Patents Examined by Árpád Fábiá?´ Kovács
  • Patent number: 7650736
    Abstract: A draper cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvester includes a pair of side platform sections, with each side platform section including a side belt. A center platform section is disposed in an area between the side platform sections. The center platform section includes at least one alignment device and at least one latch. A center conveyor assembly is removably attached to the center platform section, and carries a center belt. The center conveyor assembly includes at least one mating alignment device and at least one mating latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Gordon L. Salley, Joseph Oberlander
  • Patent number: 6925792
    Abstract: A fruit harvester for harvesting fruit from a tree includes a shaker vehicle, a boom having a proximal end connected to the shaker vehicle and moveable between an extended position and a retracted position, a shaker head connected to a distal end of the boom, and a fruit deflector carried by the boom. The fruit deflector includes a lower fruit deflecting portion, and an upper fruit deflecting portion. The upper fruit deflecting portion may pivot downward as the boom moves from the retracted position to the extended position, and pivot upward as the boom moves from the extended position to the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Suter, Gregory W. Schrader