Agricultural roller

• US 3,364,665 A
• Filed: 06/21/1965
• Issued: 01/23/1968
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Arleigh Vigen Murlan
• Original Assignee: Arleigh Vigen Murlan
• Inventors: ARLEIGH VIGEN MURLAN
• Application Number:
  US04/465,327
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• US Class Current: 56/16.40B
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 84/00 Haymakers not provided for in a single one of groups A01D76/00 - A01D82/00

Claims

1. A DEVICE FOR DRAFT BEHIND AN AGRICULTURAL WINDROWING MECHANISM, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING:

(A) AN INVERTED GENERALLY U-SHAPED PRIMARY FRAME COMPRISING LATERALLY SPACED LEG ELEMENTS AND A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED CONNECTING FRAME ELEMENT, (B) A GROUND-ENGAGING WHEEL JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION TO THE LOWER END OF EACH LEG ELEMENT, (C) A DRAFT TONGUE RIGIDLY SECURED TO THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID CONNECTING FRAME ELEMENT AND PROJECTING FORWARDLY THEREFROM, (D) A SECONDARY GENERALLY U-SHAPED FRAME ALSO COMPRISING LATERALLY SPACED LEG ELEMENTS AND A CONNECTING FRAME ELEMENT, (E) MEANS OPERATIVELY SECURING THE CONNECTING FRAME ELEMENT OF SAID SECONDARY FRAME TO SAID DRAFT TONGUE IN FORWARDLY SPACED GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO THE CONNECTING FRAME ELEMENT OF SAID PRIMARY FRAME, (F) MEANS RIGIDLY SECURING THE EXTENDED ENDS OF THE LATERALLY SPACED LEG ELEMENTS OF SAID SECONDARY FRAME TO THE LEG ELEMENTS OF SAID PRIMARY FRAME, (G) A PAIR OF ARMS ONE EACH PIVOTALLY SECURED TO AN OPPOSITE END PORTION OF THE CONNECTING FRAME ELEMENT OF SAID SECONDARY FRAME AND PROJECTING GENERALLY REARWARDLY THEREFORM FOR RAISING AND LOWERING MOVEMENTS OF THEIR EXTENDED ENDS, (H) A ROLLER ELEMENT SECURED TO AND JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION BETWEEN THE EXTENDED ENDS OF SAID ARMS, AND (I) MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ARMS AND SAID PRIMARY FRAME FOR ADJUSTABLY SUSPENDING SAID ROLLER ELEMENT IN SPACED RELATION TO THE GROUND.