Patents by Inventor Ivan J. Cook

Ivan J. Cook 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).

  • Crop conditioning system with lobed rollers
    Patent number: 6499283
    Abstract: A roller for a crop conditioning system having a roller body with a compressible base mat, with a side of the base mat including a plurality of generally arcuate recessed areas and an plurality of raised areas adjacent the recessed areas, with each raised area including one or more longitudinally oriented slits therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Inventor: Ivan J. Cook
  • Crop conditioning system
    Patent number: 6360515
    Abstract: A crop conditioning system to reduce the drying time of crops. The invention generally provides a framework, a fixed roller mounted on the framework, a movable roller mounted on one or more bellows which are mounted on the framework and a source of compressed gas or air for the bellows. The invention also provides a compressible roller sleeve which reduces down time due to jamming or clogging of the rollers with slugs and other debris, which includes a compressible base mat and a plurality of platform surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: Ivan J. Cook
  • Crop conditioning system
    Patent number: 6050070
    Abstract: A crop conditioning system to reduce the drying time of crops. The invention generally provides a framework, a fixed roller mounted on the framework, a movable roller mounted on one or more bellows which are mounted on the framework and a source of compressed gas or air for the bellows. The invention also provides a compressible roller sleeve which reduces down time due to jamming or clogging of the rollers with slugs and other debris, which includes a compressible base mat and a plurality of platform surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Inventor: Ivan J. Cook
  • Bale handling apparatus and process
    Patent number: 5607274
    Abstract: A process and apparatus to pickup, stack and transport bales and other boxed or contained commodities. The invention is a flat bed vehicle and process which utilize a boom mounted on a vehicle which allow the vehicle to arrange itself adjacent the object to be picked up, lower the boom to attach to the object and to then raise and rotate it to a position where it can be lowered onto the flat bed portion of the vehicle. The invention further provides for the arrangement of the bales or other objects such that when the flat bed is tilted to a substantially vertical position and moved away, the bales or boxes that were arranged horizontally on the flatbed are stacked vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Ivan J. Cook
    Inventor: Ivan J. Cook