Patents by Inventor Adolf Liepold

Adolf Liepold 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).

  • Self-propelled hop harvesting machine
    Patent number: 3962851
    Abstract: This invention provides a self-propelled hop picking machine including a hop bine draw-through device which, as the machine moves forward, pulls bines in the path of movement of the machine rearwardly, preferably at a speed greater than the forward speed of travel of the machine, so as to pull such bines from their supporting wires and to convey the bines to picking elements for removal of the hop cones from the bines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Assignee: Fella-Werke G.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Adolf Liepold, Hermann Daum, Helmut Lindner