Patents by Inventor Elmo Carmichael

Elmo Carmichael 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: 4078366
    Abstract: The combination of a tractor, a swather of the type including a center rear discharge towed behind the tractor and a side delivery rake towed behind the swather. First towing structure is utilized to couple the side delivery rake to the swather for towing therebehind and second towing structure is utilized to towingly couple the swather behind the tractor. The first and second towing structures are operative to inversely laterally shift the side delivery rake relative to the swather and the swather relative to the prime mover. In this manner, movement of the combination along parallel side-by-side paths, while moving in opposite directions, may result in windrowing of the cuttings made by the swather in a single windrow and it is therefore possible for a baler or other pick-up device to pick up the cuttings of the swather as a result of the pick-up or baling structure making only one-half the number of passes made by the swather and the baler is capable of forming tighter and heavier bales.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Inventor: Elmo Carmichael