On Vehicle Moved During Cutting Patents (Class 30/379)
  • Patent number: 11154943
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chainsaw capable of making it less likely that vibrations due to driving of an electric motor and a endless movement of a saw chain are transmitted to a worker, thereby enabling the worker to become less likely to be fatigued even in work using the chainsaw. The chainsaw includes an electric motor provided inside a body casing; a guide bar provided in a front portion of the body casing in such a manner as to protrude forwardly; a saw chain provided around an outer periphery of the guide bar in an endlessly movable manner, and configured to be endlessly moved along the outer periphery of the guide bar under driving of the electric motor; a handle section provided with respect to the body casing, and configured to be gripped by a worker; and an anti-vibration member interposed between the body casing and the handle section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Kachi, Koji Haneda, Masaki Sakuragi
  • Patent number: 11058064
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, methods, and methods of making devices for solving the problem of providing vegetation maintenance along easements, right-of-ways, roads, paths, and landscapes. In one embodiment, a saw attachment includes a boom assembly and a motor assembly mechanically coupled with the boom assembly. The saw attachment also includes a circular saw blade mechanically coupled with the motor assembly and a mount assembly mechanically coupled with the boom assembly. The mount assembly is configured for attachment to a loader having lift arms and resident on a host vehicle. In certain embodiments, the host vehicle may be a skid-steer, a tracked loader, or the like. In other embodiments, the host vehicle may be a tractor, a telehandler, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Treefrogg LLC
    Inventor: Norman Dean Combs, III
  • Patent number: 10966374
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle apparatus and method for performing pruning operations on a plant being cultivated in a container is disclosed. The apparatus includes a wheeled chassis operably configured to autonomously navigate to a location of the container within a workspace. The apparatus also includes a plant support operable to receive and secure the container in an upright condition with respect to a vertical axis extending generally vertically through the container and the plant. The apparatus further includes a manipulator mounted to the vehicle and operable to grasp and load the container onto the plant support, and a pruning tool mounted on the vehicle and disposed to prune the plant while causing rotational movement of at least one of the pruning tool and the container about the vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Farhang Bidram, Vahid Mehrabi
  • Patent number: 10645882
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle apparatus and method for performing pruning operations on a plant being cultivated in a container is disclosed. The apparatus includes a wheeled chassis operably configured to autonomously navigate to a location of the container within a workspace. The apparatus also includes a plant support operable to receive and secure the container in an upright condition for rotation about a vertical axis extending generally vertically through the container and the plant. The apparatus further includes a manipulator mounted to the vehicle and operable to grasp and load the container onto the plant support, and a pruning tool mounted on the vehicle and disposed to prune the plant while the container is rotated on the plant support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Intelligent Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Farhang Bidram, Vahid Mehrabi
  • Patent number: 9668410
    Abstract: A method for mowing around an obstacle. A mower arm is pivotally connected to a supporting member supportively connect to a supporting vehicle. A pivotal arm is pivotally connected to the mower arm. A cutter head is connected to the pivotal arm, the cutter head comprising a first cutter and a second cutter. A release mechanism comprising a holding plate is located on the pivotal arm and an actuator is located on the mower arm, the holding plate comprising at least one hole, the actuator engaging the at least one hole in the holding plate to hold the pivotal arm in a first position such that the first cutter is in a relatively leading position to the second cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Inventor: Harlan Clifford Goudy
  • Patent number: 9445544
    Abstract: An apparatus for mowing around an obstacle. A mower arm is pivotally connected to a supporting member supportively connect to a supporting vehicle. A pivotal arm is pivotally connected to the mower arm. A cutter head is connected to the pivotal arm, the cutter head comprising a first cutter and a second cutter. A release mechanism comprising a holding plate is located on the pivotal arm and an actuator is located on the mower arm, the holding plate comprising at least one hole, the actuator engaging the at least one hole in the holding plate to hold the pivotal arm in a first position such that the first cutter is in a relatively leading position to the second cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Inventor: Harlan Clifford Goudy
  • Patent number: 8836529
    Abstract: A chain saw hazard warning light and method for using same. A pair of oppositely-directed light sources emit light beams throughout a chain shot hazard warning zone through rectilinear, slotted openings at opposite ends of a housing. The light beams turn on, if and only if, the cutting chain is rotating about the chain guide bar; alternatively, initiation of rotation of the cutting chain is delayed to permit the light beams to turn on some time prior thereto. The zone is defined by first and second pairs of planes that diverge in opposite directions from the chain guide bar, said planes being disposed at equal, acute angles (most preferably 15°) to, and on opposite sides of, a plane that includes the chain guide bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Thomsen
  • Patent number: 8499463
    Abstract: A saw box for preventing chain shot from a broken sawchain of a chainsaw, the saw box including a stationary shield that covers a rear section of the saw. The shield has an end surface that extends between an outer surface and an inner surface of the shield and has such hardness and is designed with a convex curvature of such a radius that one part of the broken sawchain that comes to an external location during operation of the saw can slide around the end surface in an essentially unhindered manner in a direction towards the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Log Max AB
    Inventor: Hans Arvidsson
  • Patent number: 8322385
    Abstract: A double chain saw arrangement which has diametrically oppositely extending chain saws powered by a single motor driving two sprockets on said hub, each engaged with an associated chain saw chains on each chain saw bar mounted to the hub. A series of hooked capture pieces project from one side of the chain saw bars in a plane parallel to the chain saw bars, which pieces act to cause brush and limbs to be captured and forced into contact with the saw chains to be cut thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Inventor: Richard W. Kauppila
  • Patent number: 7814738
    Abstract: A device for cultivating a crop, such as a tree or plant, includes a rotary body which is rotatable about an axis of rotation. At least one cutting member is provided, which is fastened to the rotary body in such a way that the cutting member, during the rotation of the rotary body, defines a substantially circular path. The cutting member is configured in such a way that a crop located radially within the path can be cultivated along said the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Vastgoedmaatschappij Gebr. Ezendam B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Pontianus Ezendam, Nicodemus Assisius Ezendam
  • Publication number: 20100180453
    Abstract: A cutting trolley (2) includes a frame structure (12) and at least two rear wheels (30, 31) on a rear shaft (32) and at least one front wheel (20), for a cutter (31) of the type including a circular cutting blade (5) in a front end of the cutter, and a front handle (6) and a rear handle (7). The trolley also includes a cutter carrier (13), said cutter carrier including a front attachment device (36) and a rear attachment device (37) for the attachment of the cutter on the carrier via said front handle and said rear handle, respectively, for trolley carried operation of the cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Tore Aronsson, Rolf Johansson, Thomas Pallin
  • Patent number: 7703211
    Abstract: An extendable tree trimming saw is made easy to handle by providing a foot plate on which to rest the weight of the pole and a winch for raising and lowering the saw. The extendable pole is pivotally connected to the foot plate, preferably through a coil spring or elastomeric mass that aides in holding the pole upright and restoring it to an upright position after a cutting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Inventor: Robert W. Kirchhoff
  • Publication number: 20080115369
    Abstract: A roofing saw assembly and corresponding method of use for cutting into a roof a predetermined depth. The saw assembly may or may not include the saw itself. But it otherwise includes a frame having a base and a handle. Front and rear wheel sets are carried on the frame for supporting the frame in rolling movement above a roofing surface. A dead-man brake assembly is associated with at least one of the wheel sets wherein the brake is engaged with the wheel set until it is released to permit wheel rotation. A saw platform is carried on the frame, with the platform being adapted to support the power saw a predetermined height above the roofing surface. A height adjuster is disposed between the frame and the platform for adjusting the saw platform relative to the frame. The assembly can be used to cut roof sections of a predetermined size for easy and tidy removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Collister, Brenden J. Jones
  • Patent number: 7237585
    Abstract: A metal frame having at least one wheel attached in a way that permits the frame to be moved from one location to another. Attached to the frame is a chain saw that can be used in more than one cutting position using remote controls attached to the metal frame and controlled by the operator. The operator controls the saw's cutting position either vertically or horizontally with a tension rope that moves the saw to the desired cutting position. The saw's throttle is controlled by a flexible cable attached to a throttle assembly at the saw and a handle attached to the right side of the metal frame allowing the operator to control the cutting speed of the chain saw from high rpm to idle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventor: Larry Donald McKnight
  • Patent number: 6932163
    Abstract: A saw (10) facilitates cutting of roofing and includes a frame (12) that is mobile on a work surface. A locking mechanism (40) locks the frame (12) into a transport position. Actuating a release lever (60) allows the frame (12) to be adjusted into a working position. A shaft (14) rotatably mounted by first, second and third bearings (74, 75, 76) has saw blades (16, 18) and a pulley (77) for connection with a drive belt (80). The drive belt (80) passes through a hole (79) in the frame (12) to connect to a drive (81) to rotate the shaft (14) and the saw blades (16, 18). The third bearing (76) is mounted to a bearing support (85). The frame (12) has a gap (84) communicating the hole (79) with an exterior edge (78) of the frame (12) proximate the third bearing (76), with the bearing support (85) removably and replaceably mounted to the frame (12) and spanning the gap (84).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Garlock Equipment Company
    Inventors: Richard B. Stoffels, John Munoz
  • Patent number: 6439279
    Abstract: A tree saw attachment (10) for use with a loader vehicle includes a base frame (11), a generally V-shaped blade assembly (12), a brush guard (13), and a tweezer arm assembly (14). A swingable tweezer arm (29) of the tweezer arm assembly is movable using a hydraulic cylinder (33) to grasp objects against an upper surface of the base frame or the blade assembly. The brush guard and tweezer arm assembly are removable from the base frame as a single unit to facilitate shipping and assembly. A sprayer assembly (90) is positioned within the base frame for applying a herbicide to tree stumps cut by the V-shaped blade assembly. The blade assembly can be a single integral blade (42), or can be formed of right and left blades (70, 71) with intermeshing projections (73, 74) secured to a rib member (36) along a centerline of the blade assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Great Plains Manufacturing, Incorporated
    Inventor: Mark Underwood
  • Publication number: 20020096166
    Abstract: A saw extension for supporting a hand-held portable rotary saw has a base, a plurality of wheels positioned to support the base above a surface, and an upwardly extending arm extending from the base to a control grip. The hand-held portable rotary saw is removably attached to the base with at least one locking pin positioned through a guide plate of the hand-held portable rotary saw and into at least one locking aperture of the base. The saw extension includes a power control mechanism mounted on the saw extension. The power control mechanism includes a power socket into which a saw power cord of the hand-held portable rotary saw can be plugged, a master power cord for electronically connecting the power socket with an external power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventor: David Halstead
  • Patent number: 6349712
    Abstract: A saw extension for supporting a hand-held portable rotary saw has a base, a plurality of wheels positioned to support the base above a surface, and an upwardly extending arm extending from the base to a control grip. The hand-held portable rotary saw is removably attached to the base with at least one locking pin positioned through a guide plate of the hand-held portable rotary saw and into at least one locking aperture of the base. The saw extension includes a power control mechanism mounted adjacent the control grip. The power control mechanism includes a power socket into which a saw power cord of the hand-held portable rotary saw can be plugged, a master power cord for electronically connecting the power socket with an external power source, and a trigger switch for operably controlling the flow of power to the hand-held portable rotary saw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Inventor: David Halstead
  • Patent number: 5950699
    Abstract: A land clearing apparatus comprises a brush saw which is removably attachable to a brush rake which is in turn removably attachable to a vehicle such as a front end loader or a bulldozer. The brush saw comprises a wedge shaped blade with a clamping assembly mounted on a rear end thereof and extending thereabove. The clamping assembly includes opposed clamping members adapted to engage portions of the brush rake from opposite directions for removably securing the brush saw to the brush rake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Inventor: Ralph E. Dove
  • Patent number: 5868182
    Abstract: The underwater logging device of the present invention is selectively remotely maneuverable to engage submerged free standing timber with sawing and dogging apparatus for selectively sawing and dogging the timber. The device includes a buoyancy tank mounted on a frame; a selectively remotely actuable steering mechanism mounted to the frame; independently steerable motivating traction wheels or the like, rotatably mounted to the frame and cooperating with, so as to be steerable by, the steering mechanism for translating the underwater logging device over a lakebed and between the free standing timber; a remotely monitorable vision system is mounted to the frame; selectively remotely actuable saws are mounted to the frame so as to be disposable outwardly of the fine for cutting engagement with the free standing timber once the underwater logging device has been translated into proximity with the free standing timber by the motivating traction wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Inventor: Cyril Burton
  • Patent number: 5857505
    Abstract: A depth-of-cut bushing is mounted above a cutter-arm array to provide a cutting head mounted on a rotary lawn mower or mower/trimmer. The bushing is shaped so that it acts together with the cutter-arm array to accomplish control of the cutting action. This control enables chipping of stumps or roots at the low horsepowers available with lawn mowers or mower/trimmers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Inventor: Frank G. Zagar
  • Patent number: 5826339
    Abstract: A forestry cutting, mulching and clearing attachment for a hydraulic excavator that is used for clearing sloped grounds, ditches, and culverts. The device includes two mating jaws which are substantially rectangular in shape and include a plurality of mating cutting surfaces. The clearing apparatus is designed to cut standing trees and brush using both longitudinally and laterally oriented cutting surfaces. In the preferred embodiment, the first jaw includes a curved blade and a pair of cutting blocks, while the second jaw includes a pair of curved blades and a cutting block. Each jaw has a pair of fixedly attached brackets which are used to pivotally mount the jaws to the boom structure of the hydraulic excavator. The jaws have a mutual pivoting point attached to the central boom of the excavator, and peripheral pivoting points movably attached to the control rams of the hydraulic cylinders. The hydraulic cylinders may be actuated to open and close the jaws in order to cut the debris into mulch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Inventor: Douglas M. Price
  • Patent number: 5291723
    Abstract: Methods for trimming trees with a machine that includes an elongated boom pivotally connected to the upper portion of a mast for elevational movement with the mast, an inboard rotor and an outboard rotor both rotatably mounted on the boom and a plurality of saws rotatably carried on each of the inboard and outboard rotors for rotation in a generally parallel plane are improved to prevent cuttings from accumulating in the tops of trimmed trees by rotating the inboard rotor and the saws carried thereby counterclockwise and rotating the outboard rotor and the saws carried thereby clockwise. Machines for carrying out the improved methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Inventor: Robert J. Lindsey
  • Patent number: 5274924
    Abstract: A device that attaches to a rotary lawn mower to convert it into a weed, brush and small tree cutter. The rotating blade of the lawn mower is replaced with a drive sprocket that engages a continuous loop cutting element. The cutting element is retained in front of the mower by pulley guides. The pulley guides are retained by adjustable brackets attached to the mower. The cutting element is protected by guards that project in front of the mower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Richard A. Lee
    Inventor: Richard A. Lee
  • Patent number: 5207031
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in renovating tube systems, in particular, sewer tubes of a circular cross section. The apparatus includes a frame on wheel, with the frame being arranged so as to be moved inside a tube in such a manner that a position of the apparatus in the tube is determined. A motor-driven tool is arranged for cutting away items extending or protruding into the tube and/or for forming side openings in the tube wall or in a tube lining. The motor driven tool is mounted on a carrier arm extending beyond an end part of a rotatable portion of the apparatus. The carrier arm is pivotally connected, opposite the tool, to the rotatable portion at a distance from the end part thereof. An inflatable lifting member is arranged inside the rotatable portion between the end part of the rotatable portion and the pivot axis of the carrier arm. The lifting member is interposed between the rotatable portion and the carrier arm in such a manner that the tool can be moved diametrically within the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Inventor: Kresten Gammelgaard
  • Patent number: 5113919
    Abstract: A feller head having a circular saw at the base thereof with a housing surrounding the circular saw, and an opening in the housing exposing the circular saw. A movable guard can be rotated between an open position within the housing and a closed position where the guard extends across the opening protecting the circular saw. The feller head also has a pair of grapple arms in the upper portion of the frame and an accumulator arm in the lower portion of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Inventor: Charles D. MacLennan
  • Patent number: 4996899
    Abstract: A hay bale cutter and a method of cutting a hay bale open, particularly suited for large round bales. The cutter has an elongate generally horizontal blade with a sharpened cutting leading edge, a skid on a lower edge for keeping the blade above ground, an upward facing support surface for support of a cut bale on the blade, and structure for securing the trailing end of the blade to a motor vehicle. The method has the steps of mounting the blade on a vehicle, taking the vehicle and mounted blade to a hay bale, spearing the sharpened end of the blade into one end of the bale, and plunging the blade through the length of the bale to cut the bale open along a radius of the bale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Inventor: Laurel D. Henderson
  • Patent number: 4979307
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary cutting tool for cutting elongated objects such as electrical cable armor. The tool includes a frame or yoke with a rotary cutting element supported thereon. A pair of spaced-apart workpiece-contacting elements or guide members are supported on the frame and positioned on opposite sides of the cutting element to make contact with spaced-apart portions of an elongated workpiece radially outwardly of the cutting element's cutting edge. The workpiece-contacting elements are yieldable toward the cutting edge to an extent sufficient to allow relative movement of the cutting edge into cutting contact with the workpiece and to thereby guide and brace the workpiece against substantially tangential movement relative to the rotary cutting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1990
    Inventor: Ray M. Ste. Marie
  • Patent number: 4832412
    Abstract: There is disclosed a powered truck-like vehicle having a support base at the back and an apparatus for cutting street or road pavement. A length-wise-extensible boom is mounted at one end on the base so that it can extend laterally of the vehicle. An elongated rail structure is mounted on the other end of the boom in a manner such that it can be moved alongside the boom. A saw carrier, mounted on the rail structure so that it can be displaced along it, is provided with a rotary pavement cutting saw that can be displaced relative to the rail structure to cut pavement. The vehicle may further comprise a second lengthwise-extensible boom fixed to the base so as to project laterally from it at right angle to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Inventor: Rene Bertrand
  • Patent number: 4778304
    Abstract: Apparatus for reworking pavement expansion joints by resizing the joint includes a frame having front and rear portions hinged to one another at a transverse pivot axis. The frame pushed along the pavement by a vehicle. The rear frame portion is supported by laterally positioned wheels and by a rear guide disk. The front frame portion is supported by a front guide disk. The guide disks lie along the frame axis and engage the expansion joint to guide the frame along the joint. A concrete cutting saw is mounted to the rear frame portion directly above the axis of the support wheels with its saw blade lying in the same vertical plane as the guide disks. The saw is preferably remotely raised and lowerd through actuation of a hydraulic cylinder mounted to the frame to adjust the depth of cut. The frame is pushed through a link drive having dual axis joints for attachment to the vehicle and the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Diamond Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Barney T. Baldi, John D. Ward
  • Patent number: 4771670
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for slicing, lifting and carrying round bales or the like. The method for slicing the bale consists of making a radial cut through the length of the bale. The radial cut causes the circumferentially wrapped bale fibers to be cut which causes bale to open up. A partial radial cut, leaving the outer bale fibers uncut, can be made leaving bale substantially in a cylindrical shape to facilitate easy transport with a forklift like carrier. The apparatus consists of a mast assembly mounted to raiseable three point hitch of an agricultural tractor or the like. A pair of parallel forks are directly attached to mast and engage the curved sides of bale so as to lift and support bale for easy transport. A hydraulically activated knife assembly is attached to mast and forks. The knife has serrated teeth which cut through bale when knife reciprocates. A bumper or work guide when attached to the end of forks holds bale during cutting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Inventor: Marion K. Woerman
  • Patent number: 4726118
    Abstract: A handle and skid assembly for attachment to the saw bar of a chain saw. A handle component extends upwardly and rearwardly from the skid assembly and includes a pair of handgrips. The ground engaging skid assembly includes forwardly directed arms with one having an article engaging edge which guides the saw chain diagonally into cutting engagement with the article. An open area defined by the remaining arm receives a portion of the sawed article. The two-piece skid assembly includes protective flanges adjacent the runs of the saw chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Inventors: Ronald Mattson, Edward C. Montgomery
  • Patent number: 4709736
    Abstract: Tractor mounted rotary cutting equipment of a type suitable for use in grinding down tree stumps to below surface level is provided. The cutting disc of the equipment is driven by an hydraulic motor through a flexible coupling and the hydraulic motor is, in turn, driven by an hydraulic power pack which is activated by the engine of the tractor. Preferably an over-run device is embodied to allow the cutting disc to continue rotating when the tractor engine is slowed down. The cutting disc preferably has cutters secured thereto by bolts or the like passing through a part of the disc and into co-operating screw threaded holes in the cutters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Inventor: Terence G. Bellars
  • Patent number: 4541177
    Abstract: A delimbing shear attachment for a moveable boom mounted on a motorized or self-propelled vehicle having an operator's station such as a cab or platform from which the operator controls movement of the boom and attachment and the application of hydraulic power to an attachment mounted on the boom. The shear attachment comprises a mounting frame detachedly secured to the boom, an anvil member rigidly connected to said mounting frame and a cutting member pivotally connected at one end to the mounting frame and having a cutting edge disposed in cooperating relation with the anvil member. A double-acting hydraulic cylinder is operated in one direction to open the shear to receive a tree limb or other workpiece to be sheared and in the other direction to bring the cutting edge into engagement along its entire length with the anvil to shear off the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Inventor: Brian Hollander
  • Patent number: 4518043
    Abstract: The disclosure in this patent application includes a retractable in-row tiller device that has a parallelogram carriage structure for supporting the outrigger arm and tiller and for retracting and extending the outrigger arm and tiller in relation to the tractor on which it is mounted. It also includes an electro-hydraulic control system with a single wand plant feeler device that provides very accurate and responsive automatic control to guide the tiller around plants and which can be overridden and operated manually with ease and accurateness. It also includes an automatic positive depth control feature operated electro-hydraulically by a gauge wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Jack F. Anderson
    Inventors: Jack F. Anderson, Clayton Melrose, Floyd Melrose
  • Patent number: 4513799
    Abstract: Cutting horizontal, cantilevering objects of splittable material, such as de-barked tree trunks and the like is carried out with the aid of a guided, endless circulating saw chain (10), the upper cutting part of which is moved from below and upwards through the object. The lower edge portions of the cut surfaces at the cut are allowed to bear against each other under the action of the bending moment of the cantilevering object, while the return portion of the saw chain in the cutting area is kept free from the cut surfaces. The saw chain is guided by a chain guide (12) extending curvilinearly under the object and guides the return part of the chain. The chain guide and the guided return part are both outside and below the object during the whole of the cutting operation, while the upper cutting portion of the chain runs straight between the end points of the curved portion of the chain guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: Ostbergs Fabriks AB
    Inventors: Thore Lindblom, Jan-Erik Hedin, Sven Wickstrom
  • Patent number: 4476761
    Abstract: A mobile paper roll splitter device and a method for splitting a roll of paper are disclosed. A fork lift type truck is moved to a roll of paper and a horizontally disposed spline is inserted into the core of the paper. A horizontally disposed beam operatively connected to the truck is moved downwardly onto the roll of paper along a vertically disposed beam also connected to the truck. A blade, operatively mounted on the horizontal beam, is moved horizontally back and forth along the horizontal beam as the horizontal beam is forced downwardly onto the roll of paper, thus splitting the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: Perry L. Bird
  • Patent number: 4392403
    Abstract: A portable apparatus that can be wheeled to a pallet supported by a conveyor for selective removal of nails that interconnect the stringers with the deckboards. The portable apparatus has a platform that is moveable in a vertical direction to position the cutting means at the juncture of the stringer with the deckboards. Such apparatus has a pair of pivotal cutting means that are moveable toward each other into intermeshing contact to shear nails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1983
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventor: Troy E. Martindale, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4382332
    Abstract: This trimming apparatus is conveniently mounted on a vehicle. It has a conveyor that includes belts that push the potted plants along a wall so as to rotate the plants while at the same time the plants are passed by the cutters. Thus the entire periphery of the plant is trimmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Assignee: Bordier's Nursery California, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Dominge
  • Patent number: 4353275
    Abstract: Sawing apparatus mountable to the side of a tractor and having a boom which extends outwardly from the tractor. The boom carries a motor driven circular saw which is movable along the length of the boom for making a saw cut in a vertical plane parallel to the boom. The apparatus is arranged for movement of the boom, both vertically as well as horizontally in the front to rear direction of the tractor. The angle of the boom to the horizontal is also variable. The boom may be swung over a range of positions about a generally vertical axis and to a position at which it extends in the front to rear direction of the tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Inventor: Hume W. Colville
  • Patent number: 4294046
    Abstract: A traveling tool carrier is provided for severing the heads of railway spikes to facilitate the removal or replacement of the rails from the railway ties and bed. The traveling tool carrier includes a platform that is mounted for rolling engagement on the rails and has a saw support assembly mounted thereon in suspended relation. A saw that is formed as part of the saw support assembly is operated to engage and sever the heads of the railway spikes to provide for the convenient removal and replacement of the rails. The saw support assembly is both horizontally and vertically adjustable on the platform to locate the saw in the required position for severing the spike heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Inventor: Luigi Damiano
  • Patent number: 4192067
    Abstract: Cutting apparatus having spaced apart cutters which can be brought closer together are disposed on one end of a boom which is movable in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of a closely packed tube bundle to cut out short segments from the tubes starting at the periphery and working through the tube bundle by bringing the cutters closer together to provide clearance as the cutters move deeper into the tube bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Calhoun, Arthur W. Kramer, Frank I. Bauer, William A. Bencloski
  • Patent number: 4090540
    Abstract: A framework mounted on a tractor has separate vertically adjustable feet to support it from the ground at a desired angle of tilt so that a circular saw, slidable on the frame and driven from the tractor, can be moved downwardly and forwardly to sever a tree along a slanting plane below ground level. The frame has a member engageable with a side of the tree to resist the tendency of the frame to move laterally due to reaction from the cutting load on the saw. A hydraulic motor advances the saw while the tractor remains stationary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1978
    Inventors: Dale A. Smith, Cyril Barton
  • Patent number: 4058038
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of detaching from a body of a material such as hay a portion thereof which then can be transported to a desired location. A prime mover such as a tractor carries at one of its ends, for example, a frame which supports a cutting structure capable of cutting into a body of a material such as hay in such a way as to carry out a slicing action while cutting into the body, so as to detach from the body a portion thereof which then can be transported to a desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1977
    Inventor: Lauri Alarik Tenhunen
  • Patent number: 4044979
    Abstract: Hedge trimming apparatus including a substantially horizontal platform pivotable along one edge of a base to level the apparatus relative to a hedge to be trimmed. Wheels and a handle are connected to the base to form a movable carriage for the apparatus. A vertically adjustable column on the platform and a horizontally adjustable shaft mounted on the column are provided to mount a bracket for retaining an electric hedge trimmer on the apparatus, whose position can be adjusted relative to the hedge by adjusting the position of the column and shaft, once the platform is levelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1977
    Inventor: Patrick V. Lemmo
  • Patent number: 3979827
    Abstract: A tree cutting attachment for connection to a power mower or the like, and including an adapter means for mounting on the frame of the mower, and a cutting assembly including an elongated support arm connected to the adapter means and projecting outwardly from the side of the mower frame for engagement with a tree or the like. A continuous cutting element is movably mounted on a support arm for cutting engagement with the tree, and a drive assembly is operably connected to the cutting element being adapted for connection to the drive shaft of the power mower to impart movement to the cutting element for cutting through the tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Inventor: Ivan Anzur
  • Patent number: 3959925
    Abstract: A tree bark scoring apparatus adapted for transport and for operation aboard a moving, dirigible and speed controllable prime mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Donald W. Sanders
  • Patent number: 3931676
    Abstract: A portable power saw apparatus is disclosed having an endless saw chain driven about a bow bar by an internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes a pair of transversely spaced legs respectively secured to the chain guide adjacent the outer end thereof and extending downwardly therefrom. The legs provide a ground-engageable abutment to support the outer end portion of the chain guide and saw chain, and they also define a size guage determinative of the largest diameter object acceptable between the legs for severance by the saw chain. Skid means secured to the handle structure of the apparatus is oriented at substantially the same elevation as the legs and forms a ground-engageable means therewith to support the saw apparatus in a generally horizontal orientation in certain operating modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1976
    Inventor: William E. Merle