Patents Assigned to Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
  • Patent number: 11963482
    Abstract: A dual auger grain cart includes a horizontal auger assembly, a vertical auger assembly, and a drive assembly operatively connected to the horizontal and vertical auger assemblies. The horizontal and vertical auger assemblies each include an auger shaft and flighting disposed on the auger shaft. The drive assembly includes a first member operatively connected to the horizontal auger shaft, a second member operatively connected to the vertical auger shaft, and a power input device operatively connected to the first and second drive members to drive rotation of the horizontal and vertical auger shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Schlimgen, Michael D. Van Mill
  • Publication number: 20230227115
    Abstract: A track assembly for a farm implement includes a camber arm mounted in a camber arm housing, a first mounting bracket coupled to the upper connection point on the front end and pivotably coupled to the lower pivot point on the front end, and a second mounting bracket coupled to the upper connection point on the back end and pivotably coupled to the lower pivot point on the back end. The track assembly further includes first and second set arms having idler wheel sets mounted on one end and bogie wheel sets mounted on another end. The first set arm is pivotably coupled to the first mounting bracket, and the second set arm is pivotably coupled to the second mounting bracket, such that the idler wheel sets and bogie wheel sets are movable in opposing vertical directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Van Mill, John WALVATNE
  • Publication number: 20230217862
    Abstract: A dual auger grain cart includes a horizontal auger assembly, a vertical auger assembly, and a drive assembly operatively connected to the horizontal and vertical auger assemblies. The horizontal and vertical auger assemblies each include an auger shaft and flighting disposed on the auger shaft. The drive assembly includes a first member operatively connected to the horizontal auger shaft, a second member operatively connected to the vertical auger shaft, and a power input device operatively connected to the first and second drive members to drive rotation of the horizontal and vertical auger shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. SCHLIMGEN, Michael D. VAN MILL
  • Patent number: 11641805
    Abstract: A farm implement includes a frame, a container mounted on the frame, an intake housing rotatably connected to a front wall of the container proximate to a discharge opening, a first auger assembly, and a second auger assembly. The first auger assembly is disposed in the container and conveys agricultural material through the discharge opening. The second auger assembly is rotatably connected to an outlet of the intake housing and includes an inlet that receives agricultural material from the intake housing and an outlet that discharges agricultural material. The farm implement further includes a first mounting assembly and a second mounting assembly disposed along the front wall. The second auger assembly is mounted on one of the first and second mounting assemblies at an operating position, without being mounted to the other one of the first and second mounting assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc
    Inventors: Ronald J. Schlimgen, Michael D. Van Mill
  • Publication number: 20230093038
    Abstract: A farm implement includes a frame, a container mounted on the frame, an intake housing rotatably connected to a front wall of the container proximate to a discharge opening, a first auger assembly, and a second auger assembly. The first auger assembly is disposed in the container and conveys agricultural material through the discharge opening. The farm implement further includes a first mounting assembly and a second mounting assembly disposed along the front wall. The second auger assembly is mounted on one of the first and second mounting assemblies at an operating position, without being mounted to the other one of the first and second mounting assemblies. The longitudinal axis of the first auger assembly is above a part of the second auger assembly in both of the first and second mounting configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Schlimgen, August Paul Nelson
  • Patent number: 11606907
    Abstract: A dual auger grain cart includes a horizontal auger assembly, a vertical auger assembly, and a drive assembly operatively connected to the horizontal and vertical auger assemblies. The horizontal and vertical auger assemblies each include an auger shaft and flighting disposed on the auger shaft. The drive assembly includes a first member operatively connected to the horizontal auger shaft, a second member operatively connected to the vertical auger shaft, and a power input device operatively connected to the first and second drive members to drive rotation of the horizontal and vertical auger shafts. The arrangement of the first and second members allow the longitudinal axes of the horizontal and vertical auger shafts to be coplanar and the vertical auger flighting to extend at least in part below the longitudinal axis of the horizontal auger shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Schlimgen, Michael D. Van Mill
  • Patent number: 11535316
    Abstract: A farm implement is provided having a frame and first and second track assemblies. The first track assembly has a first track frame, a first idler wheel, and a first brake assembly. The first idler wheel has an inboard side facing toward and an outboard side facing away from a center the first track frame. The first brake assembly has a first disc coupled to the first idler wheel on the outboard side of the first idler wheel, a first caliper couplable to first and second sides of the first disc, and a first torque arm coupled to the first track frame and a spindle of the first idler wheel. The first caliper is mounted on the first torque arm, and is configured to clamp down on the first and second sides of the first disc in order to slow and/or stop rotation of the first idler wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Van Mill, Shawn W. Gerdeman, John Walvatne
  • Publication number: 20220355334
    Abstract: A dry product spreader is provided that includes a bin that includes a bin discharge opening. The dry product spreader further includes a conveyor located at the bottom of the bin. The conveyor is capable of discharging dry product material from the bin through the bin discharge opening. The dry product spreader further includes a spinner assembly for spreading the dry product material and positioned to receive the dry product material from the bin discharge opening. The dry product spreader further includes a material conveyance system to displace dry product material received through the bin discharge opening before the dry product material reaches the spinner assembly. The dry product spreader further includes a distribution manifold configured to receive dry product material displaced by the material conveyance system. The distribution manifold is configured to return dry product material displaced by the material conveyance system to be spread by the spinner assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: August Paul Nelson, Stanley Ray Duncalf, Michael D. Van Mill
  • Patent number: 11299222
    Abstract: A mobile farm implement includes a track assembly with a plurality of arms that are pivotally coupled to support idler wheels and bogie wheels such that the track assembly is able to better conform to the terrain when the implement is towed behind a tractor or otherwise moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Van Mill, Christopher M. Self, John Walvatne
  • Patent number: 11140829
    Abstract: A farm implement includes a frame, a container mounted on the frame, a hitch extending away from a front wall of the container in a first direction, and an auger assembly extending away from the front wall. The auger assembly includes a receiving portion coupled to the container, a lower portion coupled to the receiving portion, an upper portion coupled to the lower portion, a joint assembly coupled to both the upper and lower portions, and a discharge portion coupled to the upper portion. The joint assembly allows the upper portion to pivot about a folding axis between a transport position and an operating position. In the operating position, the lower portion is angled toward the hitch relative to a vertical plane extending transverse to a direction of travel by the farm implement, and the lower portion is angularly offset from the upper portion by a second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: UNVERFERTH MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
    Inventors: Michael D. Van Mill, Ronald J. Schlimgen, Shawn W. Gerdeman
  • Publication number: 20210235623
    Abstract: A farm implement includes a frame, a container mounted on the frame, an intake housing rotatably connected to a front wall of the container proximate to a discharge opening, a first auger assembly, and a second auger assembly. The first auger assembly is disposed in the container and conveys agricultural material through the discharge opening. The second auger assembly is rotatably connected to an outlet of the intake housing and includes an inlet that receives agricultural material from the intake housing and an outlet that discharges agricultural material. The farm implement further includes a first mounting assembly and a second mounting assembly disposed along the front wall. The second auger assembly is mounted on one of the first and second mounting assemblies at an operating position, without being mounted to the other one of the first and second mounting assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. SCHLIMGEN, Michael D. VAN MILL
  • Publication number: 20200367436
    Abstract: A dual auger grain cart includes a horizontal auger assembly, a vertical auger assembly, and a drive assembly operatively connected to the horizontal and vertical auger assemblies. The horizontal and vertical auger assemblies each include an auger shaft and flighting disposed on the auger shaft. The drive assembly includes a first member operatively connected to the horizontal auger shaft, a second member operatively connected to the vertical auger shaft, and a power input device operatively connected to the first and second drive members to drive rotation of the horizontal and vertical auger shafts. The arrangement of the first and second members allow the longitudinal axes of the horizontal and vertical auger shafts to be coplanar and the vertical auger flighting to extend at least in part below the longitudinal axis of the horizontal auger shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. SCHLIMGEN, Michael D. VAN MILL
  • Publication number: 20200359566
    Abstract: A farm implement includes a frame, a container mounted on the frame, an intake housing rotatably connected to a front wall of the container proximate to a discharge opening, a first auger assembly, and a second auger assembly. The first auger assembly is disposed in the container and conveys agricultural material through the discharge opening. The second auger assembly is rotatably connected to an outlet of the intake housing and includes an inlet that receives agricultural material from the intake housing and an outlet that discharges agricultural material. The farm implement further includes a first mounting assembly and a second mounting assembly disposed along the front wall. The second auger assembly is mounted on one of the first and second mounting assemblies at an operating position, without being mounted to the other one of the first and second mounting assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. SCHLIMGEN, Michael D. VAN MILL
  • Patent number: 10743474
    Abstract: A dual auger grain cart includes a horizontal auger assembly, a vertical auger assembly, and a drive assembly operatively connected to the horizontal and vertical auger assemblies. The horizontal and vertical auger assemblies each include an auger shaft and flighting disposed on the auger shaft. The drive assembly includes a first member operatively connected to the horizontal auger shaft, a second member operatively connected to the vertical auger shaft, and a power input device operatively connected to the first and second drive members to drive rotation of the horizontal and vertical auger shafts. The arrangement of the first and second members allow the longitudinal axes of the horizontal and vertical auger shafts to be coplanar and the vertical auger flighting to extend at least in part below the longitudinal axis of the horizontal auger shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: UNVERFERTH MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Schlimgen, Michael D. Van Mill
  • Publication number: 20200077593
    Abstract: A farm implement includes a frame, a container mounted on the frame, a hitch extending away from a front wall of the container in a first direction, and an auger assembly extending away from the front wall. The auger assembly includes a receiving portion coupled to the container, a lower portion coupled to the receiving portion, an upper portion coupled to the lower portion, a joint assembly coupled to both the upper and lower portions, and a discharge portion coupled to the upper portion. The joint assembly allows the upper portion to pivot about a folding axis between a transport position and an operating position. In the operating position, the lower portion is angled toward the hitch relative to a vertical plane extending transverse to a direction of travel by the farm implement, and the lower portion is angularly offset from the upper portion by a second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. VAN MILL, Ronald J. SCHLIMGEN, Shawn W. GERDEMAN
  • Publication number: 20190150353
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a frame having a longitudinal axis and laterally opposed sides and motive supports mounted to and supporting the frame. The agricultural implement further includes a first wing carried by the frame and at least one second wing, in which each second wing is pivotably connected to the first wing. The agricultural implement also includes an elevator mechanism configured to raise and lower the first wing and the second wing. Each second wing is connected to the first wing by a wing pivot assembly that includes a skewed hinge pivotably connecting one of the second wings to the first wing. The wing pivot assembly allows each second wing to pivot with respect to the first wing between an operating position and a transport position, in which the skewed hinge defines a first pivot axis oriented at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph SCHLIMGEN, August Paul NELSON
  • Patent number: 10292322
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a farm implement includes a wing elevation circuit, a wing folding circuit, and a hydraulic valve block assembly. The wing elevation circuit lowers or raises the wings of the farm implement relative to a frame of the farm implement between a first position, in which the wings extend approximately collinear with a lateral axis of the frame, and a second position, in which the wings extend beneath the lateral axis of the frame. The wing folding circuit folds or unfolds the wings between the first position and a transport position, in which the wings are rotated beyond a vertical axis transverse to the lateral axis. The hydraulic valve block assembly is in communication with the wing elevation circuit and the wing folding circuit and controls hydraulic fluid flow in the wing elevation circuit and in the wing folding circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Smith, William C. Maenle
  • Patent number: 10188023
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a frame having a longitudinal axis and laterally opposed sides and motive supports mounted to and supporting the frame. The agricultural implement further includes a first wing carried by the frame and at least one second wing, in which each second wing is pivotably connected to the first wing. The agricultural implement also includes an elevator mechanism configured to raise and lower the first wing and the second wing. Each second wing is connected to the first wing by a wing pivot assembly that includes a skewed hinge pivotably connecting one of the second wings to the first wing. The wing pivot assembly allows each second wing to pivot with respect to the first wing between an operating position and a transport position, in which the skewed hinge defines a first pivot axis oriented at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Schlimgen, August Paul Nelson
  • Patent number: 10098271
    Abstract: A method includes converting a single input flow into two output flows. The method further includes sequencing the output flows to completely raise a machine prior to folding of wings associated with the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Steffan, John Garberson
  • Publication number: 20170354085
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a frame having a longitudinal axis and laterally opposed sides and motive supports mounted to and supporting the frame. The agricultural implement further includes a first wing carried by the frame and at least one second wing, in which each second wing is pivotably connected to the first wing. The agricultural implement also includes an elevator mechanism configured to raise and lower the first wing and the second wing. Each second wing is connected to the first wing by a wing pivot assembly that includes a skewed hinge pivotably connecting one of the second wings to the first wing. The wing pivot assembly allows each second wing to pivot with respect to the first wing between an operating position and a transport position, in which the skewed hinge defines a first pivot axis oriented at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: RONALD JOSEPH SCHLIMGEN, AUGUST PAUL NELSON