Patents by Inventor Henry W. Van Roekel

Henry W. Van Roekel 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).

  • ROTARY HAY WEDGE FOR ROUND BALERS
    Publication number: 20130239825
    Abstract: A baler with a pickup and a baling chamber with an inlet, the bale forming chamber having a first and second side panel, a plurality rollers rotatably disposed respectively about parallel axes. A bale edge engaging member is rotatably attached to the frame about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to said axes of the rollers, the bale edge engaging member being disposed adjacent an inside portion of one of the side panels in overlapping arrangement with a bale being formed in the baling chamber at least at times when a bale is being formed. The bale edge engaging member is spaced from the inlet to the bale forming chamber so as to not impede material entering the bale forming chamber from a pickup. Alternate embodiments have the rotatable bale edge engaging member/disc on a fixed axis adjacent the baling chamber when the bale is almost completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Forage Innovations B.V.
    Inventors: David Wayne JAHRAUS, Jerry Eugene BANDSTRA, James S. WILLIAMS, Henry W. VAN ROEKEL
  • Rotary Hay Wedge for Round Balers
    Publication number: 20120103208
    Abstract: A baler with a pickup and a baling chamber with an inlet, the bale forming chamber having a first and second side panel, a plurality rollers rotatably disposed respectively about parallel axes. A bale edge engaging member is rotatably attached to the frame about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to said axes of the rollers, the bale edge engaging member being disposed adjacent an inside portion of one of the side panels in overlapping arrangement with a bale being formed in the baling chamber at least at times when a bale is being formed. The bale edge engaging member is spaced from the inlet to the bale forming chamber so as to not impede material entering the bale forming chamber from a pickup. Alternate embodiments have the rotatable bale edge engaging member/disc on a fixed axis adjacent the baling chamber when the bale is almost completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: David W. Jahraus, Jerry E. Bandstra, James S. Williams, Henry W. Van Roekel