Patents by Inventor Alan Schaefer

Alan Schaefer 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).

  • Publication number: 20010047640
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus are provided for forming and individually wrapping round bales of high moisture forage within a bale forming chamber of a round baler. The bales are wrapped to cover their side surfaces and an outer peripheral portion of the ends of the bale with plastic, leaving an unwrapped central portion of the bale ends. The individually wrapped bales are placed adjacent each other end-to-end, such that the wrapped end surfaces of the individually wrapped bales are adjacent each other. By slamming the wrapped bales together end-to-end, the O-ring of plastic on each end of the bales will cooperate to form an air tight seal with an adjacent bale. In one embodiment, a baler is provided with a mechanism for altering the profile of the ends of the bale as it is being formed within the baler. The purpose of the altered profile is to let a wrapping material be brought down over the ends of the bale while the bale is rotating within the baler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Applicant: Hay Wrap, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Schaefer
  • Patent number: 5056467
    Abstract: An animal operated insecticide spray delivery system operably enclosed in a barrel housing having an access opening to a feed source inside the barrel. The barrel is suspended in space such that the animal must thrust the head into the access opening to operate the spray delivery system. Should an animal butt the barrel, it will simply swing out of the way and in doing that it will lift which is not the habit of an animal to lift its head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Inventor: Alan Schaefer