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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6988332 | Air driven liquid pump An air driven liquid pump includes a reservoir, a liquid inlet aperture extending through the reservoir wall for fluid coupling to a liquid inlet duct, a liquid outlet aperture extending through the reservoir wall for fluid coupling to a liquid outlet duct. The liqu... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6370818 | Protection device for tubular conduits of a sap collecting system A device for protecting the connection of a tubular conduit to a main tube of a maple sap collecting system wherein sap collected from maple trees are directed under vacuum to a pumping station of a sap processing center. The device comprises a band havin... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6311429 | Tree implant device An implant device for insertion into the opening of a tree to provide medication to the tree, comprising an elongated, hollow housing of a length adapted to fit within the tree opening, the housing having an enlarged, closed outer end portion of a size ap... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6148559 | Fruit tree budding control method and apparatus Disclosed herein is a system and method for saving crops by preventing premature bud formation on various agriculturally-valuable flora. The method consists in maintaining the temperature of an effective amount of the roots of a plant below that temperatu... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6019551 | Extracting system and method An extractor comprising (a) a frame being configurable in an extracting position having a front and back orientation; and (b) an extractor assembly mountable to said frame for imparting a backward urging force against a drill bit lodged within said object... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5110344 | Process for the hybridization of cotton Methods are disclosed for rendering cotton plants male sterile through application of isothiazole plant growth regulators without causing substantial female sterility or loss of reproductive vigor. Processes for effecting the hybridization of cotton emplo... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5005314 | Sap collecting device The disclosure herein describes a device for use in conducting sap collected from maple trees to a sap-processing unit, particularly during sunny days; it comprises a tubular member in which sap is contained and conveyed to the sap-processing unit and a p... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4926597 | Device for collecting sap The disclosure herein describes a device for collecting sap from trees and directing the sap to a sap collecting system operatable under vacuum conditions; it comprises a hollow body including a frusto-conical section adapted to be forced into the outer l... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4337595 | Method and apparatus for protecting extracts obtained by tapping trees An apparatus for shielding the tapping cuts of rubber trees from rainwater is disclosed, which comprises an aluminum foil strip sufficiently malleable to conform to the pattern of the bark of the tree to which it is affixed. The foil strip is preferably p... | 07/06/1982 |
