Patents by Inventor Raymond M. Andes, Jr.

Raymond M. Andes, Jr. 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).

  • Axial rotor having an independently driven threshing section and separating section
    Patent number: 5356338
    Abstract: An axial agricultural combine having independently driven threshing and separating sections. A midpoint support bearing is located between the threshing and separating sections of the rotor. The midpoint support bearing is provided with a saddle mounted to the sidesheets of the combine and extending across the bottom portion of the rotor housing. A sealing disc is mounted to the saddle and has a sealing ring that covers the threshing section/separating section interface and a web that is provided with a bearing assembly. The drive shaft for driving the threshing section passes through this bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Klaus A. Braunhardt, Mark F. Stickler, Raymond M. Andes, Jr., Merle R. Gerber
  • Trash handling apparatus for a self-cleaning rotary screen
    Patent number: 5183487
    Abstract: A trash handling apparatus for a self-cleaning rotary screen comprising two cutterbars that extend across the diameter of a circular screen and a comb having a castellated edge is secured to the leading edge of a vacuum chamber. The two cutterbars are provided with outwardly extending ribs that act in concert with notches formed in castellated edge of the comb to scissor large crop material trapped on the rotary screen as it passes the stationary vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: James I. Lodico, David R. Coder, Lawrence J. Adams, Rebecca A. F. Guthrie, Raymond M. Andes, Jr., Philip G. Alexander