Patents by Inventor Duane Blake

Duane Blake has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4199923
    Abstract: An apparatus for mechanized harvesting of grass clippings comprises a vehicle with a T-shaped hydraulically driven extension platform for cutting and recovering grass clippings. The extension platform has a central arm with a lateral arm at the end thereof. A plurality of horizontally disposed reel-type scissor mower heads are mounted on the front and rear sides of the lateral arm, the outlets of the mower heads being directed into a horizontal trough within the lateral arm. The mower heads are operative to cut the grass and to throw the clippings into the trough. Within the trough are provided endless chains on pulleys to which are mounted spaced paddles which are operative to accumulate the grass clippings toward a central opening to a central trough within the central arm. Within the central trough are provided a plurality of endless chains and pulleys to which are mounted spaced paddles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Assignee: Warren's Turf Nursery
    Inventor: Duane Blake