segment carries a pick-up head which can turn with respe... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7000706 | Automatic net and core tube feeding system for a sod harvester An automatic net and tube feeding system for a sod harvester having a conveyor upon which rolls of sod are formed includes a net feeder comprising a supply roll from which net is dispensed, a pair of feed rollers positioned to engage a portion of the net therebetwee... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997663 | Hay bale stacker Systems, methods and apparatuses for loading, unloading, and handling bales. A powered apparatus is configured to load bales, slide the bales from a loading mechanism to a rearward position on a platform, and unload the bales from the apparatus comprises a variety o... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6783318 | Sod stacker A towable sod stacker having a pallet holder for holding a stack of sod, a conveyor for receiving and temporarily storing a plurality of cut sod slabs and a sod pickup mechanism for lifting the plurality of cut sod sections from the conveyor and vertically placing t... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6540464 | Loading grapple table An apparatus for use with a transport vehicle having a vehicle support frame for loading, transfering, and unloading bales of hay or straw and the like. The apparatus comprises a tilting frame hingedly supported by the vehicle support frame and a loader h... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6364591 | Stack wagon for handling big and small bales and method of converting small bale wagon to handle large bales Apparatus for modifying conventional automatic three table bale wagons handling small bales to load, transport, and stack big bales with dimensions in excess of 3 feet×4 feet ×8 feet. With the apparatus a modified bale wagon picks up and handles big bal... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6352252 | Conveyor device for bookbinding machines A conveyer device for bookbinding machines having a number of processing stations and having plate or cleated chains or the like which take over book blocks and convey them intermittently to the processing stations. The plate or cleated chains are driven ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6312205 | Bale loader A bale loading arm for use with a bale carrying vehicle includes a loading frame, a device for pivoting the loading frame, a pivot member, a device for rotating the pivot member, a bale grasper having a grasper arm and a device for rotating the grasper ar... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6257567 | Conveying device for book binding machines A conveying device for book binding machines having continous plate or cleated chains or similar conveying machanism. The conveying device includes oppositely disposed logitudinal guides which support the plate or pleated chains for clamping inner books o... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6247885 | Apparatus for loading, transporting, and stacking bales A wheeled vehicle for loading and unloading bales of hay onto and from a transportation bed includes a roller assembly cooperating with a chain drive and push plate to advance each bale or stack of bales rearwardly along the truck bed, and stabilizer arms... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6171047 | Square bale loading platform and processing apparatus A bale loading apparatus, which includes a wheeled undercarriage having front and rear ends; a deck pivotally mounted by a pivot mount to the rear end of the undercarriage for supporting a row of bales thereon; and actuating component driven by a first dr... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6171046 | Apparatus for retrieving and stacking bales Apparatus for retrieving and stacking bales includes bale engagement and transport mechanism to individually transport bales engaged by the apparatus from the ground to a location on a support platform. A bale displacement member repositions the bale on t... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6135704 | Layer-picking clamp supported on a forklift truck A layer-picking clamp mountable on a truck has clamp arms extending downwardly from and movably mounted to an upper frame section. The clamp arms are linearly movable with respect to the upper frame section in laterally inward and outward directions so th... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6089003 | Bale push-off device A bale push-off device is provided for pushing bales off from a bale wrapping machine for wrapping bales end to end in a row. The bale push-off device comprises a bale push-off member which in use faces a bale discharging side of a bale wrapping device of... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6056496 | Cart loader and method of loading The present invention comprises a cart loading machine that provides for improved operating efficiencies, and includes a cart loading station, an infeed conveyor, a pattern forming area, a carrier sheet and wiping mechanism, and a fork loading apparatus. ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6050769 | Mobile skip bin handling vehicles improvements A material handling vehicle which includes stored skip bins in nested arrangement between the cabin and a bulk tipping bin and hydraulically activateable arms adapted to lift and tip any selected skip bin from the storage position or from a ground support... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6019562 | Bale loading system A bale loading system comprising a bale carrier and a method for loading, transporting, and unloading large bales of agricultural material. The bales can be either round or rectangular bales. The bale carrier is towed to a bale in a field. The bale is pos... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5921738 | Square bale transporter A bale transporting and stacking method and apparatus are disclosed. The bales are picked up from the field and placed bottom side down on the bed of the bale transporter. When the transporter is full, the bed, or part of the bed, is tipped upright to for... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5882163 | Front-end big bale loader A front-end big bale loader is shown and described. A tined pick-up mechanism is pivotally connected to near the front end of a transporting vehicle frame. The tines of the pick-up mechanism are first inserted into the front side of a large bale, and then... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5813814 | Apparatus for loading, transporting, and stacking bales The invention is an apparatus for safely and efficiently loading, transporting and unloading bales, such as bales of hay. The invention includes a wheeled frame upon which a cab and bed are mounted for self-propelled locomotion across fields, lots, and ro... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5730572 | Bale handling carrier A carrier adapted to be drawn over the ground for handling and transporting bales of hay comprises a rigid framework assembly adapted to be connected to a towing vehicle for transporting a series of bales in side-to-side relationship substantially along t... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5697758 | Method for stacking rectangular big bales A method for picking up rectangular big bales of hay, straw, or the like; placing the bales on a turntable for proper selective orientation of the bales relative to a stacker bed; and for pivoting the turntable, with bales, about a horizontal axis for dep... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5697760 | Production method for lawn sod rolls and a device to perform the method A method and harvesting apparatus for stacking cut sod wherein the cut sod is formed into rolls at a rolling station carried by a machine and wherein alternating first and second series of rolls are conveyed in a first direction relative to a stacking sta... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5695311 | Apparatus for pressing arrangements of units such as tiers of hay bales and method of stabilizing the same Apparatus for pressing vertical arrangements of units that are stored in an elongate container with a front, plural sides, and a cavity includes a mechanism coupled to the front and extending toward the rear of such container and including opposing arms. ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5690461 | Big hay bale stacker and method Embodiments of a big hay bale stacker apparatus and method are shown and described. The big hay bale stacker picks up a first big hay bale cross-wise, rotates the first bale 90° about an axis parallel to the long dimension of the bale, and lifts the bale... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5664923 | Bale accumulator The present invention provides a bale accumulator for accumulating at least one cylindrically configured bale of crop stock thereon following its discharge by a baler. The bale accumulator has a conveyor module for receiving a bale from the baler and conv... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5647716 | Tined, front-end big bale loader A front-end big bale loader is shown and described. A tined pick-up mechanism is pivotally connected to near the front end of a transporting vehicle frame. The tines of the pick-up mechanism are first inserted into the front side of a large bale, and then... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5626195 | Sod harvesting system A sod harvesting apparatus including a cutting unit and a sod stacking unit and which is selectively configurable to harvest sod in the form of slabs, small rolls or large rolls. The cutting unit includes at least one sod cutting blade for cutting a strip... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5618146 | Hay roll transporter A hay roll transporter is adapted to pick up very large hay rolls in the field, carry them to another location, and off load them for storage or further transport. The transporter is in the general configuration of a truck, and may be driven on public roa... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5593149 | Automatic teller machine managing system An automatic teller machine managing system includes an automatic teller machine and a carrier for exchanging a medium, such as, paper money, with the automatic teller machine. The system further includes a mechanism for moving the carrier relative to the... | 01/14/1997 |
