Patents by Inventor Joseph Bourgault

Joseph Bourgault 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).

  • Publication number: 20210267110
    Abstract: An implement for clipping weeds in a field, where the weeds are standing taller than the crop. The implement comprises a plurality of rotatable blades on a frame, with variable height adjustment means to elevate the frame and position the blades above the crop but at a level sufficient to clip the upper portions of the weeds, The blades are powered by PTO-driven shaft segments, the segments connected by U-joints, wherein the implement further comprises alignment means for aligning the U-joints so that the frame can be folded for transport without damaging the shafts or U-joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Joseph Bourgault
  • Patent number: 11039562
    Abstract: An implement for clipping weeds in a field, where the weeds are standing taller than the crop. The implement comprises a plurality of rotatable blades on a frame, with variable height adjustment means to elevate the frame and position the blades above the crop but at a level sufficient to clip the upper portions of the weeds, The blades are powered by PTO-driven shaft segments, the segments connected by U-joints, wherein the implement further comprises alignment means for aligning the U-joints so that the frame can be folded for transport without damaging the shafts or U-joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: F.P. Bourgault Tillage Tools Ltd.
    Inventor: Joseph Bourgault
  • Publication number: 20190059196
    Abstract: An implement for clipping weeds in a field, where the weeds are standing taller than the crop. The implement comprises a plurality of rotatable blades on a frame, with variable height adjustment means to elevate the frame and position the blades above the crop but at a level sufficient to clip the upper portions of the weeds, The blades are powered by PTO-driven shaft segments, the segments connected by U-joints, wherein the implement further comprises alignment means for aligning the U-joints so that the frame can be folded for transport without damaging the shafts or U-joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: F.P. Bourgault Tillage Tools Ltd.
    Inventor: Joseph BOURGAULT
  • Publication number: 20180242506
    Abstract: A quick-change harrow tine assembly wherein a first member is selectively and non-rotatably connected to a second member, allowing for replacement of damaged or worn harrow tine segments or tine tips without requiring replacement of the entire coil tine unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph Bourgault, Dean Marvin Bigelow
  • Patent number: 7401742
    Abstract: A temporary heating apparatus comprises a portable heat exchanger which transfers heat from a hot fluid circulating in a primary circulation loop thereof to a heated liquid circulating in a secondary circulation loop thereof. The heat exchanger is connectable to a hot fluid source such that hot fluid from the hot fluid source circulates through the primary circulation loop. A portable remote heating unit comprises a fluid coil releasably connected by flexible conduits to the secondary circulation loop, and a secondary pump is connected to the flexible conduits and the secondary circulation loop to pump heated liquid through the secondary circulation loop, flexible conduits, and the fluid coil of the remote heating unit. The heat exchanger isolates the heating circuit from the hot fluid source, allowing the use of steam as the hot fluid source, and further allowing high pressures in the heating circuit, such as encountered in tall buildings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: DRYAIR, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Dancey, Claude Joseph Bourgault