Patents by Inventor Elgin Routledge

Elgin Routledge 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).

  • Device for lifting bale wrapping rolls
    Patent number: 7430959
    Abstract: A baler is modified to include a device for lifting rolls of bale wrapping material into the baler where the lifting device includes a winch having a frame and a guide arranged to be mounted on the housing of the baler at a rear wall thereof above a cover member over the roll compartment. A cable extends from the pulley through an opening in the cover such that, with the cover member opened, the cable passes through the opening in the cover member to pass through the compartment to the ground below the compartment. An element such as a hook or a grapple is carried on the cable for lifting a roll of the wrapping material by the winch into the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventor: Elgin Routledge
  • DEVICE FOR LIFTING BALE WRAPPING ROLLS
    Publication number: 20080121119
    Abstract: A baler is modified to include a device for lifting rolls of bale wrapping material into the baler where the lifting device includes a winch having a frame and a guide arranged to be mounted on the housing of the baler at a rear wall thereof above a cover member over the roll compartment. A cable extends from the pulley through an opening in the cover such that, with the cover member opened, the cable passes through the opening in the cover member to pass through the compartment to the ground below the compartment. An element such as a hook or a grapple is carried on the cable for lifting a roll of the wrapping material by the winch into the compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventor: Elgin Routledge
  • Discharge control for the tail gate of a truck
    Patent number: 5934731
    Abstract: A discharge control apparatus for the rear slide gate on the tail gate of a truck box comprises a rod mounted horizontally across the tailgate from a free beyond one side of the tail gate. The rod is formed in two portions which can divided as a coupler between a center section of the tail gate and a side section of the tailgate. The rod portion of the center section is connected by a pair of cranks to the slide gate. A lever on the free end of the rod can be rotated manually and the rod locked at a required position to hold the slide gate at the required opening. The coupling can be disconnected by pulling the side rod portion away from the center rod portion to allow the center section to be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Elgin Routledge
    Inventor: Elgin Routledge