Patents by Inventor Linus Yeager

Linus Yeager 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).

  • Publication number: 20050072583
    Abstract: A seeding tool for depositing seeds and fertilizer within a furrow including a knife opener having a liquid wing projecting from the side thereof for providing and maintaining spacing between the seeds and fertilizer. Preferably, the liquid wing is a tungsten carbide insert secured to the side of the knife opener, and has a wing shaped structure which is shaped and sized to space the fertilizer apart from the seeds, to protect the end of the tube from which fertilizer is dispensed, and to present a small leading surface which displaces the soil easily and presents minimal resistance. Preferably, the largest, side surface of the liquid wing insert is inclined toward the side of the knife opener from a widest lower, rear member adjacent the end of the fertilizer tube to a narrower top, front member near a leading end of the knife opener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Don Rowlett, Linus Yeager, Dean Bigelow
  • Patent number: 6571884
    Abstract: A novel solution for changing sweeps or knives on a cultivator or other soil working tool is the subject matter of the present invention. In today's farming world, where labor is at a premium and time is of the essence, a sole operator or farmer in preparing the fields for planting, summer fallow or other operations will sometimes need to change the sweeps or knives which till the ground several times for different crops or operations. The novel invention herein provides for an apparatus for quickly removing the sweeps (2) on cultivator shanks and replacing them with other soil openers of different width or configuration. A simple press button (7) releases the sweep (2) from an adapter bolted to a standard cultivator shank. The present invention eliminates the problem of sweeps falling off shanks due to lack of friction or difficulty in removing sweeps because of over friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: F. P. Bourgault Tillage Tools Ltd.
    Inventors: Leonard Horvath, Linus Yeager, Ricky William Schemenauer
  • Patent number: D374018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: F. P. Bourgault Tillage Tools Ltd.
    Inventors: Ricky Schemenauer, Linus Yeager, Ian Martin