Horizontal Axis Patents (Class 56/97)
  • Patent number: 7599777
    Abstract: A load handling system of an industrial vehicle includes a pantograph attachment that provides a variable reach. A sensor provides position feedback for the pantograph attachment. A processor then determines a maximum allowable reach of the pantograph attachment according to the position feedback and other vehicle operating parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: NMHG Oregon, LLC
    Inventors: Gianni Passeri, Riccardo Appiani
  • Patent number: 5673543
    Abstract: A foldable corn head having separable, matable auger sections which are cantilever suspended from the ends thereof to provide an obstruction-free path for harvested ears of corn being transported by the auger. Outer sections of the corn head are foldable vertically about horizontal hinges to reduce the width of the head for over-the-road travel. Stub auger sections are cantilever mounted from end plates in the pivotable outer corn head sections, at least one of the stub sections being driven by an actuator, such as a hydraulic motor means. The stub sections are provided with coupling elements at their inner ends which are matable with coupling elements in the ends of the main auger section. The elements have non-symmetrically disposed mating pins and bores to form the couplings and to align the ends of the helical auger flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Byron Enterprises, Inc
    Inventors: Mark David Richardson, Joel C. Stefl, James E. Glazier
  • Patent number: 4148175
    Abstract: A self-propelled combine includes a corn picker head having a corn stalk harvesting and windrow attachment on its underside which includes gathering guide fingers for each row of feeding stalks into a sickle cutter and paddle reel forwardly of augers which convey cut stalks to a centrally positioned discharge, whereby the stalks are dropped onto the ground in a windrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1979
    Inventor: Kent A. Miller