Patents Examined by J. M. Britt
  • Patent number: 4785614
    Abstract: An agricultural implement is disclosed for raking and tedding a swath of hay into a tedded windrow with a single pass of the implement along the swath of hay. The implement includes a plurality of circular rake wheels and a rotatable tedder, both mounted on a common base frame. First and second height adjustment mechanisms are included for the selective, independent adjustment of the height of the tedder and the height of the rake wheels. A lateral adjustment mechanism is provided for selectively adjusting the lateral relationship of the implement with respect to a towing vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: H & S Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Theodore F. Schoenherr
  • Patent number: 4768466
    Abstract: The invention relates to nest boxes for birds or animals and proposes that the nest boxes comprise a sleeve with a body rotatable therein. The sleeve and body are in plastics material, and the sleeve has a cut-away portion while the body has bird or animal access apertures therein. The body can be rotated inside the sleeve to bring any one of several apertures into register with the cut-away portion so that the box can be adapted for the accommodation of different sized birds or animals. The invention also provides a C-shaped plastics material clip which is to be used for mounting the nest boxes, the clip being of resilient material such as plastics so that it can be sprung over a tree branch or a tree trunk or for example a fall pipe on a building. This clip may be of thicker material at the portion opposite the slot for reinforcing purposes and may be attached to a conventional nest box or to a nest box according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Inventors: Gerard C. Burns, Francis J. Burns
  • Patent number: 4745880
    Abstract: The milkmeter has a truncated cone shaped float and measuring container with the ratio of the smallest diameters of the truncated cones being equal to the ratio of their largest diameters. The float is suspended by its top. The meter measures accurately constant milk weights irrespective of the quantity of air in the milk. The float is more stable than a cylindrical one and the meter is more accurate because of a very small volume below the float in the rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: Kummer Electronics B.V.
    Inventor: Jan Kummer