Patents by Inventor Merle R. Bates

Merle R. Bates 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).

  • Tool for shearing off rivet mounted sickle teeth
    Patent number: 4360136
    Abstract: A tool for removing damaged sickle teeth from a supporting sickle bar. A support member supports the sickle bar on edge with the damaged teeth being disposed within an open area of the tool. An impact member is vertically slidably mounted and transfers hammer blows to the tooth upper edge to cause shearing off of the rivets mounting the tooth to the sickle bar. The impact member, in its lowermost position, serves as an anvil during the riveting of a replacement tooth onto the sickle bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Inventor: Merle R. Bates