Patents Issued in March 5, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200068772
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for a garden hoe that is made up of a head member that has a first point section, an intermediate section that is capable of forming an acute angle and attaching to an elongated handle, and a second point section. In one embodiment, the first point section is offset from the intermediate section, and the second point section is offset opposite to the first point section from the intermediate section. The first and second point sections further have a plurality of V-shaped notches and a plurality of V-shaped points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Carl Turner
  • Publication number: 20200068773
    Abstract: An agricultural tractor having a component storage system. The storage system including a storage bracket which is attached to the pick-up hitch of the tractor. The storage bracket allows for the storage of components of the pick-up hitch when not in use, e.g. a pick-up hitch hook, a drawbar. As the bracket is attached to the pick-up hitch itself, the components are stored in a convenient location for the tractor operator, to allow for hitch components to be changed in a relatively fast manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Francois Quoniam
  • Publication number: 20200068774
    Abstract: Unique self-propelled soil working machines are disclosed. In certain exemplary embodiments the self propelled soil working machine includes a tool carrier which is actively adjustable to provide variable downward force on a soil working tool via a suspension element which is further passively responsive to accommodate motion of the tool in response to external force. In certain exemplary embodiments, the tool carrier is configured to adjust the working depth and pitch of the tool. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the following description and figures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Kevin V. Keigley
  • Publication number: 20200068775
    Abstract: A subsoil tool for ameliorating soil compaction having a shank attached to a toolbar of a tractor, wings on forward wing links pivotally engaged to the shank, and following wings on a wing rod pivotally engaged with the forward wing link. The forward wing links are positioned near the bottom of the shank in front of the rear of the shank. The wing rod is positioned behind the shank. A drive box having a hydraulic cylinder is engaged to the toolbar and pivotally engaged with the wing rod. In use, a portion of the subsoil tool may be inserted below a surface of the soil, the height of the subsoil tool may be adjusted, the subsoil tool may be rotated, and the hydraulic cylinder may be cycled to move the forward wings and following wings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Randal Tomich
  • Publication number: 20200068776
    Abstract: A method for the vertical calibration of an agricultural machine wear tool is provided. The method includes: placing the wear tool in contact with a reference area; measuring the value of a position variable linked to the positioning of the wear tool when it is in contact with the reference area; determining the theoretical vertical positioning component of the wear tool according to the value measured, based on a reference curve; and determining a matching curve between a vertical positioning component of the wear tool and the position variable, by shifting the reference curve by a value equal to the theoretical vertical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: KUHN S.A.
    Inventors: Julien NORTH, Sylvain CITERNE, Philippe POTIER
  • Publication number: 20200068777
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for adjusting fore/aft level trim of the frame of a towed agricultural tillage implement utilize an electronic control unit that receives an input signal indicative of a desired depth of penetration of tillage tools operatively attached to the front and rear of the implement frame, and automatically computes a desired for/aft trim angle as a function of the desired depth input, and then adjusts the fore/aft trim of the implement frame by titling the frame toward the front or rear of the frame in accordance with the desired fore/aft trim angle computed from the desired depth input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Barrick, John Endsley, Timothy R. Blunier, James W. Henry, Tracey Meiners, Klint Peterson
  • Publication number: 20200068778
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for adjusting closing disc penetration depth of a seed-planting implement may include a furrow closing assembly having at least one closing disc configured to penetrate the soil in a manner that closes a furrow formed in the soil by the seed-planting implement. The system may also include an actuator configured to adjust a penetration depth of the at least one closing disc. Furthermore, the system may include a controller configured to receive an input indicative of at least one of an operation of the seed-planting implement or a field condition of a field across which the seed-planting implement is being moved. Additionally, the controller may be further configured to control an operation of the actuator in a manner that adjusts the penetration depth of the at least one closing disc based on the received input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Schoeny, Trevor Stanhope
  • Publication number: 20200068779
    Abstract: A row unit for a work vehicle includes a row unit frame with a closer frame. The closer frame defines a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis. The closer frame is supported for rotational movement about a substantially vertical steering axis to vary a turning angle between the longitudinal axis the vehicle longitudinal axis. The row unit includes a closer implement assembly with first and second closer implements and a walking beam construction. The first and second closer implements are attached to opposite areas of the walking beam construction. The walking beam construction is rotationally attached to the closer frame to support rotation of the closer implement assembly about the transverse axis. The first and second closer implements are configured to move ground material into a ground opening from opposites sides as the work vehicle moves across the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Mark E. Barker, Cole L. Murray, Grant J. Wonderlich, Michael E. Frasier, Nathan A. Mariman
  • Publication number: 20200068780
    Abstract: An offset arm for a tractor is provided. The offset arm includes a front hitch, a rear hitch, and a rigid connecting structure coupling the front hitch to the rear hitch. The offset arm also includes a front pivot point pivotally connecting the connecting structure to the front hitch about a vertical pivot axis and a rear pivot point pivotally connecting the connecting structure to the rear hitch about a vertical pivot axis. The offset arm also includes a rear pivot lock that selectively locks the rear pivot point to lock the orientation of the rear hitch relative to the connecting structure. The rear pivot lock can selectively lock the rear hitch in any of multiple orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Consolidated Equipment Group, LLC
    Inventor: Joel A. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20200068781
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods to determine path selection for automated industrial vehicles. A control system includes a control unit operatively connected to a vehicle engine. A location device is operatively connected to the control unit. A steering controller is operatively connected to the control unit and configured to automatically control the path of the vehicle. The control unit includes a path correction system configured to, determine a current vehicle path from location data received from the location device, determine if the current vehicle path is different from a first automatic path, establish a second automatic path, and send a signal to the steering controller to follow the second automatic path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: James Hershbarger
  • Publication number: 20200068782
    Abstract: An implement comprising a center section and a pair of wing sections, each of the sections comprising a pair of parallel frame members pivotably coupled to each other, wherein one of the frame members comprises a toolbar; and a plurality of hydraulic cylinders enabling rotational movement between the parallel frame members, wherein the hydraulic cylinders of the wing sections comprise double-rod cylinders and the hydraulic cylinders of the center section comprises single-rod cylinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Anson Fanshier, Ross Duerksen, Douglas J. Grollmes
  • Publication number: 20200068783
    Abstract: A seed trench depth sensor is adapted to mount to an agricultural implement. The trench depth sensor determining the difference between a distance measured to a bottom of the seed trench by a first sensor and a distance measured to a surface of the soil by a second sensor disposed rearward of the first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Strnad, Jeremy Hodel, Dale Koch, Todd Swanson, Dillon Sloneker
  • Publication number: 20200068784
    Abstract: Systems and methods for virtual agronomic sensing are provided. In embodiments methods comprise receiving first agronomic data for a first geographic location comprising sensor data from agronomic sensors at the first geographic location; receiving first agronomic information for the first geographic location; and generating first predictive agronomic data for the first geographic location using the first agronomic data for the first geographic location and the first agronomic information for the first geographic location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Oaklander, Kentaro Fitzgerald Kuwata, Robin Woodby, William E. Jennings
  • Publication number: 20200068785
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a new seed treatment composition for use as a flow aid or seed lubricant. The composition comprises ground corn components and preferably one or more nutrients. The composition can be applied to wet or dry seeds, minimizing or preventing sticking, bridging, and clumping of the seeds during planting or treatment processes. Advantageously, these compositions also improve plant growth while minimizing waste and missed seed pick-up by the planter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Robert A. Geiger, Steffen M. Ball, Renil John Anthony, Andres Reyes Gaige
  • Publication number: 20200068786
    Abstract: A manure spreader implement has a compartment for containing manure, a conveyor for displacing manure in the compartment towards a rear end of the implement, and a rotating beater assembly at the rear end of the implement for spreading the manure outwardly from the rear end of the implement. The implement further includes (i) support brackets for supporting the mounting fasteners of the beater teeth on the auger of the beater assembly in double shear, (ii) auxiliary paddles supported by removable fasteners on the auger of the beater assembly between the auger flighting above and the lower paddles of the auger below, and/or (iii) floor slats on the conveyor which have end portions of reduced internal dimension formed by crimps that allow relative sliding between the floor slats and the mounting bars on the chain of the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Sheldon Joseph Grywacheski, Adam Jack Joseph Kraine, Ronald Galen Jordan, Douglas Little
  • Publication number: 20200068787
    Abstract: A manure spreader implement has a compartment for containing manure, a conveyor for displacing manure in the compartment towards a rear end of the implement, and a rotating beater assembly at the rear end of the implement for spreading the manure outwardly from the rear end of the implement. The implement further includes (i) support brackets for supporting the mounting fasteners of the beater teeth on the auger of the beater assembly in double shear, (ii) auxiliary paddles supported by removable fasteners on the auger of the beater assembly between the auger flighting above and the lower paddles of the auger below, and/or (iii) floor slats on the conveyor which have end portions of reduced internal dimension formed by crimps that allow relative sliding between the floor slats and the mounting bars on the chain of the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Wayne Gordon Westcott, Adam Jack Joseph Kraine
  • Publication number: 20200068788
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an air seeder tower includes a valve with an actuator, and a closed loop feedback control with a sensor to control actuation of the valve to control air flow out of the air seeder vent tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: William Frank, Chad E. Plattner, Trenton Noreen
  • Publication number: 20200068789
    Abstract: An inductor apparatus includes an inductor assembly mounted under a seed container such that seeds flow into a reservoir. An air conduit carrying pressurized air extends along the reservoir. Seed channels extend from an inlet located above a pickup air opening in the air conduit to an outlet, and a bypass channel extends downward from each seed channel through an upper wall of the air conduit. A pickup air stream flowing out the pickup air opening forms a seed air stream entrained with seeds flowing into each seed channel inlet and a bypass air stream flows from the air conduit through each bypass channel into each seed channel and the combined seed and bypass air streams flow out the seed channel outlets. The seed channel outlets can be arranged along each side of the inductor assembly, and the rate of flow of the bypass air stream can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Jami Rieder, Scot Jagow, Haydon Rice
  • Publication number: 20200068790
    Abstract: Agricultural implement nozzle assemblies of the present disclosure may include a meter input housing, a locking tab, and a tubular nozzle. The meter input housing may include a tubular opening. The locking tab may protrude from a peripheral region of the tubular opening. The tubular nozzle may include a locking mechanism complementary to the locking tab protruding from the peripheral region of the tubular opening. The nozzle may be rotatable relative to the tubular opening when the nozzle is coupled to the meter input housing via the locking mechanism and the locking tab. Related agricultural implement input assemblies are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Jose Roberto do Amaral Assy
  • Publication number: 20200068791
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a delivery system with a run. The run includes an upstream flow structure having an inlet that is configured to receive metered commodity and a suction generator structure with a flow passage that is in fluid communication with the inlet. The flow passage includes a venturi profile with a restricting section and an expanding section. Furthermore, the run includes a downstream flow structure configured to receive the metered commodity via the flow passage and an airstream that conveys the metered commodity in a downstream direction through the downstream flow structure. A compressed air source is configured to provide pressurized air through the flow passage to create suction to suck the metered commodity away from the metering system and toward the downstream flow structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Randall A. Maro
  • Publication number: 20200068792
    Abstract: A selective transplanter is provided for transplanting seedlings from a tray to seedling planting apparatus. The tray includes a plurality of cells for holding plugs of growing medium containing seedlings. The transplanter is arranged to eject plugs from the cells of the tray to a conveyor which conveys the plugs to the seedling planting apparatus. The transplanter is arranged to remove plugs that do not contain germinated seedlings from the conveyor at a removal position before they are transferred to the seedling planting apparatus. A seedling retention roller engages with plant material of the seedlings projecting from the plugs at the removal position before the plugs are transferred to the seedling planting apparatus, preventing removal of plugs containing seedlings with projecting plant material. The transplanter provides the advantage that the plugs containing seedlings can be planted in rows in a field without dud plugs being planted, leaving the rows substantially gap free.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: WILLIAMES PTY LTD
    Inventor: Geoffrey Alan WILLIAMES
  • Publication number: 20200068793
    Abstract: Sachet for organic fertilizer in powder for the fertilization of plants in gardens, orchards, vegetable gardens and pots of residences, businesses or commercial establishments, among many places which are made of permeable material, TNT-non-woven fabric, or in filter paper, and is presented in rectangular, square or cylindrical format characterized in that it is constituted by individually sealed container (1), formed by an union of the front and rear faces wherein its perimeter edges (2), undergo a homogeneous hot or pressure closing (3) containing an organic powder (4) contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Edisio Lopes Leite
  • Publication number: 20200068794
    Abstract: A container system for transporting and dispensing agricultural products. The container system includes a housing assembly and a set of agricultural product containers. The housing assembly has multiple slot assemblies for containers. The agricultural product containers are configured to be releasably contained within the slot assemblies. The set of agricultural product containers may include liquid agricultural product containers and dry agricultural product containers. The slot assemblies and agricultural product containers are cooperatively configured to provide the ability to utilize either of the agricultural product containers within the slot assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KEITH WOODRUFF, BRIAN KALTNER, RICHARD L. RICE
  • Publication number: 20200068795
    Abstract: A floating pond fertilizer device is provided. The device includes a tray for holding fertilizer at the surface of a body of water to be fertilized. The tray has small holes in the bottom of the tray through which fertilizer is released and is secured to a float to support the tray on the surface of the water. The device has opposing mixing arms positioned inside the tray for mixing the fertilizer. The mixing arms are attached to a support arm that can freely rotate within an opening in the center of the bottom of the tray. Rotation of the support arm is facilitated by natural wind and wave action, and thus the device does not require the use of motorized or automated components for mixing or dispensing the fertilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Jerry Robinson
  • Publication number: 20200068796
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating the throwing behavior of a centrifugal spreader for fertilizer and to a centrifugal spreader configured therefor. According thereto, a target throwing distance is determined for a target working width. Furthermore, one of several rotational speed levels is selected for at least one spreading disc to approximate the actual throwing distance to the target throwing distance. Finally, an adapted target throwing angle for regulating an actual throwing angle is determined from the actual throwing distance (WW1) and counteracts in a compensatory manner a deviation from the target working width caused be the difference between the actual throwing distance and the target throwing distance. Continuous regulation of the throwing distance then becomes unnecessary, resulting in more stable regulation of the overall throwing behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Justus Dreyer, Florian Rahe, Thomas Wessels, Markus Ströbel-Fröschle
  • Publication number: 20200068797
    Abstract: A method for effective nitrogen application may include acquiring imagery of an agricultural field and delineating a plurality of management zones within the agricultural field using the imagery of the agricultural field. For each of the management zones within the agricultural field, the method may include receiving soil characteristics at a computing device, the soil characteristics derived from physical soil samples within the management zones. For each of the management zones within the agricultural field, the method may include receiving weather data at the computing device, management practice information and crop cultivar identification at the computing device. The model simulates effects of in-season nitrogen applications on crop yields within each of the management zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Farmers Edge Inc.
    Inventors: Solomon Muleta Folle, Jose Adolfo Hernandez, Mahmudul Hasan
  • Publication number: 20200068798
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for use in surface irrigation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Masahide TABATA
  • Publication number: 20200068799
    Abstract: An Energetically Autonomous, Sustainable and Intelligent Robot (ESAIR) moving within a given working area. From an energetic point of view, the Robot is autonomous and determines itself how and when given tasks are performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: The Toadi Order BV
    Inventors: Mike SLEMBROUCK, Lorrez WESLEY
  • Publication number: 20200068800
    Abstract: In a sickle cutting system, including a plurality of guard fingers in a row across a cutter bar with each guard finger having an upwardly facing ledger surface and a plurality of hold-down members with each hold-down member comprising at least one hold-down finger, the guard fingers and hold down fingers thus forming cooperating overlying pairs between which the blades pass in the cutting action the guard fingers having no portion elevated above the ledger surface thereof in front of the tip of the blade and the guard fingers and blades having lengths from the cutter bar arranged such that a forwardmost tip of the guard finger is forward of the tip of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Francois R. Talbot
  • Publication number: 20200068801
    Abstract: A riding lawn care vehicle may include a frame to which a mobility assembly is operably coupled, an equipment frame operably coupled to the frame forward of the mobility assembly, a steering assembly operably coupled to the mobility assembly to enable an operator seated on the riding lawn care vehicle to provide steering control of the riding lawn care vehicle, a removable cutting in deck and a belt positioning system. The cutting deck includes a rotatable blade and is configured to receive power for turning the blade from an equipment drive belt of the vehicle when the equipment drive belt is operably coupled with the cutting deck. The belt positioning system is configured to enable the equipment drive belt to be automatically operably coupled between the cutting deck and the riding lawn care vehicle in response to the cutting deck being docked with the equipment frame in an operational position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Johan Bengtzohn, Mats Axelsson
  • Publication number: 20200068802
    Abstract: An outdoor power equipment unit such as, e.g., a walk-behind lawnmower including a frame, a power head, and a hydrostatic transmission, wherein the hydrostatic transmission includes a drive gear configured to rotate about a first axis. The unit also includes a pair of rear drive wheels coupled at respective ends of a rear drive axle, wherein the rear drive axle is operably coupled to a driven gear. The pair of rear drive wheels, the rear drive axle, and the driven gear are configured to rotate about a second axis. A drive chain is operably coupled to both the drive gear and the driven gear. Furthermore, a wheel height adjustment mechanism is provided, wherein the wheel height adjustment mechanism includes a first bell crank pivotally coupled to the frame about the first axis, with a first end of the first bell crank being coupled to the rear drive axle. A control assembly for controlling the speed and direction of the outdoor power equipment unit is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Robert S. Laurin, E. Mark Lynch, Derrick R. Camenga
  • Publication number: 20200068803
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for detecting stalks processed by a combine harvester, for measuring stalk diameters, and for displaying harvest metrics and yield data to a user based on stalk locations and stalk diameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy A. Sauder, Justin L. Koch, Troy L. Plattner, David Huber
  • Publication number: 20200068804
    Abstract: An agricultural work machine, in particular a harvester, has a header for performing agricultural work and having a control device which has at least one sensor unit for detecting a crop stream in and/or around the header and an image processing unit for processing images which are generated by the sensor unit based on the crop stream detected via sensor. The control device is configured to detect regions of like characteristics, components of the header and properties of the crop stream and is configured to use that which has been detected for open loop control and/or closed loop control of process sequences in the agricultural work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Marvin Barther, Dennis Neitemeier, Frédéric Fischer, Boris Kettelhoit
  • Publication number: 20200068805
    Abstract: A hugger apparatus for lifting a load generally includes a plurality of arms including a first arm and a second arm respectively attached to a first plate and a second plate. An offset hydraulic arrangement is provided, which includes first and second hydraulic bars. The offset hydraulic arrangement connects to and engages the first plate and second plate so as to respectively move the first and second arms into extended or retracted positions for engaging with and lifting and moving a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Jeff Hanson, Shalene Smith, Michael Arthur, Kenneth Cramblitt, Dean Fleitman
  • Publication number: 20200068806
    Abstract: This manger style hay bale handling apparatus comprises a manger shell structure positioned within a structural frame and pivotably mounted to the structural frame and moveable between a first bale retaining position and a second bale retaining position; and wherein the manger shell structure comprises a plurality of curved shaped ribs being spaced apart to form a cradle framework providing longitudinal support for a horizontally positioned round hay bale. Rotatable locking mechanisms rotate the manger shell structure between positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Natalie Chvala, Thomas Louy
  • Publication number: 20200068807
    Abstract: Implementations include providing a baseline multi-dimensional model of a cultivar, determining an encoding based on the baseline multi-dimensional model, and a target multi-dimensional model, the encoding defining a string of symbols, and being based on an alphabet and a set of rules, providing an expected multi-dimensional model based on the encoding, and a modified set of rules, the modified set of rules being based on the set of rules, the expected multi-dimensional model representing the cultivar after a period of time, selecting a set of actions by determining multiple predicted multi-dimensional models for each set of actions in a plurality of sets of actions, and, for each predicted multi-dimensional model, providing a predicted yield that can be used to determine impact with respect an expected yield, the set of actions being selected based on a respective impact, and providing the set of actions as output for executing on the cultivar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Christophe Dominique Marie Gueret, Freddy Lecue, Nicholas McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20200068808
    Abstract: According to aspect of the present invention there is provided the light control method and apparatus for cultivation comprising: The lighting process that causes plants to tilt out the symmetry axis of the pots. The distance positioning and the appropriate ratio minimize the plant shadow as possible or better. So the plants grow fully and has normal shape like its natural growth without specific plantation in the closed system or in container. But it can be used to all types of houses. Light control can also be used for soil and non-soil plantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Mankaew MUANCHART
  • Publication number: 20200068809
    Abstract: A plant cultivation device includes a light source unit having a first light source emitting stimulation light in a UV region toward a plant and a second light source emitting background light toward the plant, the background light having a different peak wavelength than the stimulation light. The second light source emits the background light during a light period and stops emission of the background light during a dark period. In addition, the first light source emits the stimulation light for a certain period of time during the light period. Further, a cumulative amount of the stimulation light emitted from the first light source is 0.036 J or more per day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Min KO, Jin Won KIM
  • Publication number: 20200068810
    Abstract: A Light-Emitting Diode (LED) system for facilitating the growth of a plant includes at least one LED array having one or more LEDs for emitting colored light spectra absorbable by a plant, a light detector for detecting light reflected from the plant, and a LED light driver electrically coupled to the at least one LED array and the light detector. The LED light driver receives electrical power from a power source and drives the at least one LED array using the received electrical power; receives from the light detector a signal indicative of the reflected light spectra, and controls the at least one LED array to adjust at least one of the intensities and the spectra of the light emitted from the at least one LED array, based on the received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Majid Pahlevaninezhad, Sam Scherwitz, Hamid Pahlevaninezhad
  • Publication number: 20200068811
    Abstract: Provided is an expandable, modular tower planter having an internal vertical composting capability, and a method of assembling and using the same. Provided in various example embodiments is a modular composting garden container system comprising a base and a plurality of stackable rings forming a tower upon the base, including an optional base ring specially sized, shaped, and positioned to connect the tower to the base. A plurality of perforated, stackable tube sections are provided that are removably assembled into a compost tube assembly of selectable height and mounted within the interior of the tower and above the base. A plurality of holding struts are sized, shaped, and positioned to removably connect the compost tube assembly with the tower and to securely locate the compost tube assembly relative to the tower. Means are provided for recovering nutrient-rich drainage and selective recovery of compost material for reintroduction into the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Colin Cudmore, Joel Bauchal Grant
  • Publication number: 20200068812
    Abstract: A plant support system includes a support ring having at least one wall portion, and at least one support beam coupled to the at least one wall portion and configured to increase rigidity of the at least one wall portion. Further, the plant support system also includes a base coupled to the at least one wall portion and having at least one stationary clamping surface; a clamp spine having a movable clamping surface situated opposite the at least one stationary clamping surface; and a plurality of spring leaves coupled to the clamp spine and configured to bias the clamp spine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel William PATTERSON, Carl Herman HAKEN
  • Publication number: 20200068813
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light transmissive material based on retainment of specific wavelengths, and its insulation composite material and composite carrier thereof, wherein, the light transmissive material is used to retain specific wavelengths of light, so that the wavelength of light of a specific section can pass through the light transmissive material. The invention can be applied to the cultivation of plants, letting the specific section of light wavelengths conform to the range of the light wavelengths, which can regulate plant growth, to enhance the photosynthesis effect of plants, and promote plant growth. Also by adding heat insulation materials, to achieve the effect of summer heat insulation and winter heat preservation, which provides a plant-adapted growth environment, thereby improving crop growth efficiency and increasing the yield, which can help solve the problem of human food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: PAO-HUNG IEH, YI-CANG LIN
  • Publication number: 20200068814
    Abstract: A material application system includes a hopper assembly and a conveyor assembly. The hopper assembly includes an upper portion and a downcomer portion. Bulk material is loaded into the upper portion and passes through the downcomer portion. The downcomer portion may include a sail plate for agitating the bulk material to inhibit the formation of clogs in the bulk material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: DHG, Inc.
    Inventor: Phillip Andrew McGloin
  • Publication number: 20200068815
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an active substance of Hericium erinaceus having a pain-relieving effect, and a pharmaceutical composition including the active substance. The active substance is prepared using the following steps: (a) inoculating a mycelium of H. erinaceus on an agar plate and incubating at 15-32° C. for 8-16 days; (b) inoculating the incubated H. erinaceus mycelia from step (a) into a medium in a flask and incubating at 20-30° C. and pH 4.5-6.5 for 3-5 days; (c) inoculating the incubated H. erinaceus mycelia from step (b) into a medium in a fermentation tank and incubating at 24-32° C. and pH 4.5-5.5 for 8-16 days to obtain a fermented medium of the H. erinaceus mycelia; and (d) desiccating the fermented medium of the H. erinaceus mycelia from step (c) to obtain the powder of the H. erinaceus mycelia, which is further purified and isolated to obtain a novel compound of H. erinaceus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: GRAPE KING BIO LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Shan Liu, Chien-Chih Chen, Chin-Chu Chen, Li-Ya Lee, Wan-Ping Chen, Ting-Wei Lin, Jui-Hsia Hsu, Wei-Ching Chu
  • Publication number: 20200068816
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides peanut maturity grading systems and methods for quickly, efficiently, and objectively determining a peanut maturity grade for a crop of peanuts and determining an optimal harvest time for the crop. Embodiments of systems and methods of the present disclosure can be performed in the field or field-side and do not require assistance of a trained peanut grading specialist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Zion Tse, Brian Boland, Donald Leo, Kyle Johnsen, Sahil Patel, Zhuo Zhao
  • Publication number: 20200068817
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of cultivating Vanilla pompona as well as the curing and use of the cultivated and cured Vanilla pompona seed pods for the production of vanilla products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Annette Renee Crymes, Isabel Vegas Salazer, Julian Vasquez Vasquez, Jose Walter Requejo Cubas, Henyel Vasquez Labajos, Kevin Alfred Berdak
  • Publication number: 20200068818
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water-retaining layer for retaining water in soil, the water-retaining layer being composed of a coagulated natural rubber latex; a greening system having the water-retaining layer provided; and a construction method of the greening system, comprising: an exposing step of removing surface soil in a construction target land and exposing underground soil, a spraying step of spraying a natural rubber latex on an exposed surface of soil, a coagulation step of coagulating the natural rubber latex to form a water-retaining layer, and a covering step of covering the water-retaining layer with the removed surface soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuki NOJIRI
  • Publication number: 20200068819
    Abstract: A water irrigation system is provided for irrigating a plurality of zones. The water irrigation system includes a set of acoustic pressure modulators for generating a set of modulated acoustic pressure signals that include an actuating pressure signal and a de-actuating pressure signal. The set of acoustic pressure modulators include different subsets. The different subsets control different ones of the plurality of zones by selectively providing the same or different ones of the actuating and de-actuating pressure signals to the different ones of the plurality of zones at any given time. The water irrigation system further includes a set of acoustically-reactive irrigating elements disposed in each of the plurality of zones, each including an acoustically-reactive oscillating disk based water emitter. The acoustically-reactive oscillating disk based water emitter is selectively actuated or de-actuated responsive to the actuating pressure signal and the de-actuating pressure signal, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Levente Klein, Alejandro G. Schrott, Theodore G. van Kessel
  • Publication number: 20200068820
    Abstract: Provided is an irrigation system including a flexible conduit having a first end connectable to a liquid supply, a second end opposite the first end, and a plurality of openings along a length thereof between the first and second ends, a plurality of rigid connectors coupled to the flexible conduit at respective ones of the plurality of openings, each of the plurality of rigid connectors including a first portion disposed in the flexible conduit and a second portion extending out of the flexible conduit through the respective one of the plurality of openings, and a plurality of attachment portions configured to be attached to the second portions of the plurality of rigid connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Ezra Kohavi, George Bar
  • Publication number: 20200068821
    Abstract: A system for vertical hydroponic plant growing. The system, and associated apparatuses and methods, may include or use sprockets, a sprocket drive device that is connected to at least one sprocket among the sprockets, a first continuous loop chain that is mounted on the sprockets, a second continuous loop chain that is mounted on the sprockets, and trays. Each tray includes a first end and a second end that includes a drain hole. The trays are attached to the first continuous loop chain and to the second continuous loop chain. The system also includes a fluid-dispensing device that is configured to dispense a fluid into a tray that is moved by the chains to a position adjacent to the fluid-dispensing device. The chains are configured to longitudinally tilt a tray downward towards the drain hole while the tray is near the position adjacent to the fluid-dispensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Tryon, Casmir Usiatynski