Patents by Inventor Donald R. Kirby

Donald R. Kirby 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).

  • Patent number: 5215500
    Abstract: An apparatus for attachment to the rear of a harvester-thresher to evenly distribute the by-product of threshing evenly over a wide area. The by-product is mainly straw and chaff. The apparatus is a single integrally combined unit formed of a straw spreader and a chaff spreader and driven by a single variable speed hydraulic motor. The by-product has a first portion engaged by the flexible and easily releasable flails of the straw spreader as it leaves the rear of the harvester-thresher, the remaining portion gravitates or is directed to the high volume air flow chaff spreader to complete the controllable distribution of the by-product. To increase the efficiency of the unit a shroud with deflectors has been placed around the chaff spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Inventor: Donald R. Kirby