Patents by Inventor Terry Rhodes

Terry Rhodes 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).

  • Patent number: 5390865
    Abstract: A processor can chip and shred vegetation, including wood and one or more of various other materials, such as agricultural products, yard and garden debris or forestry brush and waste. The processor includes a housing having a hopper opening. A rotor is rotatably mounted in the housing. A driver such as a motor or drive shaft is adapted to drive the rotor. Cutters are mounted on the rotor to swing past the hopper opening. A hopper is mounted at the hopper opening on the housing for feeding material toward and past the cutters. The processor is structured to process wood having a rated diameter but the hopper opening is sized to accept various other materials in amounts exceeding the rated diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Inventors: Aldo Vandermolen, Terry Rhodes