Patents Examined by Jessica H Lutz
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Patent number: 10806067Abstract: A land roller is provided the can be transformed between a transport position and an operating position by at least one actuator. The land roller can have a center section with a center roller, a hitch member connected to the center section, a first wing section pivotally connected at a first end to the center section and having a first wing roller, a second wing section pivotally connected at a first end to the center section and having a second wing roller. The at least one actuator can rotate a first rotating member that pivots the first wing section and rotate a second rotating member that pivots the second wing section to transform the land roller from the transport position into the operating position. The at least one actuator is unconnected to the first rotating member and the second rotating member.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Degelman Industries LPInventors: Miles Evans, Kelly Lucas, Scott R. Degelman
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Patent number: 10798864Abstract: A row unit for a work vehicle includes a row unit frame, a gauge wheel, and a gauge wheel coupling assembly that attaches the gauge wheel to the row unit frame at a lateral position with respect to the row unit frame. The gauge wheel coupling assembly supports the gauge wheel for lateral movement to change the lateral position of the gauge wheel. The gauge wheel coupling assembly includes a coarse adjust coupling and a fine adjust coupling. The coarse adjust coupling is configured for selectively adjusting, at a first increment, the lateral position of the gauge wheel. The fine adjust coupling is configured for selectively adjusting, at a second increment, the lateral position of the gauge wheel. The first increment is larger than the second increment.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Jacob D. Salowitz, Tiago Mezzomo
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Patent number: 10779453Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a main frame, a rotating blade assembly operatively connected to the main frame, the rotating blade assembly comprising a shaft having a plurality of blades mounted thereto, and a first grader blade and a second grader blade operatively connected to the main frame. Both the first grader blade and the second grader blade follow the rotating blade assembly such that in operation the plurality of blades positioned along the rotating blade assembly chop up a soil heave into smaller pieces of dirt and may for provide for pushing the soil towards a center. The first grader and the second grader may further push the dirt towards the center.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: SOIL-MAX, INC.Inventors: Bryan David Horsman, Joseph Henry Irwin, Jr.
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Patent number: 10772252Abstract: A tillage implement having a frame member extending in a fore-aft direction of the implement, the frame member pivotally connected in a foldable configuration, the frame member comprising a main frame section; a first wing section and a second wing section, each being pivotally connected at opposing lateral sides of the main frame section in the fore-aft direction; and a middle breaker including a first disc coupled to the main frame section, the first disc laterally offset from a centerline of the middle breaker extending in the fore-aft direction, the first disc having a concave side facing towards the centerline, and a second disc coupled to the main frame section, laterally offset from the centerline of the middle breaker, the second disc having a concave side facing towards the centerline.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Shawn J. Becker, David L. Steinlage, Mark D. Beeck, Andrew J. Peterson, John W. Gisler, Narayanan E. Esakkimuthu
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Patent number: 10757852Abstract: A rear tow hitch assembly connectable to a work tool assembly on a first agricultural implement to tow a second agricultural implement behind the first agricultural implement is provided. The first agricultural implement can be transformable between an operating position and a transport position by pivoting the work tool assembly upwards around a first axis. The rear tow hitch assembly can be shaped to clear the work tool assembly when the first agricultural implement is transformed between the operating position and the transport position while a rear tow hitch assembly remains connected to the second agricultural implement during the transformation.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Degelman Industries LPInventors: René Thielicke, Jeff Pridmore
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Patent number: 10743453Abstract: A basket rotates about a basket axis with respect to an implement frame when moving in a direction of travel. The basket includes first and second end plates and a plurality of blades extending therebetween. The blades engage the ground surface as the basket rotates and each include a first end and a second end positioned closer to the basket than the first end. The basket defines an internal volume between the first and second end plates and the second ends of the blades. An internal scraper is positioned within the internal volume of the basket such that a portion of the internal scraper extends rearward of a vertical plane extending through the basket axis in the direction of travel and vertically away from the ground surface above a horizontal second plane extending through the basket axis. The internal scraper extends at an acute angle with respect to horizontal.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Jacob W. Cross, Anthony Sikora, Greg T. Buse, Bryan D. Blauwet
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Patent number: 10718097Abstract: A mining machine includes a frame, a boom coupled to the frame, a handle coupled to the frame and a dipper coupled to the handle. The handle includes an extension, and a bail is coupled directly to the extension, such that the bail is isolated from the dipper.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Joy Global Surface Mining IncInventors: William J. Hren, Ethan J. Pedretti
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Patent number: 10701871Abstract: A system for cooling the temperature of a body of water having a top surface exposed to sunlight comprises hydrophilic balls distributed on, and in direct contact with, at least part of the top surface characterized prior to the distribution by a pre-distribution surface area. The balls have diameters within a range of 100 microns to 3 mm, and albedos within a range of 0.15-1.0. The balls comprise recycled glass and air-entrapping pores. The hydrophilic surfaces of the balls provide a total wetted surface area after the distribution greater than the pre-distribution surface area of the water, facilitating the cooling.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Inventor: Leslie A Field
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Patent number: 10689827Abstract: A spreader bar including two spaced apart opposite end portions, each end portion having a first connection point for connecting a lower hoist chain thereto and a second connection point for connecting an upper hoist chain thereto, said second connection point being spaced from said first connection point towards the opposite end portion by a first predetermined distance, said predetermined distance being selected such that in use an upper hoist chain connected thereto makes a smaller angle with the longitudinal axis of the spreader bar than would an upper hoist chain connected to the first connection point.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: 2MT Mining Products Pty Ltd.Inventors: David Garnet John Conroy, Michael John Swinscoe, Gayan Asanga Perera
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Patent number: 10645860Abstract: In one aspect, a system for monitoring the condition of a seedbed within a field may include an implement having a plurality of ground-engaging tools supported by a frame, with the implement being configured to create or be traversed across a seedbed extending downwardly within the field from an outer seedbed surface to a seedbed floor. The system may also include an auxiliary support arm coupled to a portion of the frame at or adjacent to the aft end of the frame and a seedbed surface detection assembly coupled to the auxiliary support arm such that the seedbed surface detection assembly is located behind the ground-engaging tools relative to a forward travel direction of the implement. The seedbed surface detection assembly may be configured to detect variations in a profile of the outer seedbed surface as the implement is moved in the forward travel direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Michael G. Kovach
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Patent number: 10631461Abstract: A system and method for extracting and densifying agricultural plastic from a crop bed includes a mower configured to cut plant material on a crop bed. The mower includes a frame, and a brush and blade attached to the frame. The brush is preferably configured to sweep plant material along the edge of the crop bed into the path of the blade. The system further includes an extractor system having an extractor head assembly for lifting the agricultural plastic from the crop bed after mowing is completed. Embodiments of the extractor system may include a frame, a roller rotatably attached to the frame, and an extractor head assembly positioned rearward of the roller. Agricultural plastic engaged by the extractor head assembly is pulled over the roller. The system may include a winding device configured to densify the agricultural plastic after it has been extracted and lifted off the bed.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: ANDROS ENGINEERINGInventors: Matthew James Andros, Harrison Honerkamp, Thomas Richard Klippenstein, Simon Torres
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Patent number: 10633820Abstract: A dozing blade assembly includes a dozing blade and a multi-piece cutter mounted to the dozing blade and including an elongate body having a first outer body piece and a second outer body piece that are mirror images of one another, and each including an inboard stem having a linear leading edge profile, and an integral outboard end bit having a curvilinear leading edge profile. The outer body pieces are structured for mounting to the dozing blade such that digging faces of the outer body pieces are oriented at a shallower angle than digging faces of the middle body piece, relative to a horizontal plane.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Thomas Congdon, Nathan Bjerke
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Patent number: 10624253Abstract: In one aspect, a system for monitoring the condition of a seedbed within a field may include an implement having a plurality of ground-engaging tools supported by the frame, with the implement being configured to create or be traversed across a seedbed extending downwardly within the field from an outer seedbed surface to a seedbed floor. The system may also include an auxiliary support arm coupled to a portion of the frame at or adjacent to the aft end of the frame and a seedbed floor detection assembly coupled to the auxiliary support arm such that the seedbed floor detection assembly is located behind the ground-engaging tools relative to a forward travel direction of the implement. The seedbed floor detection assembly may be configured to detect variations in a profile of the seedbed floor as the implement is moved in the forward travel direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Michael G. Kovach
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Patent number: 10609861Abstract: A sod harvester can include an auxiliary stacking conveyor for stacking or folding slabs of sod on a conveyor prior to the stacked/folded slabs being removed from a stacking conveyor by a stacking head. The auxiliary stacking conveyor can be configured to receive a leading slab of sod and then stack the leading slab on top of a trailing slab while the trailing slab is being advanced along a conveyor. The auxiliary stacking conveyor can also be configured to partially receive a slab of sod and then reverse direction to cause the slab to be folded backwards on top of itself while being advanced along a conveyor. Different configurations can be employed to cause slabs to be selectively positioned on an auxiliary stacking conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: FireFly Automatix, Inc.Inventors: Steven R. Aposhian, Eric E. Aston, William M. Decker, Samuel H. Drake, Daniel A. Aposhian, Matthew G. Aposhian
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Patent number: 10604902Abstract: A frame assembly for supporting an implement on a vehicle includes a support frame attachable to the vehicle, a lever pivotable on the support frame between a first and second positions, and a biasing assembly connecting the lever to the support frame. The implement is connectable to the lever via an implement support frame. The biasing assembly is movable between an extended position and a compressed position and is biased toward the extended position. The lever and the biasing assembly define an acute angle that opens toward the vehicle when the support frame is removably attached to the vehicle and the lever is in the first position.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: SOUCY INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Jeremie Aubin-Marchand, Karen Provencher, Normand Roy, Michael Bergeron, Yan Roger
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Patent number: 10557347Abstract: A mining machine assembly includes a dipper having a main body, the main body having a front side, a back side, a bottom side, and a top side. A ground engagement portion extends from the front side, the ground engagement portion including digging teeth. The mining machine assembly also includes a hoist rope attachment assembly coupled to the dipper. The hoist rope attachment assembly is configured to directly couple a hoist rope to the dipper. The hoist rope attachment assembly includes a cam having a first portion extending from the top side of the main body of the dipper, and a second portion that extends from the first portion and away from the main body and digging teeth.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Joy Global Surface Mining IncInventor: Matthew L. Gross
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Patent number: 10557237Abstract: A curbstone deflector for protection of the lateral end region of a snow-clearing strip attached to a snowplow clearing blade has a round or polygonally rounded-off wear edge and a recess that surrounds the end region of the snow-clearing strip, which recess has a front support surface supported on the front side of the snow-clearing strip from the front, and a lateral support surface supported on the side edge of the snow-clearing strip from the side, wherein the front support surface can be braced against the front side of the snow-clearing strip via a screw connection. The expanse of the front support surface in the longitudinal direction of the snow-clearing strip is greater by at least 1.2 times, preferably by 1.5 times than the distance between the lateral support surface and the wear edge of the curbstone deflector.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Kueper GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Roland Kueper
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Patent number: 10544562Abstract: A dragline bucket comprises a base member, a first side member extending from the base member and including a first top edge, a second side member extending from the base member, and a rear member extending from the base member and including a second top edge, a mouth for receiving material into the bucket, and a first beveled wall extending from the first side member forming a first compound angle with the base member and a second beveled wall extending from the rear member proximate the first beveled wall forming a second compound angle with the base member.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: Michael Robert Stolz
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Patent number: 10542652Abstract: The asymmetrical head of a shovel incorporates a vertically oriented metatarsal edge extending upwardly from the tip of the head to a recessed offset dorsal edge offset along the entire length of the dorsal edge from the tip of the head. The construction of the head permits it to function both as a pivot and as a lever, as well as facilitating the initial penetration of the head in soil.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Inventor: Jon K Curry
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Patent number: 10538896Abstract: A hoist drum is disclosed for use with a power shovel. The hoist drum may have a body that is hollow and generally cylindrical, and an anchor connected to an outer annular surface of the body. The hoist drum may also have at least one stiffener located inside the body and extending in an axial direction of the body across the anchor.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining LLCInventors: Jason J. Trotnow, Gurbachan S. Bumraw
