Patents by Inventor Victor COTTET

Victor COTTET 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).

  • Swath aerator device and agricultural machine equipped with such a device
    Patent number: 11399465
    Abstract: A plant lifting device is mounted on an agricultural machine and includes a drum that is articulated to a frame around a first substantially horizontal axis and which includes a substantially cylindrical casing that has openings through which seizing means intended to lift plants situated outside the casing are able to protrude. A rotor is provided onto which the seizing means are fastened and that is able to be driven in rotation relative to the frame around a second axis directed substantially parallel to the first axis and separate from it, in which, when the device is operated, the second axis is fixed relative to the first axis. A rotational movement transmission means includes at least one rod articulated to the drum on one hand and to the rotor on another hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Speich, Victor Cottet
  • SWATH AERATOR DEVICE AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210161072
    Abstract: A plant lifting device is mounted on an agricultural machine and includes a drum that is articulated to a frame around a first substantially horizontal axis and which includes a substantially cylindrical casing that has openings through which seizing means intended to lift plants situated outside the casing are able to protrude. A rotor is provided onto which the seizing means are fastened and that is able to be driven in rotation relative to the frame around a second axis directed substantially parallel to the first axis and separate from it, in which, when the device is operated, the second axis is fixed relative to the first axis. A rotational movement transmission means includes at least one rod articulated to the drum on one hand and to the rotor on another hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric SPEICH, Victor COTTET