Patents by Inventor Gene Ast

Gene Ast 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).

  • Bale twine tensioner
    Patent number: 5829346
    Abstract: A baler of crop material which forms bales by encircling compressed crop material with twine. The twine is formed in loops around the bale and knotted. The baler includes a bale compression chamber into which successive charges of crop material are introduced, a plunger for reciprocating movement in the bale compression chamber which serves to compact the charges and advance the compacted charges towards an exit. It also includes a knotter for tying twine in a form stabilizing manner around successive increments of compacted material after they have been compacted to form bales. A knotter position adjuster changes the position of the knotter in order to accomplish adjustment of tension on the twine during compression and before knotting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Inventor: Gene Ast
  • Recompressed hay bale shear
    Patent number: 4763574
    Abstract: A stationary knife blade for shearing bales of recompressed hay disposed across the discharge end of a decompression chamber of a recompression apparatus designed to recompress and retie bales of fibrous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Inventor: Gene Ast
  • Method for recompressing bales of fibrous material
    Patent number: 4718335
    Abstract: A method for recompressing bales of fibrous material wherein the bales of hay or other fibrous material which are recompressed to approximately half of their original volume and then retied with bale twine and then held in a decompression chamber for a sufficient period of time to allow for trapped air to escape and for the fibrous material to loose some of its resiliency before subjecting the retied bales to unrestricted recoil stresses. Bales are recompressed in the recompression chamber, then tied, then transferred, under full compression, to a decompression chamber where they are held for said period of time prior to being ejected from the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Inventor: Gene Ast
  • Apparatus and method for recompressing bales of fibrous material
    Patent number: 4676153
    Abstract: Bales of hay or other fibrous material which are recompressed to approximately half of their original volume and then retied with bale twine and then held in a decompression chamber for a sufficient period of time to allow for trapped air to escape and for the fibrous material to loose some of its resiliency before subjecting the retied bales to unrestricted recoil stresses. Bales are recompressed in the recompression chamber, then tied, then transferred, under full compression, to a decompression chamber where they are held for said period of time prior to being ejected from the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Inventor: Gene Ast