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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367173 | Greens mower data display and controller A method of controlling a greens mower, wherein the greens mower includes a motor drive system variably driving a grass cutting reel and a traction system. The method includes sensing an operating parameter, comparing the operating parameter to a predetermine parame... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7318311 | Lawn mower with deck lift system and/or pump lock-out system A lawn mower is provided. In certain example embodiments, the lawn mower includes an improved deck lift system and/or an improved brake pump lock-out system. In certain example embodiments, a deck lift system may lift/lower the cutter deck, engine deck, engine, and ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305811 | Side mower deck for a mower tractor A side-mount mowing attachment for a riding mower or yard tractor is removably secured to the riding mower by single hinge pin, allowing the side-mount mowing attachment to articulate and follow the ground contour independently from the primary mowing deck of the ri... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7297051 | Clean grain and tailings conveying system for an agricultural combine A clean grain and tailings conveying system for an agricultural combine, including a pan fixedly mounted beneath a lowermost sieve of a cleaning system. The pan includes a tailings receiving portion disposed below a peripheral edge portion of the sieve, for receivin... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293397 | Apparatuses and methods for controlling self-propelled machines Apparatuses and methods are provided for controlling a self-propelled machine wherein the apparatuses and methods include a handle and a control device and can utilize first and second linking members. The control device is pivotably coupled to the handle, and inclu... | 11/13/2007 |
| 6964151 | Cutting device with cutting cylinder unit having curved cutting surfaces for shaping a plant and a vehicle provided with a cutting device of this type A cutting cylinder unit and cutting divice for shaping a plant, such as a boxwood bush. The cutting device comprises at least one cutting cylinder unit. The cutting cylinder unit comprises a cutting cylinder with a surface of revolution which is rotationally symmetr... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962039 | Lawn striping assembly The lawn striping assembly (10, 110) utilizes a C-shaped channel member having a plurality of attachment positions (22, 122). A pair of brackets (46) attach a roller apparatus (16) to the frame (302) of a lawn mower (114). T... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959531 | Adjustable tracked side-delivery hay rake An adjustable tracked side-delivery hay rake for use in agriculture for collecting the hay in tidy haycoks, is provided with adjustable wheels movable between a raised and narrow position, suitable for transport and based on the presence—on the arms supporting the... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6910324 | Multi-bladed rotary cutting deck with mulching and discharge/collection modes A rotary cutting deck has dual, side-by-side cutting chambers each of which houses a rotary cutting blade. The blades rotate so that grass clippings exit to the rear of the cutting deck through a central, rearwardly extending exit tunnel. A pivotal mulch door is loc... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907720 | Tine for fixing a cylindrical carrier bar of a reel and a tine assembly comprising a carrier bar and at least one tine A tine for fixing to a cylindrical carrier tube of a reel, in addition to a tine assembly comprising a carrier tube and a tine. The tine (8) comprises the following: a coil spring section (10) with at least one convolution wound about a coil spring axi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6895734 | Agricultural harvesting machines and front attachments therefor An agricultural harvesting machine is includes a first gathering element (14) adapted to be driven by a first drive mechanism (161) so as to gather crop and to feed the crop in a direction substantially opposite to a direction of motion of the harvesti... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6886316 | Mowing blade comprising a blade bar composed of bar sections A mowing blade that performs an oscillating linear motion, has a blade bar, with at least two bar sections that are located one behind the other along a longitudinal axis. The front faces of the sections abut one another and have respective recesses. The thickness o... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6871483 | Header height resume A control system for setting operation positions and operating modes for a combine header and automatically moving the header to those positions and modes. The system includes first and second operator inputs that can be located on a propulsion handle of the combine... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6872136 | Corn husking and shelling apparatus and method An ear of corn attached to a power driver such as a drill can be husked and or creamed in a two-step process without detaching the ear from the driver. The shelling device uses a spring-biased grater inside a tube to cut the kernels from the cob, and may be used alo... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6868658 | Power lawn mower with deck lift system A self-propelled power lawn mower is provided with a deck lifting system. The operator can lift the cutter deck (and optionally the engine deck as well) by pulling upward/backward on a deck-lifting lever. Moreover, a latch system is provided for permitting the deck ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6862874 | Discharge stopper units for mower decks The present invention relates to a discharge stopper unit for a mowing machine having a mower deck. The discharge stopper unit has a discharge stopper adapted to block a discharge opening in the mower deck and an arm connected to the discharge stopper. Preferably, t... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6862875 | Lawn mower guide and discharge A lawn mower has a power source for rotationally driving an output shaft. A housing has an interior space having a generally spiral-shaped portion. A cutting blade is disposed in the interior space of the housing and is connected to the output shaft for rotation the... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6862871 | Hybrid mower, edger, trimmer, blower A carriage device for a string trimmer includes an axle frame supporting at least two wheels. A main frame includes an axle mounting section for adjustably securing the axle frame and a shaft receiving section shaped to receive the shaft of a string trimmer. The axl... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6857254 | Mower suspension system and method The mower front independent suspension assembly in some embodiments of the present invention includes a first suspension arm connected to the front of the lawn mower frame and a second suspension arm connected to the side of the lawn mower frame. In some embodiments... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6854251 | Windrow forming system for a crop harvesting header A windrow is formed by discharging the crop rearwardly from a crop conditioner, engaging a center part of the web with a center deflector panel which is adjustable in width so as to direct that portion of the web, selected to match the intended width of the windrow,... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6854253 | Mower discharge door operating linkage mechanism An industrial grade mower that has a cutting blade rotating in horizontal plane under an inverted dish like housing that has a cuttings discharge opening in a side wall of the housing, and a door moveably mounted on the housing selectively to cover and uncover the d... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6843044 | Detection arrangement for the detection of a crop jam in a harvesting machine A self-propelled forage harvester includes an overload clutch inserted into the driveline of a crop conveying element of crop pick-up arrangement of the harvesting machine. The overload clutch generates acoustic and/or mechanical vibrations when a defined torque is ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6843048 | Variable mulching system for a lawnmower A lawnmower is convertible between a bagging mode and a mulching mode. The convertible lawnmower includes a cutter housing having a discharge opening, an engine mount centrally positioned on the cutter housing, a prime mover supported on the engine mount, a mulching... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6840027 | Forage conditioner-tedder Hay and forages, these days, are often mown, conditioned, and tedded. A disc mower with strap-type protrusions or fingers extending radially outward from the shaft turning the discs and extending upward from the cutting knives several inches will provide each of the... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6709329 | Method and apparatus for harvesting crops wherein crops are cleaned at remote site A method and system of harvesting crops involves cutting and threshing the crop, separating graff from straw, and returning the straw to the field. This is carried out in a harvesting unit of the pull type having a graff storage tank. The collected graff is moved to... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6708476 | Sickle cutterbar assembly An adjustable double sickle cutterbar assembly using sickle bar hold-downs that minimizes the interference to the flow of cut crop material rearwardly in the header, thus to reduce the catching of cut crop material. ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6705067 | Feed conveyor/rock trap and header drive for an agricultural combine A rotatable drive for a feeder and a header of an agricultural combine for drivingly connecting spaced rotatable elements on the feeder and the header to a rotatable power source on a chassis of the combine, the feeder and the header being jointly mounted to the cha... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6701702 | Machine for mowing stalk-like crop A machine for mowing stalk-like crop includes a plurality of intake and mowing arrangements mounted in side-by-side relationship to each other and operative to deliver the mowed crop to a transverse crop conveying channel located behind the intake and mow... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6698177 | Cam mechanism for translation of circular motion into reciprocal motion A cam mechanism for use in a mowing machine. The cam mechanism is comprised of a spur gear and protruding eccentric cams from the top and bottom surfaces of the spur gear. The cam mechanism is formed from a half blanking press process. The eccentric cams ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698176 | Multiple saw pruning apparatus An inexpensive and readily available pruning blade for pruning crop growth, such as grape vines following harvest, has a disc-like base plate. The base plate has ordinary small diameter radial Skil-saw blades mounted around the periphery. The saw blades a... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698172 | Lawn mower suspension assembly A lawn mower includes a front wheel suspension system as well as a rear wheel suspension system. The front wheel suspension system includes upper and lower suspension struts that are pivotably connected between a main frame of the lawn mower and a longitu... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698178 | Sand trap rake and storage apparatus A sand trap rake and storage apparatus, wherein a tubular storage compartment is sized to receive the sand trap rake therein. The tubular storage compartment is buried in the ground near a sand trap, so that the open top of the storage unit is above groun... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698174 | Tool lifting apparatus for gardening vehicles, such as lawn mowers or the like A tool lifting apparatus for gardening vehicles such as lawn mowers or the like, of the type that comprises a lever-type frame, which supports the tool and is associated with hydraulic-cylinder lifting actuators, coupled between the frame and the vehicle ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698170 | Mowing machine with oscillating cutting unit system A combined mowing machine includes a main chassis designed to be coupled to a tractor, and a plurality of cutting units connected in such a way that they can oscillate on the chassis. Each set of cutting units has a plate support beam mounted between a pa... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698175 | Adjustment arrangement for the tine carrier of a reel for a cutting device The invention relates to an adjustment arrangement for a reel tine carrier (5) supporting reaping tines (8) for a cereal cutting device. The reaping tines (8) are mounted on rotational tine carriers (5). The adjustment is carried out around an adjustment ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6699121 | Comminuting device in an agricultural harvesting machine An agricultural harvesting machine has a comminuting device which includes a chopper rotor having a rotor shaft, and a conveying element pivotably connected with the rotor shaft. The conveying element is formed by a first arm and a second arm which are in... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6692352 | Grain storage tank covers Rigid cover panels of the cover for grain storage tubes on combines, harvesting machine, are preferably fabricated of double-wall plastic to limit weight of the cover while providing desired strength and rigidity. The rigid cover panels can be pivoted abo... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6692351 | Crop residue chopper with reconfigurable fixed offset blades A crop residue chopper for an agricultural combine including a spaced array of stationary knives. A rotor of the chopper is rotatable about an axis therethrough and includes mounting elements in axially spaced relation, and a plurality of offset knives, e... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6691500 | Direct drive vibratory shaker A vibratory shaker for mounting on a crop harvester framework for removing crops from vines, bushes, and trees has a crop foliage engaging brush that is driven directly about a brush rotation axis by a brush driving motor. The crop foliage engaging brush ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6688093 | Self-propelled agricultural vehicle The vehicle part of a self-propelled forage harvester includes a chassis supported on front and rear sets of wheels. A mower-conditioner unit is mounted to the front of the chassis and mounted to opposite sides of the chassis are second and third mower-co... | 02/10/2004 |
