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US3279158A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Transportable harvester

Assignee: Deere and Co
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Filing: 1964-01-23
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Granted: 1966-10-18
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Expires: 1984-01-23
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Kenneth L Kirkpatrick
  • 👤 Paul R Ferris

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 20:44
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01D; A01D34/00; A01D34/01; A01D34/02; A01D34/03; A01D34/032

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 199 words
IN A HARVESTER HAVING AN ELONGATED FRAME INCLUDING CUTTING MECHANISM AND A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE REEL SUPPORT MEANS AND OPERATIVE IN A CUTTING POSITION WITH ITS LENGTH TRANSVERSE TO THE LINE OF ADVANCE AND SUPPORTED AT ITS LEFT-HAND END BY A DRAFT TONGUE EXTENDING FORWARDLY TO AND FOR SUPPORT ON A TRACTOR AND BY A LEFT-HAND FIXEDDIRECTION WHEEL REARWARDLY OF THE TONGUE AND SUPPORTED AT ITS RIGHT-HAND END BY A RIGHT-HAND FIXED-DIRECTION WHEEL REARWARDLY OF THE FRAME, THE IMPROVEMENT RESIDING IN MEANS FOR ARRANGING THE HARVESTER FOR TRAVEL IN A TRANSPORT POSITION WITH ITS LENGTH ALONG THE LINE OF TRAVEL AND SAID LEFT-HAND END FORWARD, COMPRISING: MEANS MOUNTING THE DRAFT TONGUE FOR REPOSITIONING TO EXTEND LEFTWARDLY FROM AND BEYOND SAID LEFT-HAND END OF THE FRAME; MEANS MOUNTING THE LEFT-HAND WHEEL FOR CONVERSION TO A CASTER WHEEL; MEANS ACTING BETWEEN THE REEL SUPPORT MEANS AND THE GROUND FOR RAISING THE RIGHT-HAND END OF THE FRAME TO RELIEVE THE RIGHT-HAND WHEEL OF THE WEIGHT OF THE FRAME; AND MEANS MOUNTING THE RIGHT-HAND WHEEL FOR REMOVAL FROM ITS AFORESAID POSITION AND FOR REMOUNTING AT THE RIGHT-HAND END OF THE FRAME AS A FIXED-DIRECTION WHEEL TO ROTATE IN A PLANE LENGTHWISE OF THE PLATFORM.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 199 words
IN A HARVESTER HAVING AN ELONGATED FRAME INCLUDING CUTTING MECHANISM AND A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE REEL SUPPORT MEANS AND OPERATIVE IN A CUTTING POSITION WITH ITS LENGTH TRANSVERSE TO THE LINE OF ADVANCE AND SUPPORTED AT ITS LEFT-HAND END BY A DRAFT TONGUE EXTENDING FORWARDLY TO AND FOR SUPPORT ON A TRACTOR AND BY A LEFT-HAND FIXEDDIRECTION WHEEL REARWARDLY OF THE TONGUE AND SUPPORTED AT ITS RIGHT-HAND END BY A RIGHT-HAND FIXED-DIRECTION WHEEL REARWARDLY OF THE FRAME, THE IMPROVEMENT RESIDING IN MEANS FOR ARRANGING THE HARVESTER FOR TRAVEL IN A TRANSPORT POSITION WITH ITS LENGTH ALONG THE LINE OF TRAVEL AND SAID LEFT-HAND END FORWARD, COMPRISING: MEANS MOUNTING THE DRAFT TONGUE FOR REPOSITIONING TO EXTEND LEFTWARDLY FROM AND BEYOND SAID LEFT-HAND END OF THE FRAME; MEANS MOUNTING THE LEFT-HAND WHEEL FOR CONVERSION TO A CASTER WHEEL; MEANS ACTING BETWEEN THE REEL SUPPORT MEANS AND THE GROUND FOR RAISING THE RIGHT-HAND END OF THE FRAME TO RELIEVE THE RIGHT-HAND WHEEL OF THE WEIGHT OF THE FRAME; AND MEANS MOUNTING THE RIGHT-HAND WHEEL FOR REMOVAL FROM ITS AFORESAID POSITION AND FOR REMOUNTING AT THE RIGHT-HAND END OF THE FRAME AS A FIXED-DIRECTION WHEEL TO ROTATE IN A PLANE LENGTHWISE OF THE PLATFORM.

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