Patents by Inventor Franz Spiesberger

Franz Spiesberger 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: 8297210
    Abstract: A single-grain sowing machine having a sowing disc (3) forming a front wall of a seed hopper (2) is described, which comprises a fixed disc body (4) suctioned on the side facing away from the seed hopper (2) having at least one guide slot (5), and a conveyor disc (6), pressing against the disc body (4) on the side of the seed hopper (2) and drivable around a horizontal axis, having driver slots (7) distributed around the circumference and extending over the radial extension area of the guide slot (5), which form intake openings (8) for the seed grains dispensable from the seed hopper (2) along the guide slot (5) in the overlap area with the guide slot (5). In order to be able to perform simple residual emptying of the seed hopper (2), it is proposed that the seed hopper (2) have a floor in the form of an emptying flap (17), which is pivotable coaxially to the sowing disc (3) between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Wintersteiger AG
    Inventor: Franz Spiesberger
  • Publication number: 20110253019
    Abstract: A single-grain sowing machine having a sowing disc (3) forming a front wall of a seed hopper (2) is described, which comprises a fixed disc body (4) suctioned on the side facing away from the seed hopper (2) having at least one guide slot (5), and a conveyor disc (6), pressing against the disc body (4) on the side of the seed hopper (2) and drivable around a horizontal axis, having driver slots (7) distributed around the circumference and extending over the radial extension area of the guide slot (5), which form intake openings (8) for the seed grains dispensable from the seed hopper (2) along the guide slot (5) in the overlap area with the guide slot (5). In order to be able to perform simple residual emptying of the seed hopper (2), it is proposed that the seed hopper (2) have a floor in the form of an emptying flap (17), which is pivotable coaxially to the sowing disc (3) between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Wintersteiger AG
    Inventor: Franz Spiesberger
  • Patent number: 7614353
    Abstract: A sowing device having a travelling framework (2) is described, which comprises a storage roll (3) for a seed strip (4) equipped with individual grains (5) of a seed, and an unwinding unit (6) for the seed strip (4) drivable as a function of the travel distance. To ensure a precise deposit of the seed grains (5), it is suggested that a sensor (15) for the individual grains (5) in the seed strip (4) be provided in the area of the seed strip section (14) between the unwinding unit (6) and a ground-proximal deflection roll (8), and a control unit (16), connected on one hand to the sensor (15) and on the other hand to a travel distance encoder (18), activate the drive (17) of the unwinding unit (6) as a function of the difference between the actual location of the seed grains (5) detected by the sensor (15) and a setpoint location predefinable with the aid of the travel distance encoder (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Wintersteiger AG
    Inventors: Josef Hainzl, Christian Stiegler, Franz Spiesberger, Andreas Egger, Franz Diermaier, Walter Dullinger
  • Publication number: 20090107369
    Abstract: A sowing device having a travelling framework (2) is described, which comprises a storage roll (3) for a seed strip (4) equipped with individual grains (5) of a seed, and an unwinding unit (6) for the seed strip (4) drivable as a function of the travel distance. To ensure a precise deposit of the seed grains (5), it is suggested that a sensor (15) for the individual grains (5) in the seed strip (4) be provided in the area of the seed strip section (14) between the unwinding unit (6) and a ground-proximal deflection roll (8), and a control unit (16), connected on one hand to the sensor (15) and on the other hand to a travel distance encoder (18), activate the drive (17) of the unwinding unit (6) as a function of the difference between the actual location of the seed grains (5) detected by the sensor (15) and a setpoint location predefinable with the aid of the travel distance encoder (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Josef Hainzl, Christian Stiegler, Franz Spiesberger, Andreas Egger, Franz Diermaier, Walter Dullinger
  • Patent number: 6435114
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine for sowing individual seed grains. The inventive machine comprises at least one hopper (14) that is open towards a vertical sowing disc (1) that consists of a stationary disc body (3) which is exposed to suction on the side facing away from the hopper (14) and has at least one guiding slot (16). The sowing disc also consists of a conveyor disc (4) that can be driven, rests on the disc body (3) on the side of the hopper (14) and has carrier slots (21) that are distributed over the circumference, extend over the radial extension area of the guiding slot (16) and, together with the guiding slot (16), form aspir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Wintersteiger GmbH
    Inventor: Franz Spiesberger
  • Patent number: 5795223
    Abstract: There is described a screen device (3) for a harvester-thresher for a test field, comprising at least one frame (9) receiving a cleaning screen (11) and an adjusting means (12) for adjusting the frame (9) pivotally mounted about a transverse axis (10) in the chassis (1), where the adjusting means (12) consists of an actuating shaft (13) parallel to the swivel axis (10), mounted in the chassis (1) and connected to a swivel drive, which actuating shaft has at least one swivel arm (14) connected with the frame (9) via a connecting rod (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Wintersteiger GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Spiesberger, Johann Aigner
  • Patent number: 4896616
    Abstract: A device for sowing individual seed grains spaced from each other comprises a discharge disc which constitutes the rear wall of a seed box and has suction openings for sucking the seed grains and discharges the grains seed through a discharge passage of the box. To ensure that only a single grain will be discharged at a time, the discharge disc consists of two parts, namely, a disc body which communicates with the suction fan, and a disc blade which contacts the disc body on the side facing the supply of seeds in the seed box. One part is stationary and has a guide slot, which defines the discharge path. The other part is rotatably mounted and has peripherally spaced apart entraining slots, each of which extends throughout the radial extent of the guide slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Inventors: Johann Wintersteiger, Franz Spiesberger