Patents Issued in July 20, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170202127
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pivoting support wheel (2), which is aligned and pushed forwards, for a reversible plough (1), said wheel guiding the reversible plough into a determined working position and has self-guiding properties which prevent adverse lateral forces to the plough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Josef SIEBERS
  • Publication number: 20170202128
    Abstract: A multi-coupler assembly for a work vehicle includes a first bank of fluid connectors, a second bank of fluid connectors configured to matingly engage the first bank of fluid connectors along a coupling axis, and a coupler mechanism coupled to the first bank of fluid connectors. The coupler mechanism is controllable to bring the second fluid connector bank into mating engagement with the first fluid connector bank. A breakaway feature is integrated into the coupler mechanism. The breakaway feature facilitates controlled disengagement of the first fluid connector bank from the second fluid connector bank along the coupling axis during a breakaway event, such as when an implement inadvertently detaches from the work vehicle. The breakaway feature may permit controlled disengagement of the first and second fluid connector banks without requiring movement of the coupler mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Robert C. Emmert, Michael A. Holland, Fernando Sandoval, Nathanael Rehn
  • Publication number: 20170202129
    Abstract: A guide system for use with breakaway cables of a sprayer boom of an agricultural sprayer is provided that may include multiple guides for the cables. One of the guides may provide a barrier to physical contact between the cables and the other guide or other potential pinch points to eliminate instances of breakaway cable pinching. This may be done by way of a guide tube through which the cable extends, with the guide tube preventing physical contact between the cable and a pair of rollers of a roller guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Jade Abner, John Paul Honermann
  • Publication number: 20170202130
    Abstract: An improved assembly for adjustably mounting a gauge wheel arm to the frame of a row unit may include a pivot pin connected on the frame, a bushing freely rotatably mounted on the pivot pin for engagement with the gauge wheel arm such that rotation of the bushing with respect to the gauge wheel arm moves the gauge wheel arm axially, and a locking element that integrates the gauge wheel arm with the bushing so that there is no relative movement therebetween as the gauge wheel arm rotates with respect to the pivot pin
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Chad A. Schoolman, Alan R. Behrends
  • Publication number: 20170202131
    Abstract: A method includes generating a non-continuous curvature end-of-row turn path for an agricultural vehicle, wherein the non-continuous curvature end-of-row turn path includes a plurality of initial segments that are curved or straight, adding at least one continuity segment between each of the initial segments, wherein the at least one continuity segment is a clothoid segment, and the initial segments and the at least one continuity segment combine to form a continuous curvature end-of-row turn path, and implementing the continuous end-of-row turn path, displaying the continuous end-of-row turn path, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Nathan Eric Bunderson, Daniel John Morwood, Brian Robert Ray, Peter John Dix, Brendan Paul McCarthy, Bret Todd Turpin, Brett McClelland
  • Publication number: 20170202132
    Abstract: A seed planter adjustment system includes at least one component of a seed planter that is adjustable for controlling a seed planting depth. Also included is a controller in operative communication with the at least one component. Further included is a user interface in electronic communication with the controller, the user interface receiving an adjustment command from an operator to remotely adjust the at least one component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Brian G. Maust, Christopher R. Douglas, Addney T. Biery
  • Publication number: 20170202133
    Abstract: A hand-held spreader is provided having a housing with a compartment for particulate material, a chamber below the compartment having a bottom wall with a circular aperture, an impeller mounted for rotation in the chamber along such bottom wall responsive to a hand crank, a discharge opening, and a path along which the particulate material passes into the chamber for discharge via the discharge opening. The impeller has an outer circular periphery proximal to and extending over an outer edge of the aperture to form a gap between the impeller and the bottom wall of the chamber that seals the gap from the particulate material larger than the gap from entering under the impeller and risking obstruction of impeller rotation. Any particulate material that enters the gap passes downward through the aperture to enable self-cleaning of particulate material that would otherwise collect under the impeller in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: NEIL J. ROSENBAUM, HOWARD S. RYAN, FRED A. MARCONI, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170202134
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cultivating vegetation at an arid location includes rooting immature vegetation in a mat combined with a super absorbent polymer (“SAP”) and, in embodiments, fertilizer, sand, and/or soil; placing the mat at the arid location; and covering the mat with a perforated, transparent or semi-transparent cover. Most or all of the apparatus can be biodegradable or removable, and the sand or soil can be similar to indigenous sand or soil. A water barrier can be placed below the mat. The cover can be placed on or suspended above the mat. SAP, seeds, and/or additional water barriers can be placed between mats in a stack. The opacity of the cover can be increased to emulate shade from natural vegetation. A water distribution system can be included for continued support of the vegetation, and can include a water reservoir and/or at least one solar still.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Gary E Abeles
  • Publication number: 20170202135
    Abstract: A material spreader has an auger drive assembly and a slinger disc that are simultaneously driven by a mule-drive assembly. The mule-drive assembly is configured to be connected to and powered by a power-take off drive of vehicle, such as a tractor. The auger drive assembly includes a concentric auger drive shaft disposed within a tubular auger shaft and a step-down gearbox. The auger drive shaft is connected to the input of the step-down gearbox and the tubular auger shaft is connected to the output of the same gearbox. This arrangement allows the tubular auger shaft to rotate at a slower speed than the auger drive shaft and provides a compact assembly of the material spreader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Johnny Lee Sides, Jonathon Babek
  • Publication number: 20170202136
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a lawn mowing apparatus are described. Such apparatus may include sensors that are fastened to both its mower deck and its chassis. The sensors may sense a position of the mower deck in relation to the chassis. The sensed position of the mower deck may be presented to the operator via a dashboard display of the lawn tractor or transmitted via a wireless signal to another device. Based on such sensed position, an operator of the lawn tractor may manually adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable operating range. In some embodiments, servomotors may used to adjust the position of the mower deck until the sensed position of the mower deck is within an acceptable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth Joseph Dombrowski, Grant Kiel, Brian Todd Reese
  • Publication number: 20170202137
    Abstract: Provided is a battery-powered working machine including a protective bracket which is able to be secured to a casing while being in engagement with a battery pack, which is capable of preventing theft of the battery pack, and which separates a casing-side connection terminal from a battery-side connection terminal at a distance to keep the casing-side and battery-side connection terminals and out of contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi MOMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170202138
    Abstract: A lawnmower includes a chassis with a rear portion provided with rear wheels having a stationary axis of rotation (R) and a front portion provided with at least one pivoting front wheel, a motorised cutting unit rigidly connected to the chassis, and a handlebar. The handlebar is mounted on at least one rear rigid extension of the rear portion of the chassis, hinged about a hinging axis (G) parallel to the axis of rotation of the rear wheels between at least one operating position and a maintenance position in which the handlebar is folded towards the front portion of the chassis, and the front portion of the chassis is provided with a lock for locking the handlebar in the maintenance position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Roger PELLENC
  • Publication number: 20170202139
    Abstract: A lawn mower lifting system for selectively raising and lowering a lawn mower deck includes a lawn mower that has a deck. A lifting unit is provided and the lifting unit includes a front wheel. The lifting unit is movably coupled to the deck and the front wheel may roll along a support surface. The lifting unit threadably engages the front wheel. Thus, the lifting unit may space the deck a selected distance from the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Hugh Durham, Georgia Durham
  • Publication number: 20170202140
    Abstract: A mower deck side discharge chute mounting includes a wire form hinge having a first leg, a second leg that is collinear with the first leg, and an intermediate mounting portion attached directly to a multi-blade mower deck between the first leg and the second leg. A side discharge chute pivots on the wire form hinge and can be installed or removed from the wire form hinge only if the chute is in a raised position relative to the mower deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Ivan Jesus Lopez, Juan Luis Lara, Kyle T. Ressler
  • Publication number: 20170202141
    Abstract: An edger has a main frame that can be advanced controllably relative to subjacent terrain and a cutting assembly on the main frame. A drive rotates the cutting assembly around a first axis. The cutting assembly is configured to produce a trench in underlying terrain as the cutting assembly is rotated by the drive in operation. The cutting assembly has a perimeter edge with a contour extending over an axial distance. A shielding assembly defines a radially inwardly facing surface that resides radially outside of the perimeter edge of the cutting assembly. The radially inwardly facing surface has a shape that is at least nominally matched to the contour of an axial extent of the perimeter edge of the cutting assembly so that as the cutting assembly rotates the radially inwardly facing surface and perimeter edge of the cutting assembly cooperate to each avoid buildup of foreign matter on the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph John Zenkus, Eric Kar Wai Lee
  • Publication number: 20170202142
    Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes a chassis and a residue handling system carried by the chassis. The residue handling system includes a set of rotating knives disposed in a housing, a first set of counter-knives, and a residue pivoting platform and/or a second set of counter-knives. Crop residue travels through the system in a residue flow direction. The first set of counter-knives are configured to enter the housing proximate to the set of rotating knives. The residue pivoting platform is positioned proximate to the first set of counter-knives in an upstream direction relative to the crop residue flow direction. The second set of counter-knives are configured to enter the housing proximate to the set of rotating knives. The second set of counter-knives are in a downstream direction relative to the crop residue flow from at least one of the residue pivoting platform and the first set of counter-knives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Mark D. Dilts, Nathan E. Isaac, Austin L. Jackson, Cooper W. Linde
  • Publication number: 20170202143
    Abstract: A machine is controlled to operate according to a first control configuration. Enhancement criteria values, that are indicative of an enhancement metric, are evaluated based on operation in the first control configuration. The machine is then controlled to operate according to a second control configuration, and the enhancement criteria are again evaluated. The machine is iteratively switched between operating in the first and second control configurations until a signal-to-background-variation-ratio with respect to the evaluated enhancement criteria is sufficient. One of the first and second control configurations are then identified as corresponding to a best enhancement criteria value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Michael S. Garton
  • Publication number: 20170202144
    Abstract: Method of calibrating a header height controller responsive to signal outputs from a plurality of height sensors mounted to a header, the signal outputs are variable in magnitude with respect to changes in height of the header relative to a surface. The methods automatically and accurately calibrate header control systems to eliminate the need for manual calibration and provides feedback to the operator to ensure the quality of the calibration and to assist the operator in identify potential problems with sensors or header setup which could affect the operation and performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Schlipf, Johnathan Rassi, Nathan Virkler
  • Publication number: 20170202145
    Abstract: Improved doffer discs for spindle-type cotton picker harvesters providing reduced vibration, increased wear resistance, and more efficient doffing are disclosed. Doffer lugs having an asymmetric profile, with an essentially perpendicular leading face and sloped trailing face provide more aggressive and efficient doffing, reduced wear and vibration, and increased yields. Use of a loop having a concave rim provides improved stiffness, reducing flexing and vibration. Several embodiments for use with row units from major equipment manufacturers are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Galekos Dimitrios and Co OE
    Inventor: Dimitrios Gkalekos
  • Publication number: 20170202146
    Abstract: A continuous windrow merger has a frame that supports center, right and left pickup assemblies. The pickup assemblies each include a pickup head and a conveyor assembly. The pickup head has a cylindrical reel and a plurality of tines extending radially outwardly from the reel. The pickup head is arranged to pickup and deliver crop material rearward to the conveyor assembly. The conveyor assembly has a draper belt with an upper surface arranged to receive crop material from the pickup head and transfer the crop material in a lateral direction. The draper belt is mounted with the upper surface sloping downwardly and rearwardly from the pickup head. The merger has a folded configuration for transport in which the right and left wing frame sections extend generally vertically above the center frame section. The frame can be attached to the front of a self-propelled traction unit or towed behind a tractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Randall J. Clark, Russell J. Kempf
  • Publication number: 20170202147
    Abstract: An improved stack bed wagon is provided for pickup of one or more mid-size or big bales in an agricultural field for transport that simultaneously tilts and rotates a longitudinal bale 90 degrees upwardly and transversely over, adjacent, and along the forward upper edge of a stack bed for pushback onto the stack bed for transport or for consolidation with one or more similar bales in a single layer stack load on the stack bed that can be offloaded from the wagon to the field for later pickup and movement or that can be used for transport of the stack load for deposit in a different place or that can be used for the retrieval of a stack load from a field, ground, or storage surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: LELAND K. MILLSAP
  • Publication number: 20170202148
    Abstract: A harvesting device, in particular, for harvesting cereals, rice, grains or seeds, has a crop stripper with a nose hood for determining a working width, an inclined chute, a threshing device, a separation device, a cleaning-air channel, and preferably a cleaning device, a bulk material conveyor and/or a cutting and/or crushing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Lucian Andrej FINK
  • Publication number: 20170202149
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a harvester capable of continuous bailing of crop material, particularly to a harvester comprising a crop supply chamber positioned in front of a bale chamber, capable of storing crop material during the wrapping of a bale of harvested crop material, and a conveyor system, capable of transporting crop material into the bale chamber. The crop supply chamber further comprises a supply inlet at the bottom of the crop supply chamber and a movable control plate positioned within the crop supply chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Kevin M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20170202150
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a harvester capable of continuous bailing of crop material, particularly to a harvester comprising a crop supply chamber positioned in front of a bale chamber, capable of storing crop material during the wrapping of a bale of harvested crop material, and a deflection system, capable of allowing crop material to enter into the bale chamber. The crop supply chamber further comprises a supply inlet at the bottom of the crop supply chamber and a movable control plate positioned within the crop supply chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Kevin M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20170202151
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a harvester capable of continuous bailing of crop material, particularly to a harvester comprising a crop supply chamber positioned in front of a bale chamber, capable of storing crop material during the wrapping of a bale of harvested crop material. The crop supply chamber further comprises a supply inlet at the bottom of the crop supply chamber, a movable control plate positioned within the crop supply chamber, and a movable rear wall capable of adjusting the size of the supply inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Kevin M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20170202152
    Abstract: An agricultural baler includes a main bale chamber, and a plunger reciprocally movable within the main bale chamber through a compression stroke and a return stroke. The plunger has a duty cycle with a maximum power requirement, a minimum power requirement, and an average power requirement over the duty cycle. The baler further includes an auxiliary power system which is configured for transmitting power to the driveline to offset the duty cycle of the plunger and thereby establish a substantially constant power requirement at the driveline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Alessandro Benevelli
  • Publication number: 20170202153
    Abstract: A consumer product for supplementing carbon dioxide is provided with delayed activation control in the form of a clamp. A bag, having a top and a bottom seal and a filter, contains a mycelial mass prepared under sterile laboratory conditions using aseptic techniques. The bag may be selectively clamped at various locations on its exterior. During manufacturing, the mycelial mass is sealed away from the air exchange portal by the clamp. The manipulation delays the optimized carbon dioxide generation and extends the product shelf-life significantly. The fungi are utilized on-demand by removal of the clamp and carbon dioxide flows from the product. Consumers will place the product near indoor plants. The precise clamping method delays the expiration of the product for storage and shipping optimization. The clamp is relocated to the top of the bag in order to provide a hanger for the carbon dioxide generator above plant level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Glen Babcock, Wendy Babcock Garrett
  • Publication number: 20170202154
    Abstract: A plant cultivation method is provided and includes grasping tide-generating force (e.g., relative gravity acceleration), and controlling plant growth conditions (e.g., lighting condition) according to the variation in the tide-generating force. A plant cultivation device is provided and has a growing space for cultivating a plant and includes a grasper for grasping a tide-generating force, and a growth conditions controller for controlling a plant growth conditions in the growing space according to the variation in the tide-generating force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuko YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170202155
    Abstract: In the soil cultivation system (80) equipped with a solar panel, a light transmitting region (A) is provided in a solar panel (50), and thus a larger amount of light is captured into a frame unit and can thereby be utilized for the cultivation of agricultural plants (P1, P2). Double-sided light receiving solar cells (52) are adopted in the solar panel (50), and thus light reflected off an agricultural ground surface, the agricultural plants (P1, P2), a sheet-shaped member and the like can be effectively utilized for power generation. In this way, it is possible to compensate for a reduction in the area of the solar cells caused by the formation of the transmitting regions A, and it is possible to obtain a large amount of power generated while acquiring the amount of light on the agricultural plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Masayuki IWAI
  • Publication number: 20170202156
    Abstract: A hydroponic electroculture system is disclosed for use in a hydroponic growing environment. In at least one embodiment, an at least one electroculture unit is positioned in fluid communication with the hydroponic growing environment and provides a conductive core comprising an absorbing layer sandwiched between a pair of opposing first and second conductive layers; each of the first and second conductive layers being in electrical communication with an at least one electrical wire. With the absorbing layer saturated with the fluid of the hydroponic growing environment, an electrical current is selectively delivered to each of the first and second conductive layers which, in turn, forms a reaction within the absorbing layer that causes an off-gassing of oxygen and hydrogen in the form of bubbles to be delivered, along with the electrical current in the fluid, to the roots of an at least one plant in the hydroponic growing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Nano Evaporative Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Harms
  • Publication number: 20170202157
    Abstract: A horticultural lighting apparatus for illuminating a plant comprises a lighting module with multiple lighting elements. The lighting module is restricted to operating in a plurality of discrete modes which emit light with different discrete spectral compositions, by emitting light from the lighting elements in different predetermined combinations. These modes comprise a growth mode configured with a spectrum that promotes growth of the plant, and at least one steering mode configured with a spectrum that steers another biological process of the plant, wherein at least one of the lighting elements is arranged to emit in both the growth and steering modes. The apparatus further comprises a controller arranged to switch the lighting module between the plurality of discrete modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: GABRIEL-EUGEN ONAC, MARCELLINUS PETRUS CAROLUS MICHAEL KRIJN, ESTHER MARIA VAN ECHTELT, CÉLINE CATHERINE SARAH NICOLE
  • Publication number: 20170202158
    Abstract: The plain growth container is heated by the temperature controlled flexible electrical heating blanket or heating element panel which covers the inside or outside surface of the walls or bottom of the container. The proposed construction allows to maintain the desired warmth of the roots at all stages of the plant development, to promote efficient convective air flow in the plant growing medium, to use DC or AC electric power with optional electromagnetic field cancellation and to use optional antimicrobial additives inside the heating blanket and insulation top cover to prevent mold and disease propagation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Eric KOCHMAN
  • Publication number: 20170202159
    Abstract: An irrigation control system is described for optimizing water used for growing crops. The irrigation control system uses a moisture sensor to measure soil moisture by measuring directly the relative phase velocities of different modes of propagation along a metallic structure mounted to a dielectric substrate. The average phase velocity is a function of the water content of the soil. The water content measurement is then transmitted to a central controller which then, through a set of heuristic algorithms, regulates the water distributed to the soil in a spatial and temporal manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: James Canyon, Robert Bruce Ganton
  • Publication number: 20170202160
    Abstract: An inexpensive wick watering system for potted plants and flowers is disclosed. An inner grower pot containing a plant/flower and soil has holes in its bottom surface along with a central indentation. The outer decorative pot into which the inner pot is inserted has a central protrusion which accepts the central indentation of the inner grower pot and a hole inserted into the center. A Wicking insert is inserted into the bottom of the outer decorative pot before inserting the inner grower pot with holes in its bottom surface. This wicking insert works to transfer water sitting in the volume created between the inner grower pot and the outer decorative pot when the inner grower pot is placed inside the outer decorative pot due to the soil's natural ability to be infiltrated and naturally hydrated by the water. Water that rises up to the hole in the center portion of the outer pot central protrusion drains from the outer pot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Reinhold H. Holtkamp, JR., Lawrence P. Holtkamp
  • Publication number: 20170202161
    Abstract: A planter assembly adaptable to a pole or a wall. The assembly holds a large amount of water for passively watering plants therein at an optimized rate without over-saturating the potting soil. The assembly comprises a shell and a soil insert and a plurality of wicking units. The soil insert is removably nested within the shell. A plurality of wicking units are selectively attachable to the bottom of the soil insert. The wicking units are hollow so that soil from the soil insert falls therein to absorb water from the reservoir in the shell. The wicking units are designed to provide stable support without consuming water volume or adding unnecessarily to the overall weight of the assembly. Overflow ports prevent oversaturation of the potting soil. A bracket can be used to clamp the assembly to a pole. An optional iron cladding basket is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Karl Eckert
  • Publication number: 20170202162
    Abstract: A closed loop system for growing vegetation is provided. The closed loop system includes at least a first transport conveyor and a second transport conveyor. Each of the first and second transport conveyors includes a front end opposite a rear end. The present invention further includes at least a first transfer conveyor. A lighting system is positioned to emit light towards the first transport conveyor and a second transport conveyor. The present invention further includes at least one terrace structure. The first transport conveyor transports at least one terrace structure from the front end to the rear end, the first transfer conveyor transfers the at least one terrace structure from rear end of the first transport conveyor to the front end of the second transport conveyor and the second transport conveyor transports the at least one terrace structure from the front end to the rear end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen A. Dufresne, Isaac Van Geest
  • Publication number: 20170202163
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an aeroponic culture line comprising a surface for separating the follicular space and radicular space, provided with openings for receiving porous culture supports and spray means arranged on the radicular side of the surface. The spray means are designed to produce a spray area that is smaller than 10% of the total area of the separation surface, the spray means being mounted on a carriage that can move in parallel to the separation surface, on the radicular side, in order to periodically cover all of the area of the surface provided with culture supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Raymond Aschheim, Benoit de Combaud, Roland Fasel, Andreas Muller, Raphael Sandoz
  • Publication number: 20170202164
    Abstract: A multilevel aeroponic terrace growing system for growing vegetation within a warehouse is provided. The multilevel aeroponic terrace growing system includes a plurality of terrace structures. Each of the terrace structures include a bottom portion and at least one growing panel. The growing panel extends from the bottom portion at an angle. The growing panel includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer surface includes a plurality of adjoining risers and terrace levels forming a step like structure. A plurality of plant plug openings are formed through each of the terrace levels. A substantially enclosed space is formed in between the bottom portion and the growing panel, thereby enclosing the roots. A lighting system may be positioned to emit light towards the outer surface and on the plants. A mister system may be disposed within the substantially enclosed space and emits a mist to irrigate the roots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen A. Dufresne
  • Publication number: 20170202165
    Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP040 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP040, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP040, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP040, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP040 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP040, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP040, and the impatiens plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro Sato, Shinji Minemura
  • Publication number: 20170202166
    Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP042 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP042, and the impatiens plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro Sato, Shinji Minemura
  • Publication number: 20170202167
    Abstract: A celery cultivar, designated TBG 27, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 27, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 27 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 27 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 27, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 27 and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar TBG 27 with another celery cultivar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: LAWRENCE K. PIERCE
  • Publication number: 20170202168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of melon plants having whitefly resistance, in particular to cultivated melon plants comprising an introgression of a whitefly resistance QTL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Ebenezer OGUNDIWIN, Peter VISSER, Daniel BELLON DOÑA, Jean POULOS
  • Publication number: 20170202169
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Mellita and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Miguel Roca
  • Publication number: 20170202170
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the breeding, production, processing and use of specialty cannabis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Lewis, Michael D. Backes, Matthew W. Giese
  • Publication number: 20170202171
    Abstract: A lettuce cultivar, designated Pasadera, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds, plants and plant parts of lettuce cultivar Pasadera and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Pasadera with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Pasadera, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Pasadera and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Pasadera with another lettuce cultivar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: VICTOR CARL HEINTZBERGER, JOHN CARL HEINTZBERGER
  • Publication number: 20170202172
    Abstract: A device for forming and cooling an initially hot and therefore flowable melted cheese having (a) a first metallic cooling belt capable of moving in a downstream direction; (b) a counter-pressure roller proximal to the first metallic cooling belt; and (c) a rotatable shaping roller disposed proximal to the first metallic cooling belt downstream of the supply nozzle and upstream from the counter-pressure roller, wherein the rotatable shaping roller has a number of molding cavities formed in the surface, which are separated from one another by separating webs, wherein the separating webs are formed by the remaining surface of the rotatable shaping roller, wherein the rotatable shaping roller is capable of applying a pressure by way of the separating webs onto the cooling belt that results in displacement of the still-hot melted cheese from a region of the separating webs lying thereon, so that shaped bodies of melted cheese released from the molding cavities remain on the first metallic cooling belt for cooling
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: HOCHLAND SE
    Inventors: Roland ZEUSCHNER, Walter HARTMANN, Franz STADELMANN
  • Publication number: 20170202173
    Abstract: A method for releasing a cheese from a mould is provided. The mould comprises a first end part, a sleeve formed body and a second end part. The method comprises detaching said first end part from said cheese, turning said mould with said cheese such that said cheese is placed on said first end part, removing said second end part, detaching said cheese from said sleeve formed body by moving said sleeve shaped body downwards relative to said cheese, turning said mould with said cheese upside down such that said first end part is placed on said cheese, removing said first end part, and separating said cheese and said sleeve shaped body by displacing said cheese and said sleeve shaped body relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Harrie SPIJKERMAN, Sikko ROS
  • Publication number: 20170202174
    Abstract: A retractable curtain system is provided and includes a curtain support system, a curtain, and a retraction system. The curtain support system includes a pair of outer walls and an upper frame to provide a curtain receiving space. The curtain covers the curtain receiving space and includes a first non-transparent panel and transparent panel connected to the first non-transparent panel. The retraction system is connected to the curtain to lower and raise the transparent panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Shady Lane Curtains, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel Fisher
  • Publication number: 20170202175
    Abstract: An excreta treatment material in which the effect of chemicals including a perfume can be efficiently and sufficiently exhibited. This excreta treatment material is configured from a plurality of particulate substances, wherein the plurality of particulate substances comprises a mixture of base granules composed of aggregates of a water-absorbing particulate substance and chemical granules composed of aggregates of a chemical-containing particulate substance, the chemical granules moving upward upon application of vibration to the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Chiyo Takagi, Shinya Kaneko, Takeshi Ikegami
  • Publication number: 20170202176
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods that facilitate animal enrichment and breeding in animal containment environments. Provided in certain embodiments are animal containment enrichment compositions that include one or more sheets, where at least one of the one or more sheets comprises an array of scores defining a flat array of strips in the sheet. Provided in certain embodiments are animal containment enrichment compositions that include one or more sheets, where at least one of the one or more sheets comprises an array of scores defining a flat array of sections of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Gilles SPETER, Leroy JENSON