Patents by Inventor Luis A. C. Mello Ribeiro Pinto

Luis A. C. Mello Ribeiro Pinto 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 sugar cane grab loader
    Patent number: 4614476
    Abstract: An improved sugar cane grab loader has a hydraulically actuated grab and supporting boom, and a mechanical pushpiler. The pushpiler has floating teeth to prevent undue ground penetration during its scraping action. The teeth move in free but limited fashion in a rearwardly inclined direction. The boom lifts the grab from the soil by a controlled height during closing action of the grab around the cane bundled on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1986
    Assignee: Santal Euipamentos S.A. Comercio E Industria
    Inventor: Luis A. C. Mello Ribeiro Pinto