Patents Examined by Árpáad Fáián-Kovács
  • Tine drive cam for windrow merger
    Patent number: 8863489
    Abstract: A windrow merger having a plurality of rotationally driven tines that rotate around a non-circular cam to vary the rotational speed of the times. The tines extend from the cam on elongated cam followers such that the tines are moved through a flicking motion as the tines are rotated around the cam. The window merger also has an internal drive assembly positioned in an internal aperture around which the rotatable tines are rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: H & S Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Landon, Jacob D. Kappelman, James E. Kappel