Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
056120800 | Including driven air-blower unit | 21 |
20080256915 | Self-cleaning blow-off - A self-cleaning blow-off for a rotary air screen, includes a blow-off channel including an inlet disposed for receiving a flow of air from a pressurized air source, and a movable blow-off channel section configured and supported to be movable between an operational position disposed adjacent to a portion of the air screen for directing the flow of air for blowing debris and dirt from the screen, and a cleaning position disposed away from the screen such that accumulated debris and dirt in the blow-off section will be released. And, an actuator is connected to and controllably operable for moving the movable blow-off section between the operating position and the cleaning position. The actuator can be controlled to move the movable blow-off section to the cleaning position periodically, as desired, or responsive to an input. | 10-23-2008 |
20090282795 | Blower and rotary rake for debris herding - A debris herding method and apparatus is described comprising a low power air blower and a tilted rotary rake. The air blower acts together with a tilted rotary rake to dislodge and impel the debris. A motor driven chassis transports the blower and the rotary rake across the lawn. The blower and rotary rake can be energetically powered, such as by a solar cell array mounted to the chassis. The present invention is directed to an energetically efficient device for moving debris on a surface, such as leaves on a lawn. | 11-19-2009 |
20110179757 | Lightweight battery-driven air-supported vegetation trimmer - A lightweight hand held vegetation trimmer powered by an onboard battery, or alternatively available in a version powered by 120 volt mains power. A battery pack powers an electric motor to generate a rotary output and a cutting line adapted to be rotably driven by a line support structure, all enclosed within a round or elliptical shaped hood. By introducing an upwards facing impeller driven by the same electric motor within the internal chamber under the hood structure, the trimmer is floated on a cushion of air, to carry the weight of the cutting head to reduce operator fatigue and to maintain a continuously horizontal cutting position for the cutting element. | 07-28-2011 |
20130291506 | Cutter Guard for a Lawn Mower - A cutter guard for a rotating blade of a lawn mower, particularly for a robotic, self-guided or autonomous lawn mower forms a cutting bowl in which the blade is mounted for rotation about a generally vertical axis. The guard comprises a generally planar guard section surrounded by an arcuate section, transverse edges of which define an opening in the cutter guard, which in operation is pointed to the front of the lawn mower, to allow uncut grass to be accessed by the cutting blades. The arcuate section comprises a plurality of apertures. | 11-07-2013 |
20150096277 | Method and Assembly for Displacing Animals in Vegetation Subject to Mowing or Cutting - An assembly and method for displacing bees from vegetation subject to cutting by mowing machines. The assembly is provided as blower means and an affixed funnel attachment. In operation, the blower means force air into the funnel attachment, directing a concentrated air stream to an area immediately in front of the mowing deck, displacing animals in the area prior to cutting by the mowing deck. A funnel mouth is oriented so that the emitted air stream is at least as wide as the mower deck, and multiple blower assemblies or larger funnel attachments may be used to accommodate larger mowing decks. A kit for retrofitting existing mowers is provided. A rake is further provided for use alone or with the blower means. The method for displacing animals includes selective actuation of the blower and/or other displacement means while operating the mowing machine. | 04-09-2015 |
20150327439 | Forage harvester - A forage harvester includes a post-accelerator disposed in an interior of said forage harvester and comprising a conveying fan that rotates about a rotary axle. The post-accelerator is partially enclosed by a housing that is open in sections and that extends in sections into a crop-conveyance path. An extent of the extension into the crop-conveying path is adjusted by displacing the post-accelerator relative to the housing. The forage harvester also includes a wall disposed opposite an open section. The rotary axle includes ends that are mounted in bearing supports disposed on the housing via one end so as to be pivotable about a pivot axle. Each of the bearing supports are connected to an actuator at a free end opposing the one end disposed on the housing. | 11-19-2015 |
056120900 | For drawing vegetation to harvester | 4 |
20090199529 | Sickle guard with integral streamlined air discharge system for blowing plant material toward a header of an agricultural plant cutting machine - A guard for a sickle of an agricultural plant cutting machine includes a forwardly extending finger including a longitudinally extending, upwardly facing surface extending over the sickle, which includes a rearwardly facing air discharge nozzle therein located above and/or forwardly of the sickle, and the finger includes an air flow passage extending internally therethrough from an air inlet adjacent to a base of the finger to the nozzle, for delivering a flow of pressurized air thereto, the nozzle being at least mostly flush with or recessed into the upwardly facing surface. As a result, the nozzle is operable for discharging the flow of air rearwardly over the finger without obstructing plant material flow thereover, the air flow being sufficient to blow at least a substantial amount of loose grain and other plant material located forwardly of the front edge of a header floor of the machine, onto the floor for collection by a conveyor of the header for processing. | 08-13-2009 |
20130205736 | LAWN MOWER - In a lawn mower for mowing lawns on a ground having a drive shaft adapted to transmit a rotational driving force of a operating motor (prime mover), three blades and a connecting member having a blade disk adapted to connect the blades with the drive shaft, a fan is integrally formed at the connecting member. The blades are attached to the connecting member at a circumference of the connecting member and to be movable relative to the connecting member in a radial direction of the connecting member. | 08-15-2013 |
20150107210 | Cross Flow Horizontal Rotary Lawn Mower - A lawnmower uses thin, replaceable blades with a hardened cutting edge. Such blades are held by blade holding elements in a horizontally rotating mower blade assembly. The blade assembly and blade assembly housing are configured in a specialized cross-flow mower assembly to reduce grass leave tip damage, increase cut quality and overall aesthetic appeal, while consuming less power and providing a reduced environmental impact. | 04-23-2015 |
056130100 | To suction head | 1 |
056130200 | With beater at suction head | 1 |
20080216460 | GRAIN LIFTER - A grain lifter may be attached to the front end of a tractor or dozer. The grain lifter has an auger for moving grain or other bulk commodities towards a receiving end of the auger. A support structure supports the auger and has at least a vertical collecting wall and a collecting lip which lies under the auger to help collect grain as the grain lifter is moved through a pile of grain. The auger is enclosed on two sides by the collecting wall and collecting lip. A collection device lies adjacent the receiving end of the auger to collect grain that is directed to that end of the auger. In a method for using the grain lifter, a grain pile is collected. A tractor having a grain lifter is driven into the grain pile. Grain is moved along the length of the auger towards the collection device. The grain is then collected through the collection device. The collecting device may be a vacuum pump. | 09-11-2008 |
056130300 | For discharging crop from harvester | 11 |
20090071115 | Air-powered rotary rake - The air-powered rotary rake is an attachment for a leaf blower or the like, providing the user with air-powered rotary blades to dislodge or agitate debris which, ordinarily, could not be moved easily with air blowing alone. The air-powered rotary rake includes a housing defining an open interior region and having opposed open front and rear ends. The rear end is adapted for releasable attachment to the leaf blower. An internal wall is mounted within a front portion of the housing and divides the housing into an upper passage and a lower passage. A spindle is rotatably mounted within the upper passage and a plurality of vanes are mounted on the spindle. When the pressurized air is diverted into the upper passage, the pressurized air impinges upon the vanes mounted on the spindle, causing the spindle to rotate and driving rotation of a plurality of blades also annularly mounted thereto. | 03-19-2009 |
20090113866 | Harvester having an adjustable transfer means - A harvester ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090113867 | AIR MOVEMENT UNIT FOR BIOMASS CONVEYANCE, SEPARATION, OR COMBINE PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT - A harvesting machine includes a self-propelled vehicle adapted for separating grain from non-grain material, a cleaning shoe and a fan for controlling air flow. The fan is positioned downstream of the cleaning shoe and the fan having an air inlet for providing air to the fan and an aspiration outlet for providing air from the fan. The fan assists in reducing static air pressure within the harvesting machine. The fan may be a centrifugal fan. The harvesting machine may further include a chopper operatively connected to the vehicle and adapted for receiving the non-grain material and chopping the non-grain material and a blower adapted for assisting in conveying the non-grain material from the chopper such as for collection in a collection container. | 05-07-2009 |
20130160415 | Vacuum collector assembly for lawn tractors - A vacuum collector assembly comprises a mountable hitch having support posts connected to one another by horizontal supports and a hinge mechanism for connecting to a trailing carriage. The trailing carriage includes a lift assembly and an engine support frame for mounting thereon an engine operating conjunctively with an impeller assembly for developing negative pressure within a blower housing that is connected in between a receptacle hood and a lawn cutting deck. The engine support frame generally extends outwardly from a pair of vertical columns each having ends connected to support runners for situating atop thereof a pair of receptacles holders suited for receiving receptacle bins utilized in storing collected debris. The lift assembly comprises side arms functioning with a trailer jack having internal gearing made operable by an extension rod and handle assembly to facilitate rotation thereof that effects lifting and lowering of the trailing carriage apart and away from the mountable hitch to allow for wheeled transport and storage of the vacuum collector assembly. | 06-27-2013 |
20130263562 | DISPOSITIONS INTRODUCED TO ROTATING SHAFT, IMPACT ROD HARVESTER - Provided is a harvesting module including twin parallel rotating shafts. The rotating shafts each have impact rods that are configured to rotation in opposite directions. The shafts are sloped so that one end of the shafts is closer to the ground than another end of the shafts. The rods are fixed to the shafts in a spiral formation using a series of self locking rings fitted over the shafts. | 10-10-2013 |
20130263563 | DISPOSITIONS INTRODUCED TO ROTATING SHAFT, IMPACT ROD HARVESTER - Provided is a harvesting module including twin parallel rotating shafts. The rotating shafts each have impact rods that are configured to rotation in opposite directions. The shafts are sloped so that one end of the shafts is closer to the ground than another end of the shafts. The rods are fixed to the shafts in a spiral formation using a series of self locking rings fitted over the shafts. | 10-10-2013 |
20140026531 | MOWING VEHICLE - A mowing machine, more particularly a front mowing vehicle, has a tractor driven by an internal combustion engine and a grass collecting system as well as with a gear unit which can be coupled to the tractor via a drive shaft and which has a first gear shaft for driving a cutting unit mounted at the front of the vehicle. The grass collecting system has a lift- and tilt cut-grass collecting container mounted at the back of the vehicle, and a turbine for aspirating the cut grass from the cutting unit and conveying the cut grass into the cut-grass collecting container. For driving the turbine a hydraulic oil supply device is provided in an oil circuit including an oil tank. The oil conveying device is coupled by a second gear shaft to the gear unit which is driven by the tractor. | 01-30-2014 |
20160081266 | KNIFE DRIVE CLEANING APPARATUS FOR A HEADER OF AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER - A cutterbar knife drive cleaning apparatus for a header of an agricultural harvester is disclosed. The apparatus cleans the knife drives by discharging pressurized air from an apertured conduit toward the knife drive. Movement of a cutterbar supporting arm causes rotation of the conduit to produce a sweeping action of an air curtain over the knife drive in order to blow dirt and debris from the knife drive as the harvester traverses a field. | 03-24-2016 |
056130400 | By blower on cutter-driving shaft | 3 |
20090090094 | Vegetation trimmer having a blowing function - The present invention provides a vegetation trimmer ( | 04-09-2009 |
20110308216 | Windeck Lawn Mower Blower Attachment Device - An apparatus for creating a strong force of concentrated energy and a blowing force of air pressure in cooperation with an industrial, commercial or home care lawn mower. This device is a new combination of existing materials configured with unique features that provide an effective, practical and economical way to provide an air blower device. It is comprised of a main deck with features with one or more air ducts, a series of baffles to direct the air movement through the deck, and an exhaust duct; of at least one blower fan; and of a means to secure the main deck and blowers to a mower device. | 12-22-2011 |
20160113196 | POWERED LANDSCAPING SYSTEM - A powered landscaping apparatus having a frame, at least one wheel on the frame through which the frame can be supported upon and advanced over a subjacent support surface, a blower assembly operatively positioned on the frame and having a fan assembly that is mounted to be turned guidingly around a vertically extending axis, and a drive on the frame for moving the fan assembly around the vertically extending axis. The blower assembly is configured to generate a pressurized supply of air that is propelled in a stream that is directed in a manner to continuously redistribute loose material that resides on the subjacent support surface as the fan assembly is moved around the vertically extending axis by the drive and the frame is advanced over the subjacent support surface. | 04-28-2016 |