Patents by Inventor Ken Kooiker

Ken Kooiker 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).

  • Mechanical seedling transplanter
    Patent number: 5823126
    Abstract: A mechanical transplanter device for transplanting seedlings along a path includes a frame, a furrow opening shoe mounted on the frame and engaging the ground for opening a furrow in the ground, and seedling delivery means including a reciprocating stabilizing arm mounted on the frame. The transplanter of the present invention delivers seedlings to the furrow at specific predetermined distance intervals input by the operator into the electronic control system, which utilizes a variable speed electric drive motor that isolates the speed or frequency of the transplanter from variations in ground speed or engine speed of the tractor towing the transplanter along the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Mechanical Transplanter Company
    Inventors: Howard Kolk, Robert Kolk, Ken Kooiker, Brent Dykgraaf