Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Tesluck

Thomas R. Tesluck 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: 4335562
    Abstract: A rock trap for a farm vehicle such as a combine or the like removes rocks from crops being harvested thus preventing rocks from entering the threshing area of the combine. Crop material is fed through a feeder house toward a drum and all the crop material moves under the drum. Rocks are forced by the drum into a storage trap. The crop material is then fed to the threshing area. The storage trap opens when full to drop the rocks on the ground and the storage trap also opens when a large rock is forced against the trap by the drum. Thus the rocks which enter the feeder house do not reach the threshing area of the combine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1982
    Inventors: Alma D. Meyers, Robert L. Tesluck, Thomas R. Tesluck