Patents by Inventor Hume W. Colville

Hume W. Colville 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: 4353275
    Abstract: Sawing apparatus mountable to the side of a tractor and having a boom which extends outwardly from the tractor. The boom carries a motor driven circular saw which is movable along the length of the boom for making a saw cut in a vertical plane parallel to the boom. The apparatus is arranged for movement of the boom, both vertically as well as horizontally in the front to rear direction of the tractor. The angle of the boom to the horizontal is also variable. The boom may be swung over a range of positions about a generally vertical axis and to a position at which it extends in the front to rear direction of the tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Inventor: Hume W. Colville
  • Patent number: 4307522
    Abstract: A land grading machine comprising:a frame having support means supporting the frame for movement in a forward direction across a ground surface;a scraper blade for engaging the ground surface during such movement to effect grading by scraping ground material thereonto and therepast;a conveyor positioned and arranged to receive and store ground material from the scraper blade and selectively operable to move so received material away from the scraper blade;whereby when ground material builds up to a predetermined level on a part of the conveyor adjacent the blade, the conveyor can be moved to position a different part thereof adjacent to the scraper blade for reception of ground material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Inventor: Hume W. Colville
  • Patent number: 4269273
    Abstract: Land surfacing apparatus, comprising an elongate blade and a towing structure which includes a tow connection portion forward of the blade and which is connected to the blade so that the blade can be towed with its longitudinal dimension transverse to the tow direction while biased by its own weight into engagement with the ground with a longitudinal edge thereof serving as a soil cutting edge and a leading face extending upwardly from the cutting edge. The connection of the tow structure to the blade permits adjustment of the blade through a range of forwardly leaning orientations at which it extends both upwardly as well as forwardly in the tow direction from said cutting edge. The blade is carried by an elongated hollow triangular structure which carries ground wheels mounted on supports extending toward the towing structure, and inboard of opposite ends of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Inventor: Hume W. Colville