Patents by Inventor ALAN E. WINICK

ALAN E. WINICK 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).

  • Electric adjusting apparatus for row cleaners
    Patent number: 9137939
    Abstract: An electric adjusting apparatus for a row cleaner has a pair of upright posts connected by a pair of parallel linkages, an electric motor with a lead screw and a motor controller. One of the posts mounts on a fertilizing and/or planting apparatus and the row cleaner mounts on the other post. The electric motor moves the parallel linkages to move the row cleaner up and down without tilting. The motor controller controls the electric motor and displays the depth of the row cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Inventors: Alan E. Winick, Jerry L. Groff
  • ELECTRIC ADJUSTING APPARATUS FOR ROW CLEANERS
    Publication number: 20140262377
    Abstract: An electric adjusting apparatus for a row cleaner has a pair of upright posts connected by a pair of parallel linkages, an electric motor with a lead screw and a motor controller. One of the posts mounts on a fertilizing and/or planting apparatus and the row cleaner mounts on the other post. The electric motor moves the parallel linkages to move the row cleaner up and down without tilting. The motor controller controls the electric motor and displays the depth of the row cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Alan E. Winick, Jerry L. Groff
  • Finger wheel row cleaner
    Patent number: 8596375
    Abstract: A row cleaner includes a wheel mount, a pair of hubs on the wheel mount and a finger wheel on each hub. The hubs are offset relative to each other in the direction of travel, and angled downwardly and inwardly. The finger wheels are concave and have equally spaced fingers. Each finger has three straight edges at selected angles to provide tapering fingers with a specific shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventors: Alan E. Winick, Jerry L. Groff
  • FINGER WHEEL ROW CLEANER
    Publication number: 20090321096
    Abstract: A row cleaner includes a wheel mount, a pair of hubs on the wheel mount and a finger wheel on each hub. The hubs are offset relative to each other in the direction of travel, and angled downwardly and inwardly. The finger wheels are concave and have equally spaced fingers. Each finger has three straight edges at selected angles to provide tapering fingers with a specific shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: ALAN E. WINICK, JERRY L. GROFF