Patents by Inventor Royce L. Ekdahl

Royce L. Ekdahl 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).

  • Boll buggy
    Patent number: 5338140
    Abstract: A boll buggy includes a basket upon a wheeled frame. The basket is translationally elevated to a height so that the bottom of the basket is higher than the top of a module maker. Seed cotton is transferred from the basket into the module maker by chains running along the bottom of the basket and extended panel. Cotton is loaded into the basket on the boll buggy by moving the boll buggy alongside a cotton harvester and extending a load door from the basket to receive cotton from the cotton harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Scott Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Royce L. Ekdahl, C. Minuard Jordan