Patents by Inventor William Dale Hotaling
William Dale Hotaling 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).
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Patent number: 9681603Abstract: A windguard is provided that may be used with an agricultural harvester, such as around baler, waste baler, combine, sugarcane harvester or cotton harvester. More particularly, the windguard utilizes at least a first and a second pivot tab, each comprising a cam that is adapted for alignment into a slot along a first and second side arms of the windguard and that allows a upward or downward movement of the pivot tabs in the slot. The sliding motion of the cam in the slot allows the windguard to automatically adjust during operation without manual adjustment or pre-adjustment prior to operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: John R. McClure, William Dale Hotaling
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Patent number: 8959883Abstract: Rotor strippers are sized and shaped to securely fit between adjacent rotor fingers on a rotor shaft of a rotor for stripping crop material and for conveying the crop material to a bale chamber for forming a bale. Each rotor stripper is formed of a segment comprised of two opposing side walls with an interior section extending between the two opposing side walls. A first end portion has a curved hook section shaped to securely fit around a majority portion of the rotary shaft for secure engagement therewith; a second end portion is secured to a backbone portion of the rotor allowing the segment to remain fixed with respect to rotation of the rotary shaft; and a middle portion extends between the first and second end portions in a curved manner.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: John R. McClure, William Dale Hotaling, Chandrashekhar Singh
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Publication number: 20140260167Abstract: The present invention relates to a windguard that may be used with an agricultural harvester, such as a round baler, waste baler, combine, sugarcane harvester or cotton harvester. More particularly, the windguard utilizes at least a first and a second pivot tab, each comprising a cam that is adapted for alignment into a slot along a first and second side arms of the windguard and that allows a upward or downward movement of the pivot tabs in the slot. The sliding motion of the cam in the slot allows the windguard to automatically adjust during operation without manual adjustment or pre-adjustment prior to operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: John R. McClure, William Dale Hotaling
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Publication number: 20140109542Abstract: Rotor strippers are sized and shaped to securely fit between adjacent rotor fingers on a rotor shaft of a rotor for stripping crop material and for conveying the crop material to a bale chamber for forming a bale. Each rotor stripper is formed of a segment comprised of two opposing side walls with an interior section extending between the two opposing side walls. A first end portion has a curved hook section shaped to securely fit around a majority portion of the rotary shaft for secure engagement therewith; a second end portion is secured to a backbone portion of the rotor allowing the segment to remain fixed with respect to rotation of the rotary shaft; and a middle portion extends between the first and second end portions in a curved manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: CNH AMERICA LLCInventors: John R. McClure, William Dale Hotaling, Chandrashekhar Singh
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Patent number: 8371097Abstract: A mechanism for connecting outboard gathering wheels to a moveable crop pick-up assembly on a round baler that incorporates a multi-element linkage to enable the rate of vertical movement of the gathering wheels to be different than the rate of vertical movement of the pick-up assembly. As the pick-up assembly is moved vertically by an actuator, the linkage interconnecting the gathering wheels and the pick-up causes the gathering wheels to also move vertically, but at a rate that is different, usually less, than the rate of vertical movement of the pickup. The linkage enables the pick-up to be raised sufficiently for transport without causing the gathering wheels to impinge upon the baler frame as occurs when both are raised at the same rate. Use of tension members in the linkage allows the gathering wheels to up float during operation without damaging the linkage.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: John R. McClure, William Dale Hotaling, Larry D. Hall, Stephen C. Schlotterbeck, Singh Chandrashekhar
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Patent number: 7296393Abstract: An improved stuffer mechanism for a baler having an array of feeder fingers uniformly spaced across a stuffer feeder table and a centrally located support bearing for the stuffer feeder finger crankshaft that does not disrupt the uniform feeder finger spacing.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: John R. McClure, William Dale Hotaling
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Patent number: 6877303Abstract: An agricultural crop processing machine, including a processing apparatus having a width; a crop pickup located forwardly of the crop processing apparatus and having a width greater than that of the crop processing apparatus; at least one auger having an axial core wherein the core has a drive wheel or sprocket at one end; and first and second bearing supports are disposed to journal the core and disposed inward of the drive wheel or sprocket. In a preferred embodiment, both bearing supports are inwardly disposed of the auger drive sprocket, which decreases the overall pickup width so as to increase the tine row-to-overall pickup width. A deflector plate acts as a bearing support and deflects crop material to allow for a shorter auger screw. A pickup cam drive wheel or sprocket and the auger drive wheel or sprocket are disposed in substantially the same plane.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2002Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: John R. McClure, William Dale Hotaling
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Publication number: 20040011016Abstract: An agricultural crop processing machine, including a processing apparatus having a width; a crop pickup located forwardly of the crop processing apparatus and having a width greater than that of the crop processing apparatus; at least one auger having an axial core wherein the core has a drive wheel or sprocket at one end; and first and second bearing supports are disposed to journal the core and disposed inward of the drive wheel or sprocket. In a preferred embodiment, both bearing supports are inwardly disposed of the auger drive sprocket, which decreases the overall pickup width so as to increase the tine row-to-overall pickup width. A deflector plate acts as a bearing support and deflects crop material to allow for a shorter auger screw. A pickup cam drive wheel or sprocket and the auger drive wheel or sprocket are disposed in substantially the same plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2002Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: New Holland North America, Inc.Inventors: John R. McClure, William Dale Hotaling
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Patent number: 6651418Abstract: A round baler having a frame assembly, comprising: (a) a first frame assembly; (b) a pickup assembly comprising a pickup and a auger assembly integrally mounted on the first frame assembly to form a pickup module; (c) a second frame assembly connected to the first frame assembly; and (d) a conveyor module selected from the group consisting of a stuffer module and a rotor module, wherein each conveyor module comprises a conveyor mounted on the second frame assembly. The modular structure of the frame assembly facilitates manufacture of several diverse types of product balers while minimizing the complexity of the assembly line process.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2002Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: New Holland North America, Inc.Inventors: John R. McClure, William Dale Hotaling, Fred M. Horchler
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Patent number: D746876Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: John R. McClure, William Dale Hotaling, Chandrashekhar Singh