Patents by Inventor Gary E. Pogue

Gary E. Pogue 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: 5611291
    Abstract: A combined soil agitation and aerating apparatus comprises a frame which is pulled by a tractor over untilled pasture land. A cylindrical drum is rotatably supported on the frame by a co-rotatable axial shaft. A plurality of rigid prongs are provided on the cylindrical surface of the drum which penetrate, agitate and aerate the soil as a drum is rolled over the land to be seeded. A seed dispensing unit is mounted behind and parallel to the drum and is driven by a driving connection with the shaft that rotatably supports the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Pogue Seed Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Gary E. Pogue
  • Patent number: 4261139
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for flame treating seed, particularly seed having awn. The method and apparatus entails passing awned seed through successive flame treating stages with cooling periods between successive flame treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Inventor: Gary E. Pogue