Abstract: A bale spike frame for lifting and carrying bales weighing 2,000 pounds or more. The frame members are tied together and reinforced at strategic locations by an integrating plate. The frame is a welded assembly made basically of tubular steel stock having a square cross section and also of some steel plate stock. It has elongated tubular top and bottom members joined to shorter length plate members at their ends to form a rectangular frame. A main bale spike mounting socket is provided in the top frame member and two tubular inserts are provided in the lower frame member for attaching bale stabilizing spikes. An intermediate frame member located directly below the socket extends perpendicularly between the top and bottom frame members and is butt welded thereto. Peripherally welded integrating plates extend from below the bottom end of the intermediate frame member over its front and rear faces and onto the top surface of the top frame member.

Abstract: Adjustable fitments for attaching any one of a variety of implements to the ends of the lifting and tilting arms of a tractor of the type normally used with front end loaders. Each fitment has a base member and a travelling member movably connected together by a rod assembly, such as a threaded rod assembly, whereby the spacing between the members can be adjusted to coincide with that of the mounting pins of the implement to be attached. Each of the members has a socket for receiving and holding one of a pair of vertically spaced horizontally disposed implement mounting pins. One of the sockets opens forwardly and the other socket opens upwardly. A manually operable latch mechanism is provided on the member which has the forwardly open socket to lock a corresponding implement pin in that socket and thus retain each pin of the pair in its respective socket.

Abstract: A package for holding frangible particulate material, such as breakfast cereal. The package is designed to separate the crumbs or fines from the larger or unbroken and more palatable particles of cereal and to trap the crumbs so they will not recombine with the more edible portion of the cereal when the container is upended to pour the cereal into a bowl. The package has a partition member insert comprised of an apertured screening section and at least one imperforate ramp section inclined towards the screening section. The screening and ramp sections are supported above the bottom of the container to provide for sifting of the crumbs through the screening section, while the package is in its normal upright position, and to allow the crumbs to gravitate into the trapping space, defined by the imperforate ramp section, the bottom closure and the surrounding walls, when the package is tilted during pouring.

Abstract: This invention relates to improved apparatus and method for forming the rim portion of frustoconically-shaped containers, preferably formed of paper or thermoplastic material. The invention is especially adapted to forming the helicoidal rim on the mouth of drinking cups as well as other types of frustoconical-shaped containers. The container sidewalls adjacent the open mouth are fully supported during rimming to provide stronger and more dimensionally accurate, uniform rims on such containers.

Abstract: A forklift type assembly for impaling, lifting and carrying a large round bale of hay. The assembly has a backframe with adjustable means for mounting it on the lift mechanism of a small farm tractor. A tubular sheath with a brace on its underside projects from the front of the frame. The rear end of a bale spike, made of a high tensile strength steel rod having a pointed tip, is removably mounted in the sheath. Also mounted on the frame below the sheath and on each side thereof are two forwardly projecting auxiliary bale spikes of reduced length.

Abstract: This invention relates to a combined vehicle-mounted carrier and dispenser for a cylindrical hay bale of substantial size and weight. An elongated finger-support member is pivotally mounted on the bed of a pick-up truck, a tractor hitch or other vehicle. The finger support member is T-shaped to retain a plurality of movable support fingers in cantilevered relation to penetrate and engage the bale. The finger support member is pivotally attached to a base member which is mounted on the truck bed. A power winch is located on said base member having a cable connected to the free end of the central arm member of the T-shaped finger support member. Tensioning means comprising a pair of aligned leaf springs is mounted between said pivotal finger support member and said fixed base member to maintain continuous tension on the cable and thus prevent any loose unwinding or unraveling of the cable on the power winch.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted carrier and dispenser for a cylindrical hay bale of substantial size and weight. An elongated finger-support member is pivotally mounted on the bed of a pick-up truck, a tractor hitch or other vehicle. The finger support member is T-shaped to retain a plurality of support fingers in cantilevered relation to penetrate and engage the bale. The finger support member is attached to a base member which is mounted on the truck bed. A power winch is located on said base member having a cable connected to the free end of the central arm member of the T-shaped finger support member. Tensioning means comprising a pair of aligned leaf springs is mounted between said pivotal finger support member and said fixed base member to allow continuous tension on the cable and thus prevent any loose unwinding or unraveling of the cable on the power winch.