Patents by Inventor LADARIUS D. AGEE

LADARIUS D. AGEE 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).

  • Self clearing crop ramp
    Patent number: 9338941
    Abstract: A crop ramp (112) for an agricultural harvesting head (100) has a forward portion (212) that is generally planar and has a leading edge (200) that is configured to be fixed the rear of a reciprocating knife (110) and ahead of a leading edge (202) of a conveyor belt of the conveyor (104, 106); and a rear portion (214) that is generally planar and that is fixed to and extends rearward from the forward portion (212), wherein the rear portion (214) is configured to extend over the leading edge (202) of an endless belt of the conveyor (104, 106), where the rear portion (214) has a lower surface (216) that is generally planar and is parallel to an upper surface of the endless belt of the conveyor (104, 106) and has a trailing edge (204), where at least one recess (218) extends into the lower surface (216), where a first end of the recess is upstream of the second end of the recess (218) and wherein the first end of the recess is farther from the trailing edge (204) than the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Herringshaw, Joshua Pierson, Anthony M Hasenour, Jesse R Neely, Ladarius D Agee
  • SELF CLEARING CROP RAMP
    Publication number: 20150007544
    Abstract: A crop ramp (112) for an agricultural harvesting head (100) has a forward portion (212) that is generally planar and has a leading edge (200) that is configured to be fixed the rear of a reciprocating knife (110) and ahead of a leading edge (202) of a conveyor belt of the conveyor (104, 106); and a rear portion (214) that is generally planar and that is fixed to and extends rearward from the forward portion (212), wherein the rear portion (214) is configured to extend over the leading edge (202) of an endless belt of the conveyor (104, 106), where the rear portion (214) has a lower surface (216) that is generally planar and is parallel to an upper surface of the endless belt of the conveyor (104, 106) and has a trailing edge (204), where at least one recess (218) extends into the lower surface (216), where a first end of the recess is upstream of the second end of the recess (218) and wherein the first end of the recess is farther from the trailing edge (204) than the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: BRIAN HERRINGSHAW, JOSHUA PIERSON, ANTHONY M. HASENOUR, JESSE R. NEELY, LADARIUS D. AGEE