Patents by Inventor Bernard Kersten

Bernard Kersten 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).

  • Corn shelling attachment for combines
    Patent number: 4245948
    Abstract: An auxiliary attachment which may be detachably coupled to the front end of a combine adjacent an inlet opening in the front end. The attachment includes a conveyor for conveying unshelled corn towards the inlet opening and a rotatable rotor for engaging and feeding that corn into and through the opening. The attachment serves to transport unshelled corn into the combine so that the corn shelling apparatus inside the combine can be used to shell dried corn. The attachment is meant to be coupled to the combine in place of the normal crop picking header thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1981
    Inventor: Bernard Kersten