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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4632061 | Birdfeeder A birdfeeder consisting of a center column or post that has a multi-sided sloped roof on the upper end thereof and downwardly-directed abutments spaced inwardly from the outer edges. A lower support member is carried by the post and a plurality of identic... | 12/30/1986 |
| 3981125 | Leveling mechanism for harvester headers A leveling mechanism for harvester platforms or headers which is predicated upon the fact that a slight forcible distortion of the feeder housing to which the platform is secured will, when the distortion is effected in a particular manner, result in a si... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981126 | Safety support for harvester combine feeders A safety support for maintaining the feeder of a harvester combine, together with its associated header, in an elevated position in case of failure of the usual lift cylinder. A telescopic brace has its forward end pivoted to the feeder and, when in a pre... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3978820 | Protective pet collar A pet collar for holding a strip of insecticide impregnated material around the neck of an animal. A strip of flexible material is provided with its longitudinal edges folded over towards its center so as to form a longitudinal holder. This longitudinal h... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3974632 | Collection of crop and like materials A crop collection vehicle can be coupled to a prime mover for movement over the ground to collect and move crop to a desired site. A pick up and feeding mechanism at the front of the vehicle feeds crop to a chamber that is defined by a forward wall, a rea... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3971340 | Limit and control feeder for animals A plurality of feed pan assemblies are attached beneath a feed trough connected to a supply hopper, the trough having an internal conveyor for moving feed therealong. Each assembly includes a container suspended intermediate the trough and pan which are p... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3971203 | Haymaking machines A haymaking machine has rake heads rotatable about upwardly extending axes. Each rake head includes a central housing mounted concentric with respect to a wheeled center shaft that affords the axis of rotation of the head. A p.t.o. is connectable to drivi... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3969875 | Safety grounding circuits An electrical grounding system for grounding the ignition system of an internal combustion engine on a tractor or the like to prevent the starting of the engine and to stop the engine when operating unless switches of the grounding system are so set by op... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3970046 | Veterinary surgical method A veterinary surgical table for large animals is positioned in an operating room adjacent a recovery stall, and a chute positioned between the surgical table and the recovery stall; a large animal is secured to the vertically extending top of the surgical... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3968634 | Stack-forming machine having uniform loading control The discharge spout of the pickup in a stack-forming machine is provided with baffle structure inside the spout and adjacent the discharge opening that oscillates horizontally and continuously through a stream of crops being projected into the forming bod... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3968633 | Round bale forming machine for light crop materials A machine for producing large round bales passes over loose hay on the ground, picks up the hay adjacent the rear of the machine and coils the hay within a forming chamber as the bale is rolled along the ground to progressively grow in size until reaching... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3967397 | Rake attachment for back hoe and the like A back hoe or tractor attachment for material handling apparatus. The attachment is used with a main frame and a swing frame pivotally mounted on said main frame for lateral and vertical swinging movement thereon. The attachment comprises a first member p... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3965659 | Grain lifter for a corn reaping machine A grain lifter for a corn reaping machine comprising a supporting rod to be fixed on the reaper pointing in the direction of motion as well as a lifting bar upwardly and backwardly sloping from the tip of said supporting rod, which has a shape conically t... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3965866 | Animal exerciser An animal exercising device adapted to be mounted overhead within a support structure spanning a prescribed floor or ground area. The device includes a drive sheave and a plurality of idler sheaves that are suspended overhead to receive an endless elongat... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3965660 | Stack forming apparatus A stack forming apparatus comprising a chassis with a stack forming container thereon and a crop pick up means for directing harvested crop into the container. The stack forming container includes a pivoted roof having sloped forward and rearward sections... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3964439 | Non-climbable poultry cage front A cage front for use in poultry cages for the rearing of fowl from their first day to market age having a plurality of bifurcated bars mounted in vertical, adjacent positions to form the cage front. The bars are equally spaced horizontally and are aligned... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3964437 | Dog or animal toilet An animal toilet suitable for installation indoors or outdoors by connection to a sewer disposal system includes an empty funnel shaped weather proof receptacle large enough for an animal to stand in and relieve himself. In the center of the receptacle ov... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3964243 | Rotary mower blade with detachable tines The outer section of a rotary mower blade is stamped with a U-shaped cut-out portion to define a tab extending in the direction of the center of the blade. Each tine device is formed of springwire and includes a downward end section which forms the tine a... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3962849 | Caster wheel arm The windrow pickup header of a forage harvester is supported at least in part by gauging means that senses rises and falls in the terrain in front of the header to swing the latter up and down to accommodate such unevenness in the terrain. Long, generally... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3962995 | Apparatus for training cutting horses In order to train cutting horses, an artificial calf is mounted to: (1) swivel about a vertical axis extending therethrough, (2) advance and retreat, and (3) sweep back and forth in a horizontal plane. These manuevers are performed in response to signals ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3961467 | Grass collecting apparatus for rotary mower Disclosed herein is a rotary lawn mower including a grass collecting apparatus including a support, a frame adapted to releasably retain thereon a disposable grass collecting bag with the mouth thereof upwardly open, means pivotally mounting the frame on ... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3961603 | Habitat for earthworm cultivation A small-scale habitat for the cultivation of earthworms is designed for the optimum production of live worms, eggs and worm castings. The habitat comprises a plurality of superimposed, stackable containers with perforated bottoms and inward projections at... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3961465 | Vacuum harvesting machine In an apparatus for increasing the yield of beans or grain wherein a primary harvesting machine or header is mounted forward of the combine with a secondary harvesting device located immediately to the rear of the primary harvester. The secondary harvesti... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3959958 | Deflector roller apparatus The invention comprises a roller deflection apparatus. One of each apparatus is mounted to each part of the dividers of a header. Each apparatus has a main plate attachment which is attached to the underside of each point of the dividers of the header. A ... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959953 | Apparatus to detect the passage of ferrous material in crop harvesting machines A ferrous material detector operably associated with a crop harvesting machine including a signal generating means operably associated with the compressing means of a harvester. The signal generating means generates a signal during the normal operation of... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959959 | Machine for vintaging grapes A machine for vintaging grapes. The machine comprises a framework, preferably U-shaped, which overlaps a row of vines and travels along the vine row by means, for example, of wheels. The machine incorporates at least two pairs of cylinders positioned with... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3958534 | Animal cage An enclosure for small domestic pet animals, such as hamsters and gerbils for example, comprising two compartments interconnected by a hollow passageway member, wherein one of the compartments and said hollow member are together adjustable in position whi... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958401 | Grass collection apparatus Disclosed herein is a lawn mower comprising a wheeled structure adapted for travel over the ground and a grass clipping collection apparatus including a grass catcher supporting frame supported by the structure and including an upper frame supporting a co... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958400 | Sickle bar mower mounting apparatus Mounting apparatus for connecting a sickle bar mower to a hitch frame adapted for attachment to a tractor comprising a pair of laterally spaced links interconnecting the hitch frame with the drag bar and cutterbar assembly to form a generally horizontal f... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3955344 | Pitman mower A pitman mower has a hitch frame, a drag bar, a cutterbar pivotally attached to the drag bar for pivotal movement in the transverse vertical plane and a drive mechanism for the cutterbar mounted on the drag bar. A pair of fore-and-aft extending links inte... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3954086 | Litter box A hollow cabinet having a shutter forming a portion of the top of the cabinet for supporting an animal and rotatably driven to transfer the animal's excretion and soiled litter into the cabinet after the animal leaves. An automatic dispenser provides mete... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3952485 | Adjustable hedger A double boom adjustable hedger is movable between rows of plants such as citrus trees for trimming branches and foliage from a space of preselected width and inclination between the rows being trimmed. Both cutter booms are supported on a sub-frame that ... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3952484 | Lawn mower A lawn mower of the horizontal rotary grass cutter type equipped with an ordinary plastic trash bag in a removable and replaceable manner for receiving cut grass and immediately releasing combined air therefrom.... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3952489 | Hay-making machines A hay making machine has raking heads that rotate about non horizontal axes. Each head has a central hub with lower groups of tines pivotally connected to the hub around its lower periphery and vertically movable from generally radial crop working positio... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3952487 | Machine for automatically gathering fruits and in particular enabling vintaging A machine for automatically picking fruits on shrubs and notably ripe grapes from vine-stocks with a view to provide a clean and stripped vintage for making wine. The machine comprises a series of juxtaposed bells formed in a passage-way duct adapted to m... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3952370 | Loading tube sleeve for use with an encasing machine A loading tube sleeve for use with an encasing machine having a stuffing tube is disclosed herein together with the method of preparing the natural casings so that they may be inserted into the machine. The sleeve comprises an elongated hollow member form... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3951107 | Animal feeder An animal feeding device for delivering feed to animals and particularly for delivering feed to pigs and the like. The feeder includes an open lid hopper having a swingable front partition, operable by an animal, the upper section of which is downwardly d... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3949542 | Process for making a leaf rake and the like An improved process for securing the metal tines of leaf rakes in which the tines embody a row of notches in the ends thereof which are inserted in a holder. The holder is provided with relief cutouts in areas thereof at the ends of the row of notches. Wi... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3948024 | Implement position control system An electric motor-powered linkage is provided for raising and lowering an implement mounted on a lawn and garden tractor. The energization of the motor and preselection of the position to which it is desired that the motor move the implement is accomplish... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3948027 | Crop harvesting apparatus A mechanized harvester for tree borne crops. A plurality of crop harvesting heads are supported from a support station which is rotatably mounted on the end of an extendible boom. The boom, in turn, is rotatably mounted on a tractor. The support station i... | 04/06/1976 |
