Patents by Inventor Earl W. Kloefkorn, deceased

Earl W. Kloefkorn, deceased 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).

  • Combine conveyor apparatus
    Patent number: 4271660
    Abstract: This is a combine conveyor apparatus having a combine auger conveyor apparatus of this invention mounted on a conventional combine structure. The combine auger conveyor apparatus includes a feeder auger conveyor assembly which transfers cut wheat or the like to a feeder slat conveyor assembly which, in turn, conveys the cut material into a threshing cylinder assembly. The feeder auger conveyor assembly is known in the prior art having spiral flights on a cylindrical support driven to move the material to the center thereof and having a central auger retractable finger assembly to move the material into the feeder slat conveyor assembly. The feeder slat conveyor assembly includes a first sprocket assembly connected by a feeder chain and slat assembly to a second sprocket assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Inventors: Melvin L. Kloefkorn, Earl W. Kloefkorn, deceased, by Marvin V. Green, administrator
  • Conveyor slat member or similar article
    Patent number: D258500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1981
    Inventors: Earl W. Kloefkorn, deceased, by Melvin L. Kloefkorn, heir