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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE40614 | Rotary cutter bed harvester with non-auger conveying means for outboard cutters A crop harvester of the rotary cutter bed type has a series of rotary cutters extending across the path of travel of the machine and rotatable about individual upright axes. The cutter bed extends in opposite directions beyond the ends of a central discharge opening... | 01/06/2009 |
| RE40611 | Wide cut harvester having rotary cutter bed A harvester which uses a rotary style cutter bed has a series of rotary cutters extending across the path of travel of the machine and rotatable about individual upright axes. Part of the cutter bed is a flat gear case containing a train of intermeshed spur gears th... | 12/30/2008 |
| RE40604 | Rotary mower conditioner having improved cut crop flow A mower conditioner includes a rotary style cutter bed and a pair of laterally extending crop conditioning rolls spaced rearwardly from the cutter bed. Crop flow is improved in the machine by a laterally extending conveying roller located between the cutter bed and ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7462101 | Frusto-conical drum infeed and threshing region for a combine rotor A rotor, in an agricultural harvester crop processing unit, comprising a drum to which crop processing elements for an infeed section and a threshing section are affixed. The drum comprises a rearward cylindrical portion and a forwardly extending frusto-conical port... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461997 | Sidewalk and slab lifting system A tube body having open upper and lower ends and a cylindrical bore there between has an opening along the length thereof. A driver is secured to the tube body adjacent to the upper end. A push rod has a free end. The free end is adapted to move downwardly to an adv... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461702 | Coupling assembly for a three point hitch assembly A coupling assembly for use with a tractor having a three point mounting hitch assembly having two extension legs telescopically retained by two generally vertical sleeve members slanted towards each other and two lateral extension arms telescopically retained by a ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458199 | Mower attachment mechanism A mower attachment comprising an attachment housing and a plurality of blade assemblies. The attachment housing includes an upper surface and front and rear baffles extending downwardly from the upper surface, the front and rear baffles shaped to define a plurality ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458161 | Rotary cutting device A horticultural or agricultural cutting device is disclosed which comprises a body (4), a rotor (20) rotatably coupled to the body, at least one cutter (54), (56) which rotates along with the rotor and extends radially to the axis of rota... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7451512 | Bridging device A bridging device (10) for providing a bridging surface (12) between two points comprising a stack of interjoined beams (14) housed in a retracted position in a housing (11) mounted at a first point; and a drive system that drives the bea... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451831 | Soil aerator A soil aeration apparatus may include aeration tines that are actuated by a relatively compact gear system that reduces the size and weight of the apparatus. In addition, a soil aeration apparatus may operate without a centrally disposed support shaft, thus enabling... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451587 | Mower tractor A mower tractor (1) comprises: a mid-mount mower (5) under a middle bottom portion thereof between front wheels (2;2) and rear wheels (3;3); a body frame (8); a transmission casing (24) having an input shaft (58) disp... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448453 | Flip-over push/back-drag blade attachment for work vehicles A vehicle-mounted tool, such as a blade, may be disposed in an upright position for dozing or other pushing functions when the vehicle moves forwardly and then flipped over into an inverted position for back-dragging or the like when the vehicle moves in reverse. Fl... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448196 | Baler with multi-auger pickup A hay baler provided with a tubular duct within which charges of crop material are prepared before being stuffed into the baling chamber has a windrow pickup device at its front end to lift crop materials off the ground as the baler advances. The effective operating... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448151 | Tool for excavating an object A tool for excavating an object comprises a jetting system having a nozzle arranged to receive a fluid and abrasive particles via an abrasive particle inlet, and arranged to impinge the object to be excavated with a jetted stream of the fluid mixed with the abrasive... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7445053 | Ripping device for an earthmoving machine A ripper assembly is arranged in that one end of an arm is pivotally attached to a vehicle body while a beam comprised with shanks is pivotally attached to the other end of the arm, and in that a tilt cylinder and a lift cylinder are respectively interposed between ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7441392 | Cutting height adjustment for lawn mower The present invention relates to a lawn mower (1), comprising a front mounted mower deck (5) comprising at least one cutting knife, wherein the cutting knife is rotatably arranged in a substantially horizontal plane (10), a wheel suspension arra... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441987 | Curbing machine and method A method and apparatus for laying a curb is disclosed. The apparatus features a preferably tracked vehicle (tractor) that connects to a frame having a hopper. A hydraulic lifting arrangement enables hydraulic controls on the vehicle to elevate/lower the frame. The f... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438136 | Aeration device A soil aeration device may include a plurality of arcuate blades mounted to an assembly adapted to rotate and translate the blades proximate a ground surface, thereby forming aeration pockets in the soil. In certain embodiments, the arcuate tines penetrate and fract... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438137 | Method and apparatus for locking a wing frame of an implement A method and apparatus for use with an agricultural implement assembly that includes a support frame, a wing frame and a cylinder assembly that includes a cylinder and a rod, each of the support frame, wing frame, cylinder and rod being an assembly component, the ro... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430983 | Loader bucket orientation indicator A loader bucket orientation indicating system is provided for a bucket pivotal at an end of a loader boom. The system includes a support member having a base fixed to a side of an arm of the boom and a shaft projecting from the base. A pivot plate includes a central... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430845 | Harvesting machine with a measuring device for capturing the throughput of collected crop material A harvesting machine includes a measuring device for capturing the throughput of collected material. The measuring device has a measuring surface which acts together with the crop material and is supported movably at a support point in such a manner that its positio... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428765 | Passenger boarding bridge stabilizing apparatus and method therefor Passenger boarding bridges have adjustable walkways that are elevated high above the ground when servicing aircraft doorways. Passenger safety is improved by automatically stabilizing the passenger boarding bridge when it is in an aligned condition. A method for aut... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7412786 | Snow mower blade A snow mower blade, the blade for use with a rotary type lawn mower having a wheeled housing for movement over a surface of operation, the blade comprising an elongated horizontal, with an angle at each end of the horizontal, a pair of upwardly projecting spaced apa... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410004 | Agricultural implement carrier A self-propelled agricultural tool carrier has a lifting carriage mounted between the front and rear sets of wheels. A tool bar adapter is mounted to the lifting carriage below the frame for connection to a tool bar that supports planting and cultivating equipment. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407016 | Grading boot attachment The present invention provides a grading boot attachment which when attached to a roadway grading moldboard allows for more accurate and uniform grade cutting or leveling with the moldboard. The attachment includes amounting plate for mounting to the moldboard, a wi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404282 | Riding lawn mower having a front mower unit A riding lawn mower having a front mower unit, comprises a plurality of wheels; a vehicle body supported by the wheels; an engine supported by the vehicle body for driving at least one of the wheels; a lift link supported by the vehicle body; a mower unit adapted to... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404283 | Crop collecting assembly for an agricultural harvester A crop collecting assembly includes a first collecting unit located between a pair of further collecting units. All of the units operate to gather crop from the ground and feed it to the rear where it may fall to the ground or enter a harvesting machine, such as a s... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404448 | Coupler with self-latching and self-locking latching mechanism for a quick hitch A coupler for a hitch such as a quick hitch for a three point hitch of a work machine such as a tractor or the like, having a latching mechanism for holding a pin of a work element such as an implement or the like, in a receptacle of the coupler, which latching mech... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404689 | Drainage board system A coupling assembly is attached to the upper surface of a board having upper and lower surfaces. The coupling assembly is extendable upwardly for coupling to a covering surface. A plurality of projections on the lower surface of the board are extendable downwardly f... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401457 | Auger finger with tether for retaining and retracting the finger when broken A finger for a crop gathering auger of a grain header for an agricultural combine, including a tether which spans a failure region of the finger and will retain a free end of the finger in connection with a mounting end thereof when the failure region is broken, and... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398637 | Accessory mounting system for a riding lawnmower The present invention is related to lawn maintenance and describes a system for mounting an accessory, such as a grass trimmer, to a riding lawnmower. The mounting system is simple, durable, and relatively inexpensive to manufacture and maintain, but provides a lawn... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398636 | Method and apparatus for continuously harvesting grain from a row of mature grain plants comprised of plant segments and alley segments A wheel mounted grain harvester includes a harvesting head for depositing grain in a grain handling assembly comprised of a plurality of grain moving parts. Control means are located on the harvester for selectively interrupting grain flow along the grain moving par... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396278 | Cleaning shoe spreaders The movable cleaning shoe frame is provided with internal sidewalls. The frame supports a sieve for receiving grain to be cleaned. The sieve is provided with longitudinally extending dividers that define a plurality of longitudinally extending grain flow channels. T... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392643 | Mulching system for a lawn mower A lawn mower having upper and lower cutter blades in a cutter housing is provided. The blades are disposed with a phase difference such that upper blade edge parts of the upper cutter blade are advanced forward with respect to lower blade edges of the lower cutter b... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392854 | Front rotary working machine A front rotary working machine is provided which has rotary working portions disposed at a front portion of a transmission case, and a front wheel disposed forward of the rotary working portions. The working machine includes a guard member extending forward from the... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392645 | Bed knife gage holder for adjusting lawn mower cutters An accessory to a bed knife gage and bar that holds the bar in place against the rollers on a lawn mower cutter. The accessory comprises a movable permanent magnet attached to a rod and handle, the rod, in turn, attached to the bar. Engagement of the permanent magne... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392646 | Reversible feed roller with radially extendible fingers A feed roller primarily for feeding crop into a feeder house of a combine harvester is located above and behind a feed draper and includes an outer flight and retractable fingers for feeding the crop through the zone behind the draper and into the feeder house. The ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7386974 | Mowing apparatus and method An apparatus (20) for mowing vegetation is disclosed herein. The apparatus (20) generally includes a reel mechanism (21) and a cutting mechanism (22). The reel mechanism (21) preferably includes a plurality of reel bars (30)... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7381130 | System and method for detecting a condition indicative of plugging of a discharge path of an agricultural combine A system and method for detecting a condition indicative of onset of plugging or actual plugging of a discharge of an agricultural combine, utilizing a pressure sensor disposed at a location within the combine spaced from the discharge and operable for sensing an ai... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380393 | Windrower for plant matter with three raking wheels A haymaking machine, particularly a windrower for plant matter lying on the ground, comprising a frame bearing three raking wheels having soil resting wheels and raking forks, driven in rotation about support axes in a work position, which raking wheels are connecte... | 06/03/2008 |
