Patents by Inventor Gerry Lee Miller

Gerry Lee Miller 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).

  • Swath roller with controlled anchoring force
    Patent number: 9807936
    Abstract: A swath roller apparatus is adapted to be attached to a swather, where the swather is operative to cut standing crop plants and lay cut plants in a swath as the swather moves along the ground in an operating travel direction. A drum is rotatably attached to an axle that is adapted to be movably attached to a rear portion of the swather such that the axle is oriented substantially horizontally and perpendicular to the operating travel direction, and such that the drum moves up and down and rolls along a top of the swath exerting a downward anchoring force on the swath. A bias element is operative to exert a bias force on the axle, and a bias force control is operative to vary the bias force to vary the anchoring force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Bourgault Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Gerry Lee Miller
  • SWATH ROLLER WITH CONTROLLED ANCHORING FORCE
    Publication number: 20160183471
    Abstract: A swath roller apparatus is adapted to be attached to a swather, where the swather is operative to cut standing crop plants and lay cut plants in a swath as the swather moves along the ground in an operating travel direction. A drum is rotatably attached to an axle that is adapted to be movably attached to a rear portion of the swather such that the axle is oriented substantially horizontally and perpendicular to the operating travel direction, and such that the drum moves up and down and rolls along a top of the swath exerting a downward anchoring force on the swath. A bias element is operative to exert a bias force on the axle, and a bias force control is operative to vary the bias force to vary the anchoring force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Gerry Lee Miller
  • SWATH ROLLER WITH CONTROLLED ANCHORING FORCE
    Publication number: 20140366502
    Abstract: A swath roller apparatus is adapted to be attached to a swather, where the swather is operative to cut standing crop plants and lay cut plants in a swath as the swather moves along the ground in an operating travel direction. A drum is rotatably attached to an axle that is adapted to be movably attached to a rear portion of the swather such that the axle is oriented substantially horizontally and perpendicular to the operating travel direction, and such that the drum moves up and down and rolls along a top of the swath exerting a downward anchoring force on the swath. A bias element is operative to exert a bias force on the axle, and a bias force control is operative to vary the bias force to vary the anchoring force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Bourgault Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Gerry Lee Miller