A feed mixer for mixing material. The feed mixer includes a tub that defines a tub interior. A rotatable screw assembly is located in the tub interior. A conveyor assembly is pivotably located along an outer surface of the tub at a discharge opening. The screw assembly moves material towards the conveyor assembly as the screw assembly rotates. The conveyor assembly includes a conveyor and a positioning system configured to move the conveyor between a conveying state, a stowed state, and a maintenance state.
B01F 27/808 - Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptaclesKneaders with stirrers rotating about a substantially vertical axis with stirrers driven from the bottom of the receptacle
B01F 27/92 - Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptaclesKneaders with stirrers rotating about a substantially vertical axis with helices or screws
A drill bit (400) includes a body defining a proximal end and a distal end spaced along a longitudinal axis from the proximal end, the distal end configured to face toward a ground formation. A mounting feature of the drill bit includes an internal connecting cavity (402) extending into the body from the proximal end. A drive coupler (300) adapts the proximal end of the body for connection with an internal connecting cavity of a transmitter housing (100) to form a drill head (10). The drive coupler (300) includes a distal external mounting feature (302) to mate with the drill bit internal connecting cavity (402) to form a first rotation-transmitting joint. The drive coupler (300) includes a spline to mate with the transmitter housing internal connecting cavity to form a second rotation-transmitting joint. The spline enables establishing and breaking the second joint while the first joint remains in a secured configuration.
E21B 17/04 - CouplingsJoints between rod and bit, or between rod and rod
E21B 17/046 - CouplingsJoints between rod and bit, or between rod and rod with ribs, pins, or jaws, and complementary grooves or the like, e.g. bayonet catches
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MATERIAL HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME
A material handling apparatus (100) is provided, including a base (102), a drive system (104), a housing (116), a material support frame (110), and a material handling device (108). The drive system (104) is connected to the base (102) to move the base (102) in at least one direction of motion. The housing (116) includes one or more components of a control system (106), wherein the control system (106) is operable to control the drive system (104) to selectively move the base (102) in the at least one direction of motion. The material support frame (110) is supported by the base (102) along the second side of the base (102), wherein material is stored within the material support frame (110). The material handling device (108) is attached to the base (102) between the housing (116) and the material support frame (110). The material handling device (108) includes a moveable arm and a material support assembly (107) at an end of the moveable arm, the material support assembly (107) being moveable with the moveable arm.
B60P 1/54 - Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading using cranes for self-loading or self-unloading
A pile driving apparatus is provided. The pile driving apparatus includes abase, a drive system connected to the base and operable to move the base in at least one direction of motion, and a housing supported by the base. The housing includes one or more components of a control system, wherein the control system is operable to control the drive system to selectively move the base in the at least one direction of motion. The pile driving apparatus also includes a mast system comprising a mast base assembly and a mast assembly. The mast assembly includes an outer mast tube and a mast base tube within the outer mast tube. The pile driving apparatus further includes a hammer system comprising a carriage assembly, a hammer frame removably coupled to the carriage assembly, and a hammer housed within the hammer frame.
An autonomous bale mover includes an integral power system in communication with a ground drive system, a bale loading system, and a bale carrying system. The bale loading system may be positioned in proximity to the bale carrying system such that the bale loading system may be configured to pick a bale material from a space and the bale carrying system may be configured to carry at least the bale material picked by the bale loading system. A sensor may be mounted with respect to an outer portion of the bale loading system, the sensor may be movable between a first position and a second position and configured to determine at least a parameter of the bale loading system.
A01D 85/00 - Arrangements for making or setting stacks
G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
A01D 90/08 - Loading means with bale-forming means additionally used for loadingLoading means with means for picking-up bales and transporting them into the vehicle
G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distributionInventory or stock management
A01D 87/12 - Loaders for sheaves, stacks, or bales
Compact tool carriers having a loader mounted to a low-profile mainframe are disclosed. In some embodiments, the pivot points of the mainframe about which the loader is pivoted are low relative to the mainframe to reduce the mainframe size.
B66F 9/065 - Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks non-masted
B60P 1/48 - Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading using pivoted arms raisable above the load supporting or containing element
B66F 9/06 - Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks
E02F 3/34 - DredgersSoil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, e.g. dippers, buckets with bucket-arms directly pivoted on the frames of tractors or self-propelled machines
E02F 3/96 - DredgersSoil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements for alternate use of different digging elements
E02F 9/08 - SuperstructuresSupports for superstructures
A rotary material reduction tool includes a drum, a collar, and a hammer. The drum has an outer surface extending about a rotational axis of the drum. The drum has a first opening defined in the outer surface of the drum. The collar is received in the first opening. A first portion of the collar extends into the drum and a flange of the collar extends beyond the first opening and along the outer surface of the drum. The hammer extends through the collar and into the drum. The hammer has an exposed portion. The flange of the collar and the outer surface of the drum are welded together.
Systems and methods for dewatering slurries having relatively high solids content such as earthen slurries are disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more transducer devices configured for acoustic spectroscopy and/or electroacoustic spectroscopy are used to determine a parameter related to the particle size distribution (e.g., specific surfaced area) and/or zeta potential of the slurry.
G10K 1/066 - Devices in which sound is produced by striking a resonating body, e.g. bells, chimes or gongs the resonating device having the shape of a bell, plate, rod, or tube electrically operated the sounding member being a tube, plate, or rod
C02F 1/52 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by flocculation or precipitation of suspended impurities
A control system for a horizontal directional drill includes a user interface, a locator tool, and a controller. The user interface has a first display and a second display. The locator tool measures the rotational position of a drill head of the horizontal directional drill. The controller determines an estimated rotational position of the drill head. The first display is in communication with the locator tool and displays information about the measured rotational position of the drill head. The second display is in communication with the controller and displays information about the estimated rotational position of the drill head. The control system includes means for calibrating the estimated rotational position of the drill head to substantially match the measured rotational position of the drill head.
E21B 44/00 - Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systemsSystems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions
E21B 47/024 - Determining slope or direction of devices in the borehole
13.
Hydraulic system for battery-powered utility vehicles
A hydraulic system includes a pump to pressurize and output hydraulic fluid, an electric motor selectively driving the pump, and a controller to selectively control a target speed of the electric motor based on input from an operator control. A proportional directional control valve is in the load circuit and communicates with the pump and the controller. The proportional directional control valve controls a flow of hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic actuator associated with the load circuit such that the flow of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator is proportional to a signal provided by the controller. The signal is a function of the input from the operator control. Flow of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator through the proportional directional control valve is varied by the controller making a) variations of the target speed of the motor, and b) variations of the signal to the proportional directional control valve.
F15B 15/18 - Combined units comprising both motor and pump
E02F 3/34 - DredgersSoil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, e.g. dippers, buckets with bucket-arms directly pivoted on the frames of tractors or self-propelled machines
A material reduction machine includes an infeed chute and a processing portion. The infeed chute has a plurality of guide walls. The processing portion is coupled to the infeed chute. The processing portion has a rotatable cutting mechanism configured to receive material from the infeed chute along a feed axis. The infeed chute is rotatable relative to the processing portion about an axis parallel to the feed axis between an operational configuration and a transport configuration.
A drilling machine and operating method wherein a control algorithm evaluates a drill string joint-break routine. The operating profile of torque applied to the up-hole drill rod is monitored during energization of the break-out drive mechanism in the joint-break routine. Rotation at the rotational driver is also monitored during the joint-break routine, which is then characterized as normal or abnormal on the basis of the monitored operating profile of torque and the monitored rotational position change at the rotational driver. A break-out process for removing the up-hole rod from the drill string is interrupted and/or a message is provided to a display notifying an operator of an abnormal break-out.
A temperature monitoring system for monitoring bearing temperatures on a machine is provided. The temperature monitoring system includes a temperature sensing device, a cable assembly, and a sensor assembly including a sensor connector and a microcontroller unit (MCU). The sensor connector is electrically coupled to the MCU and is configured to engage the cable assembly. The MCU is configured to determine a temperature based on an electrical parameter of the temperature sensing device and generate temperature data representing the determined temperature. The MCU is further configured to transmit the temperature data to a sensor hub configured to transfer the temperature data to a display of a user interface. Engaging the cable assembly with the sensor connector causes the MCU to be electrically coupled to a battery, and disengaging the cable assembly from the sensor connector causes the MCU to be electrically decoupled from the battery.
G01K 1/024 - Means for indicating or recording specially adapted for thermometers for remote indication
G01K 3/00 - Thermometers giving results other than momentary value of temperature
G01K 7/22 - Measuring temperature based on the use of electric or magnetic elements directly sensitive to heat using resistive elements the element being a non-linear resistance, e.g. thermistor
A material reduction machine includes a cutting mechanism (124) and a cutting drive system coupled to drive rotation of the cutting mechanism, the cutting drive system including an electric motor. An infeed portion (130) is operable to engage a piece of material to be comminuted by the cutting mechanism and to feed the material to the cutting mechanism. An all-electric infeed drive system is coupled to drive rotation of a feed roller (132) of the infeed portion. A sensor (172) is operable to sense a variable load parameter indicative of load imparted by feeding the piece of material to the cutting mechanism. A controller is coupled to the sensor and configured to receive a signal representing the sensed load parameter, the controller being operatively coupled to the all-electric infeed drive system to adjustably control the feed of the piece of material to the cutting mechanism in response to the signal.
B27L 11/00 - Manufacture of wood shavings, chips, powder, or the likeTools therefor
B27L 11/02 - Manufacture of wood shavings, chips, powder, or the likeTools therefor of wood shavings or the like
B02C 18/14 - Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragmentsMincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like with rotating knives within horizontal containers
B02C 25/00 - Control arrangements specially adapted for crushing or disintegrating
A01G 3/00 - Cutting implements specially adapted for horticultural purposesDelimbing standing trees
B02C 18/16 - Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragmentsMincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like with rotating knives Details
A water drilling system includes a handheld wand having a handle portion and a distal tip. A hose connects the handheld wand to a pressurized water source. The handheld wand is controllable to selectively discharge pressurized water from a nozzle at the distal tip. A non-metallic hollow shaft of the handheld wand is configured to be thrust into ground soil. The hollow shaft extends between the handle portion and the distal tip, and the hollow shaft has an outside diameter less than an outside diameter of the distal tip.
A water drilling system includes a handheld wand having a handle portion and a distal tip. A hose connects the handheld wand to a pressurized water source. The handheld wand is controllable to selectively discharge pressurized water from a nozzle at the distal tip. A non-metallic hollow shaft of the handheld wand is configured to be thrust into ground soil. The hollow shaft extends between the handle portion and the distal tip, and the hollow shaft has an outside diameter less than an outside diameter of the distal tip.
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a drill string rotational drive unit having an output member configured to connect with and selectively drive rotation of a drill string, the rotational drive unit including a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic circuit has a configuration that puts the motor in a drive mode to apply torque and a second configuration that puts the motor in a freewheel mode disabled from applying torque. The hydraulic circuit includes a first fluid flow path for connecting the hydraulic motor through a first rotary ball valve to one of an inlet side and an outlet side of a drive pump, and a second fluid flow path for selectively connecting the hydraulic motor through a second rotary ball valve to the other side of the drive pump. In the first configuration, there is no pressure drop across the first and second rotary ball valves.
Bale movers for loading and moving bales in a field in which the bales have been previously baled is disclosed. The bale movers may include a four-bar linkage for raising and lowering a bed frame between transport and bale load positions. The bale mover may also include various isolators which improve reliability of one or more controllers and sensors of the bale mover.
A01D 87/12 - Loaders for sheaves, stacks, or bales
A01D 90/08 - Loading means with bale-forming means additionally used for loadingLoading means with means for picking-up bales and transporting them into the vehicle
A01D 90/16 - Vehicles for carrying harvested crops with means for selfloading or unloading self-propelled
B60P 1/36 - Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading using endless chains or belts thereon
Compact tool carriers (100) are disclosed. The carrier defines a longitudinal axis extending through a front and rear of a chassis. A tool (122) is connected to the chassis at the front. The carrier includes a drive (124a, 124b) including a track frame for moving the carrier. A front suspension assembly (224) is attached to the chassis proximate the front that includes a flexibly mounted bar (208) defining a first transverse axis (Rl) and an arm (210) connected at a first end to the bar extending obliquely therefrom to a second end. A torsion bar (230) is rotationally fixed to the arm at the second end and extends therefrom along a second transverse axis (R2) parallel to, and longitudinally rearward of, the first transverse axis. A connector link (264) is rotationally fixed to the torsion bar and the track frame is transversely between the pivot connector and the arm.
E02F 3/34 - DredgersSoil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, e.g. dippers, buckets with bucket-arms directly pivoted on the frames of tractors or self-propelled machines
E02F 9/08 - SuperstructuresSupports for superstructures
E02F 9/16 - Cabins, platforms, or the like for the driver
B62D 51/02 - Motor vehicles characterised by the driver not being seated the driver standing in the vehicle
B62D 55/06 - Endless-track vehicles with tracks and without ground wheels
B62D 55/108 - Suspension devices for wheels, rollers, bogies or frames with mechanical springs, e.g. torsion bars
The present invention relates to a method of controlling a bale mover (100) for loading and moving bales in a field in which the bales have been previously baled. The bale movers may include a four-bar linkage for raising and lowering a bed frame between transport and bale load positions. The method comprises the steps of defining a working area (2202), establishing a field of view for a sensor, selecting a bale angle (2214), and creating a scour pattern (2204) that covers the working area. Based on this pattern the bale mover is controlled about the working area to load bales onto the bale mover.
A01B 69/04 - Special adaptations of automatic tractor steering, e.g. electric system for contour ploughing
A01D 87/12 - Loaders for sheaves, stacks, or bales
A01D 90/08 - Loading means with bale-forming means additionally used for loadingLoading means with means for picking-up bales and transporting them into the vehicle
A01D 90/16 - Vehicles for carrying harvested crops with means for selfloading or unloading self-propelled
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a drill string rotational drive unit having an output member configured to connect with and selectively drive rotation of a drill string, the rotational drive unit including a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic circuit has a configuration that puts the motor in a drive mode to apply torque and a second configuration that puts the motor in a freewheel mode disabled from applying torque. The hydraulic circuit includes a first fluid flow path for connecting the hydraulic motor through a first rotary ball valve to one of an inlet side and an outlet side of a drive pump, and a second fluid flow path for selectively connecting the hydraulic motor through a second rotary ball valve to the other side of the drive pump. In the first configuration, there is no pressure drop across the first and second rotary ball valves.
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a drill string rotational drive unit having an output member configured to connect with and selectively drive rotation of a drill string, the rotational drive unit including a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic circuit has a configuration that puts the motor in a drive mode to apply torque and a second configuration that puts the motor in a freewheel mode disabled from applying torque. The hydraulic circuit includes a first fluid flow path for connecting the hydraulic motor through a first rotary ball valve to one of an inlet side and an outlet side of a drive pump, and a second fluid flow path for selectively connecting the hydraulic motor through a second rotary ball valve to the other side of the drive pump. In the first configuration, there is no pressure drop across the first and second rotary ball valves.
Mixing systems and methods that include a mixer housing and one or more disk assemblies for mixing and processing materials is disclosed. The disks rotate to mix an additive into the material and to carry agglomerated solids toward a discharge of the mixing system. The disks may have a plurality of fingers or lobes which extend from a central portion of the disks.
B28C 5/42 - Apparatus specially adapted for being mounted on vehicles with provision for mixing during transport
B01F 27/115 - Stirrers characterised by the configuration of the stirrers comprising discs or disc-like elements essentially perpendicular to the stirrer shaft axis
B01F 27/1152 - Stirrers characterised by the configuration of the stirrers comprising discs or disc-like elements essentially perpendicular to the stirrer shaft axis with separate elements other than discs fixed on the discs, e.g. vanes fixed on the discs
B01F 27/73 - Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptaclesKneaders with stirrers rotating about a horizontal or inclined axis with rotary discs
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a drill string rotational drive unit having an output member configured to connect with and selectively drive rotation of a drill string, the rotational drive unit including a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic circuit has a configuration that puts the motor in a drive mode to apply torque and a second configuration that puts the motor in a freewheel mode disabled from applying torque. The hydraulic circuit includes a first fluid flow path for connecting the hydraulic motor through a first rotary ball valve to one of an inlet side and an outlet side of a drive pump, and a second fluid flow path for selectively connecting the hydraulic motor through a second rotary ball valve to the other side of the drive pump. In the first configuration, there is no pressure drop across the first and second rotary ball valves.
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a drill string rotational drive unit having an output member configured to connect with and selectively drive rotation of a drill string, the rotational drive unit including a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic circuit has a configuration that puts the motor in a drive mode to apply torque and a second configuration that puts the motor in a freewheel mode disabled from applying torque. The hydraulic circuit includes a first fluid flow path for connecting the hydraulic motor through a first rotary ball valve to one of an inlet side and an outlet side of a drive pump, and a second fluid flow path for selectively connecting the hydraulic motor through a second rotary ball valve to the other side of the drive pump. In the first configuration, there is no pressure drop across the first and second rotary ball valves.
A reamer for drill string pullback of a horizontal directional drill includes a shaft portion defining a central axis and a first end configured for attachment with a drill string of the horizontal directional drill. A plurality of vanes extend radially from an outer periphery of the shaft, each of the plurality of vanes defining an outer peripheral tooth base surface. On each of the plurality of vanes, a plurality of cutter teeth are individually and removably secured along the outer peripheral tooth base surface thereof, each one of the plurality of cutter teeth including a body and a PDC insert manufactured separately from the body and joined therewith. Each cutter tooth of the plurality is coupled to the respective one of the plurality of vanes by a removable fastener extending at least partially through the cutter tooth and at least partially through the one of the plurality of vanes.
A horizontal directional drilling method includes operation of a HDD machine to power a drill string terminating at a drill head to create an underground borehole extending at least partially horizontally between an entry point and an exit point. A utility line and a pair of insulated wires are attached to the drill string at the exit point. An observation device is also attached to the drill string, and the observation device is connected with an uphole module via power line communication (PLC) over the pair of insulated wires. The horizontal directional drilling machine performs a pullback of the drill string, with the utility line, the pair of insulated wires, and the observation device connected thereto, back toward the entry point. Data from the observation device are displayed on the uphole module during pullback of the drill string.
E21B 47/13 - Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling by electromagnetic energy, e.g. of radio frequency range
31.
FORAGE HARVEST MACHINES HAVING A MOVEABLE ROTOR TROUGH ASSEMBLY
The present invention relates to a forage harvest machine (1) including a crop pick-up (20), a rotor assembly (40) that rotates about a rotor axis (R), and one or more plates (216). The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft (44), a plurality of teeth (48) attached to the rotor shaft for rotation in a teeth rotation area, and one or more augers (50, 51) for directing crop material inward toward the plurality of teeth. The one or more plates (216) radially outward from the teeth rotation area form a first trough (217, 218) and a second trough (248) in which each of the one or more augers (50, 51) is at least partially disposed, at least one of the first and second troughs being moveable relative to the other trough to adjust sizing of an auger discharge pocket (252), thereby preventing or clearing a plugging state of the rotor.
A round baler is disclosed including a crop feeding device, a lower throat roller, an upper throat roller, and one or more bale forming belts. The one or more bale forming belts include a first span that moves in a first direction to lift material away from the lower throat roller and a second span that moves in a second direction essentially opposite of the first direction. The second span moving in an opposite direction of the first span creates a belt convergence point where the material is caused to change direction. A first trajectory directs crop material toward a portion of the upper throat roller facing a bale formation chamber throughout formation of the bale, and a second trajectory directs excess crop material from the upper throat roller toward the bale formation chamber.
A baling system for baling crop material. The baling system includes one or more bale-forming belts, one or more rollers, and a bale formation chamber defined in part by the one or more bale-forming belts and the one or more rollers. The baling system also includes a crop feeding device operable to convey crop material towards the bale formation chamber and a redirecting assembly in a fixed position proximate the bale formation chamber to redirect stray crop material exiting the bale formation chamber towards the crop feeding device.
A shredder includes a shredder box having first and second opposite end walls, and first and second opposite side walls that extend between the first and second end walls. The shredder further includes a shredder rotor positioned within an interior of the shredder box, an access door that is pivotally moveable, and a control system for monitoring various parameters to operate the shredder. A side access region is defined between the first and second end walls when the access door is in the open position. The side access region provides access to the shredder rotor and includes an open region defined between the first and second end walls at the second side of the shredder. The open region has an open top which is free of obstructions extending between the first and second end walls.
B02C 18/14 - Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragmentsMincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like with rotating knives within horizontal containers
B02C 23/16 - Separating or sorting of material, associated with crushing or disintegrating with separator defining termination of crushing or disintegrating zone, e.g. screen denying egress of oversize material
A baling system for baling crop material. The baling system includes one or more bale-forming belts, one or more rollers, and a bale formation chamber defined in part by the one or more bale-forming belts and the one or more rollers. The baling system also includes a crop feeding device operable to convey crop material towards the bale formation chamber and a redirecting assembly in a fixed position proximate the bale formation chamber to redirect stray crop material exiting the bale formation chamber towards the crop feeding device.
A collection tank for a mobile vacuum excavator includes a front with a closed end, a rear with an open end, a door configured to be closed over the open end, and a linkage assembly having a first end attached to the door and a second end attached to the body. A first pivotal movement drives the first end and second end away from each other, and a second pivotal movement moves the first end and the second end toward each other. An actuator is attached to the first arm and to the second arm so that actuation of the actuator in a first direction drives the first pivotal movement and actuation of the actuator in a second direction drives the second arm the second pivotal movement.
A rake apparatus is disclosed. The rake apparatus includes a plurality of material gathering members connected to a continuous conveyor member such as a chain or a belt. A drive sprocket supports the conveyor member at a discharge end of the rake apparatus. An idler sprocket supports the conveyor member at a distal end of the rake apparatus. The material gathering members contact a bottom stripper guard and a top stripper guard as they travel about the raking device to remove crop material from the material gathering members. The rake apparatus may be part of a harvesting machine in which the processing chamber of the harvesting machine has a width that is the same width as the pickup device of the harvesting machine.
A rake apparatus is disclosed. The rake apparatus includes a plurality of material gathering members connected to a continuous conveyor member such as a chain or a belt. A drive sprocket supports the conveyor member at a discharge end of the rake apparatus. An idler sprocket supports the conveyor member at a distal end of the rake apparatus. The material gathering members contact a bottom stripper guard and a top stripper guard as they travel about the raking device to remove crop material from the material gathering members. The rake apparatus may be part of a harvesting machine in which the processing chamber of the harvesting machine has a width that is the same width as the pickup device of the harvesting machine.
A round baler is disclosed. The round baler includes a bale formation chamber and a rotor device having a plurality of teeth, the teeth having outer tips that define a circumferential path of travel of the rotor device. The round baler also includes a crop pickup device including a plurality of pickup tines connected to a rotating pickup reel and a plurality of stripper bands, each of the plurality of pickup tines passing through a gap formed between adjacent stripper bands. The crop pickup device has an engagement zone and a release zone, wherein the release zone is adjacent to the circumferential path of travel of the rotor device such that the rotor device and the pickup reel rotate and cooperate to convey crop material from the crop pickup device towards the bale formation chamber.
A method of operating a material reduction or separating machine includes operating the machine with power from a power system to produce an outlet stream of material. The volume of the outlet stream of material is monitored, as is consumption of the power system from the operation of the material reduction or separating machine. With an on-board controller of the material reduction or separating machine a productivity measure is calculated as a unit volume per unit consumption. The productivity measure is displayed on an operator's display during the operation of the material reduction or separating machine to produce the outlet stream of material.
A method of operating a material reduction or separating machine includes operating the machine with power from a power system to produce an outlet stream of material. The volume of the outlet stream of material is monitored, as is consumption of the power system from the operation of the material reduction or separating machine. With an on-board controller of the material reduction or separating machine a productivity measure is calculated as a unit volume per unit consumption. The productivity measure is displayed on an operator's display during the operation of the material reduction or separating machine to produce the outlet stream of material.
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a drill string rotational drive unit having an output member configured to connect with and selectively drive rotation of a drill string, the rotational drive unit including a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic circuit has a configuration that puts the motor in a drive mode to apply torque and a second configuration that puts the motor in a freewheel mode disabled from applying torque. The hydraulic circuit includes a first fluid flow path for connecting the hydraulic motor through a first rotary ball valve to one of an inlet side and an outlet side of a drive pump, and a second fluid flow path for selectively connecting the hydraulic motor through a second rotary ball valve to the other side of the drive pump. In the first configuration, there is no pressure drop across the first and second rotary ball valves.
An excavation machine is provided. The excavation machine includes an excavation device and an excavation device drive system that powers the excavation device to move cutting tools, wherein the excavation device drive system includes an electric motor and a motor controller, wherein the motor controller is programmed to control the speed of the excavation device drive system. The motor controller sets the speed of the excavation device drive system at a predetermined excavation speed based on a predetermined target power, the predetermined target power being associated with a target torque generated by the electric motor. The speed of the excavation device drive system is set at a predetermined first excavation speed when a power transmitted to the electric motor is below the predetermined target power and at a predetermined second excavation speed to maintain the power transmitted to the electric motor at the predetermined target power.
An excavation machine is provided. The excavation machine includes an excavation device and an excavation device drive system that powers the excavation device to move cutting tools, wherein the excavation device drive system includes an electric motor and a motor controller, wherein the motor controller is programmed to control the speed of the excavation device drive system. The motor controller sets the speed of the excavation device drive system at a predetermined excavation speed based on a predetermined target power, the predetermined target power being associated with a target torque generated by the electric motor. The speed of the excavation device drive system is set at a predetermined first excavation speed when a power transmitted to the electric motor is below the predetermined target power and at a predetermined second excavation speed to maintain the power transmitted to the electric motor at the predetermined target power.
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a drill string rotational drive unit having an output member configured to connect with and selectively drive rotation of a drill string, the rotational drive unit including a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic circuit has a configuration that puts the motor in a drive mode to apply torque and a second configuration that puts the motor in a freewheel mode disabled from applying torque. The hydraulic circuit includes a first fluid flow path for connecting the hydraulic motor through a first rotary ball valve to one of an inlet side and an outlet side of a drive pump, and a second fluid flow path for selectively connecting the hydraulic motor through a second rotary ball valve to the other side of the drive pump. In the first configuration, there is no pressure drop across the first and second rotary ball valves.
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a drill string rotational drive unit having an output member configured to connect with and selectively drive rotation of a drill string, the rotational drive unit including a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic circuit has a configuration that puts the motor in a drive mode to apply torque and a second configuration that puts the motor in a freewheel mode disabled from applying torque. The hydraulic circuit includes a first fluid flow path for connecting the hydraulic motor through a first rotary ball valve to one of an inlet side and an outlet side of a drive pump, and a second fluid flow path for selectively connecting the hydraulic motor through a second rotary ball valve to the other side of the drive pump. In the first configuration, there is no pressure drop across the first and second rotary ball valves.
Work machines having an operator platform for standing operation of the work machine are disclosed. The work machines include a suspension system for suspending an operator station that includes an operator platform and a control station from a chassis of the work machine.
E02F 9/16 - Cabins, platforms, or the like for the driver
E02F 3/34 - DredgersSoil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, e.g. dippers, buckets with bucket-arms directly pivoted on the frames of tractors or self-propelled machines
Disclosed herein is a wrap material feed system of a round baler for forming crop material into a cylindrical bale. The wrap material feed system comprises a first roller, a second roller, a bale formation belt, and a feed pan oriented from a first end adjacent the first roller to a second end adjacent the second roller and a feed pan positioning mechanism oriented to bias the feed pan into engagement with each of the first and second rollers and the bale formation belt. The feed pan comprises one or more runners, at least one guide plate, one or more skid plates, and one or more fasteners comprising a fastener head. The fastener head is positioned at the second end such that a vector representing a first normal force at the second roller intersects the fastener head.
A rotary drill bit for use with a horizontal directional drill string. A coupler at a proximal axial end is configured to attach the rotary drill bit to a drill head at a distal end of the drill string. A cutting portion at a distal axial end is provided with a plurality of vanes with respective cutters that operate to cut a hole in earth when the rotary drill bit is rotated about a central axis. The plurality of vanes project radially outwardly from a surface of the cutting portion such that the surface forms respective troughs circumferentially interspersed with the plurality of vanes. A plurality of engagement features is positioned axially within the cutting portion and radially inward of an outer cutting diameter to facilitate attachment of a product pullback device between the plurality of vanes without removing the rotary drill bit, or any portion thereof, from the drill head.
A drill string joint includes a box end member defining, at a first axial end thereof, a first bore and a second deeper bore of smaller cross section than the first bore. A pin end member defines a first insertion portion corresponding to the first bore and a second insertion portion corresponding to the second bore. A conical tapered surface interface is defined between the second insertion portion and the second bore. Cross pins extend through apertures formed through the box end member, at the first bore, and the first insertion portion, within an axial span of the joint separate from an axial span in which the conical tapered surface interface of the second insertion portion and the second bore is defined. A torque coupling is established between the box end member and the pin end member at an axial position between the separate axial spans.
E21B 17/046 - CouplingsJoints between rod and bit, or between rod and rod with ribs, pins, or jaws, and complementary grooves or the like, e.g. bayonet catches
A reamer for drill string pullback of a horizontal directional drill includes a shaft portion defining a central axis and a first end configured for attachment with a drill string of the horizontal directional drill. A plurality of vanes extend radially from an outer periphery of the shaft, each of the plurality of vanes defining an outer peripheral tooth base surface. On each of the plurality of vanes, a plurality of cutter teeth are individually and removably secured along the outer peripheral tooth base surface thereof, each one of the plurality of cutter teeth including a body and a PDC insert manufactured separately from the body and joined therewith. Each cutter tooth of the plurality is coupled to the respective one of the plurality of vanes by a removable fastener extending at least partially through the cutter tooth and at least partially through the one of the plurality of vanes.
A manufacturing fixture having an integrated diffuser for diffusing conditioned air into an industrial workspace is disclosed. The fixture includes an elevated platform having an air inlet and a diffuser deck mounted below the platform and disposed below the air inlet. The diffuser deck includes a set of louver plates arranged in a vertical stack. Each of the louver plates of the set has a top surface and an opening wherein the opening of each subsequent louver plate below the uppermost louver plate has an area less than the area of the louver plate directly above. The top surface of each louver plate is angled downward from the opening.
F24F 13/062 - Outlets for directing or distributing air into rooms or spaces, e.g. ceiling air diffuser having one or more bowls or cones diverging in the flow direction
F24F 13/08 - Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates
59.
Material reduction machine with dynamic startup control
A material reduction machine includes a prime mover driving a cutting mechanism. A drive system receives a signal to initiate rotation of a cutting mechanism. A sensor senses a machine load parameter and reports a signal to a controller operatively coupled to the clutch to control sequential engagement cycles from the engine to the cutting mechanism. The controller utilizes a stored first disengagement threshold value for stopping a first engagement cycle and continues monitoring the signal as the machine load parameter increases momentarily after reaching the first disengagement threshold. The controller determines and adopts a second disengagement threshold value based on observation of the machine load parameter indicative of maximum load during the continued monitoring after the first disengagement threshold is realized, and further being based on a stored correction factor. The second disengagement threshold value is used for a second engagement cycle.
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a drill string rotational drive unit having an output member configured to connect with and selectively drive rotation of a drill string, the rotational drive unit including a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic circuit has a configuration that puts the motor in a drive mode to apply torque and a second configuration that puts the motor in a freewheel mode disabled from applying torque. The hydraulic circuit includes a first fluid flow path for connecting the hydraulic motor through a first rotary ball valve to one of an inlet side and an outlet side of a drive pump, and a second fluid flow path for selectively connecting the hydraulic motor through a second rotary ball valve to the other side of the drive pump. In the first configuration, there is no pressure drop across the first and second rotary ball valves.
A method of controlling a horizontal directional drill having a rotary drive system. The rotary drive system includes a variable displacement pump providing pressurized fluid to a motor, a displacement control that adjusts motor displacement, a torque limiter valve that opens at a torque limit to provide pressurized fluid to the displacement control to allow the system to limit torque, and cross-port relief valves that open at a cross-port relief pressure to limit pressure applied across a motor inlet and a motor outlet. The method includes adjusting the torque limiter pressure to vary the maximum torque applied to a drill string based on operating parameters of the horizontal direction drill, and adjusting the cross-port relief pressure to be higher than the torque limiter pressure each time that the torque limiter pressure is adjusted.
E21B 15/04 - Supports for the drilling machine, e.g. derricks or masts specially adapted for directional drilling, e.g. slant hole rigs
E21B 19/08 - Apparatus for feeding the rods or cablesApparatus for increasing or decreasing the pressure on the drilling toolApparatus for counterbalancing the weight of the rods
E21B 19/16 - Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints
E21B 44/04 - Automatic control of the tool feed in response to the torque of the drive
62.
HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED SYSTEM FOR LIMITING TORQUE
A method of controlling a horizontal directional drill having a rotary drive system. The rotary drive system includes a variable displacement pump providing pressurized fluid to a motor, a displacement control that adjusts motor displacement, a torque limiter valve that opens at a torque limit to provide pressurized fluid to the displacement control to allow the system to limit torque, and cross-port relief valves that open at a cross-port relief pressure to limit pressure applied across a motor inlet and a motor outlet. The method includes adjusting the torque limiter pressure to vary the maximum torque applied to a drill string based on operating parameters of the horizontal direction drill, and adjusting the cross-port relief pressure to be higher than the torque limiter pressure each time that the torque limiter pressure is adjusted.
E21B 15/04 - Supports for the drilling machine, e.g. derricks or masts specially adapted for directional drilling, e.g. slant hole rigs
E21B 19/08 - Apparatus for feeding the rods or cablesApparatus for increasing or decreasing the pressure on the drilling toolApparatus for counterbalancing the weight of the rods
E21B 19/16 - Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints
E21B 44/04 - Automatic control of the tool feed in response to the torque of the drive
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a drill string rotational drive unit having an output member configured to connect with and selectively drive rotation of a drill string, the rotational drive unit including a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic circuit has a configuration that puts the motor in a drive mode to apply torque and a second configuration that puts the motor in a freewheel mode disabled from applying torque. The hydraulic circuit includes a first fluid flow path for connecting the hydraulic motor through a first rotary ball valve to one of an inlet side and an outlet side of a drive pump, and a second fluid flow path for selectively connecting the hydraulic motor through a second rotary ball valve to the other side of the drive pump. In the first configuration, there is no pressure drop across the first and second rotary ball valves.
A method of controlling a horizontal directional drill having a rotary drive system. The rotary drive system includes a variable displacement pump providing pressurized fluid to a motor, a displacement control that adjusts motor displacement, a torque limiter valve that opens at a torque limit to provide pressurized fluid to the displacement control to allow the system to limit torque, and cross-port relief valves that open at a cross-port relief pressure to limit pressure applied across a motor inlet and a motor outlet. The method includes adjusting the torque limiter pressure to vary the maximum torque applied to a drill string based on operating parameters of the horizontal direction drill, and adjusting the cross-port relief pressure to be higher than the torque limiter pressure each time that the torque limiter pressure is adjusted.
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a drill string rotational drive unit having an output member configured to connect with and selectively drive rotation of a drill string, the rotational drive unit including a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic circuit has a configuration that puts the motor in a drive mode to apply torque and a second configuration that puts the motor in a freewheel mode disabled from applying torque. The hydraulic circuit includes a first fluid flow path for connecting the hydraulic motor through a first rotary ball valve to one of an inlet side and an outlet side of a drive pump, and a second fluid flow path for selectively connecting the hydraulic motor through a second rotary ball valve to the other side of the drive pump. In the first configuration, there is no pressure drop across the first and second rotary ball valves.
A combination of a pullback adaptor and a drill bit includes a pullback adaptor having a first end, a second end, a body extending between the first end and the second end, and a protrusion extending from the body adjacent the second end. The protrusion has a threaded aperture defining an adaptor mounting axis, and the protrusion defines an annular planar mount surface generally perpendicular to the adapter mounting axis. A drill bit has a body with a steering surface, an aperture extending through the body at the steering surface, and an adaptor mount surface adjacent the aperture. The pullback adaptor is mounted to the drill bit with a fastener that extends through the aperture in the drill bit and into the threaded aperture of the pullback adaptor such that the annular planar mount surface of the protrusion engages the mount surface of the drill bit.
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Downloadable software; downloadable software to collect and
manage business data; downloadable software for business
management; downloadable software for management of data
relating to equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools;
downloadable software for providing alerts, notifications,
records, reports, and other documentation regarding
operation of equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools;
downloadable software for providing customers and dealers
access to information regarding equipment, vehicles,
machines, and tools. Business data analysis services relating to equipment,
vehicles, machines, and tools; providing information in the
field of consumer information and dealer information
regarding equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools. Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to
collect and manage business data; software as a service
(SAAS) services featuring software for business management;
software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for
management of data relating to equipment, vehicles,
machines, and tools; software as a service (SAAS) services
featuring software for providing alerts, notifications,
records, reports, and other documentation regarding
operation of equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools;
software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for
providing customers and dealers access to information
relating to equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools;
providing application services, namely, developing,
providing, hosting and managing software applications,
websites, and databases for accessing and monitoring
geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of
equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools.
A material reduction machine includes an infeed portion operable to receive material to be reduced, and a cutting mechanism operable to reduce material fed in from the infeed portion. An outlet chute has a first end operable to receive the material reduced by the cutting mechanism and a second end operable to discharge the reduced material from the machine, wherein the outlet chute extends along a curved path. The outlet chute includes, along a radially-inner side of the curved path, a foraminous interior wall providing communication with a sound attenuation layer.
Shaker assemblies for dewatering slurries are disclosed. The shaker assemblies may include a positioning device which limits movement of the vibratory frame of the shaker assembly relative to a subframe when the vibratory frame is moved from a raised operating position to a lowered position. The positioning device may guide the vibratory frame as it is lowered from the raised position to the lowered position. In some embodiments, the shaker assembly includes a locking device for locking the vibratory frame to the subframe when the vibratory frame is in the lowered position.
E02F 7/06 - Delivery chutes or screening plants mounted on a dredger
B01D 46/76 - Regeneration of the filtering material or filter elements inside the filter by forces created by movement of the filter element involving vibrations
A horizontal directional drilling method includes operation of a HDD machine to power a drill string terminating at a drill head to create an underground borehole extending at least partially horizontally between an entry point and an exit point. A utility line and a pair of insulated wires are attached to the drill string at the exit point. An observation device is also attached to the drill string, and the observation device is connected with an uphole module via power line communication (PLC) over the pair of insulated wires. The horizontal directional drilling machine performs a pullback of the drill string, with the utility line, the pair of insulated wires, and the observation device connected thereto, back toward the entry point. Data from the observation device are displayed on the uphole module during pullback of the drill string.
E21B 47/002 - Survey of boreholes or wells by visual inspection
E21B 47/13 - Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling by electromagnetic energy, e.g. of radio frequency range
71.
Vacuum excavation apparatus having a deceleration vessel and methods for excavating a site
B01D 45/16 - Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by centrifugal forces generated by the winding course of the gas stream
B01D 33/03 - Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation with translationally moving filtering elements, e.g. pistons with vibrating filter elements
E02F 3/94 - Apparatus for separating stones from the dredged material
E02F 5/22 - Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for making embankmentsDredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for back-filling
E02F 7/06 - Delivery chutes or screening plants mounted on a dredger
F04B 15/02 - Pumps adapted to handle specific fluids, e.g. by selection of specific materials for pumps or pump parts the fluids being viscous or non-homogeneous
F04B 23/02 - Pumping installations or systems having reservoirs
F04B 43/12 - Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action
B04C 5/26 - Multiple arrangement thereof for series flow
B07B 1/30 - Moving screens not otherwise provided for, e.g. swinging, reciprocating, rocking, tilting, or wobbling screens jigging or moving to-and-fro in or approximately in the direction of conveyance
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(1) Downloadable software; downloadable software to collect and manage business data; downloadable software for business management; downloadable software for management of data relating to equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools; downloadable software for providing alerts, notifications, records, reports, and other documentation regarding operation of equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools; downloadable software for providing customers and dealers access to information regarding equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools. (1) Business data analysis services relating to equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools; providing information in the field of consumer information and dealer information regarding equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools.
(2) Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage business data; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for business management; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for management of data relating to equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing alerts, notifications, records, reports, and other documentation regarding operation of equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing customers and dealers access to information relating to equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools; providing application services, namely, developing, providing, hosting and managing software applications, websites, and databases for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of equipment, vehicles, machines, and tools.
73.
Compact tool carrier and mainframes for a self-propelled machine
Mainframes for a self-propelled machine are disclosed. The mainframe includes first and second pockets that extend from the front end to the rear end of the mainframe. A hydraulic reservoir housing extends from the first side to the second side of the mainframe. The hydraulic reservoir housing is disposed between the front end of the mainframe and first and second drive openings.
B66F 9/06 - Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks
B60P 1/48 - Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading using pivoted arms raisable above the load supporting or containing element
B66F 9/065 - Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks non-masted
E02F 3/34 - DredgersSoil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, e.g. dippers, buckets with bucket-arms directly pivoted on the frames of tractors or self-propelled machines
E02F 3/96 - DredgersSoil-shifting machines mechanically-driven with arrangements for alternate use of different digging elements
E02F 9/08 - SuperstructuresSupports for superstructures
Three-point hitch mount systems for connecting an implement to a tow vehicle having two lower hitch arms and an upper link arm are disclosed. The hitch mount systems may include a lift bar configured to be attached to the two hitch arms of the tow vehicle. The hitch mount systems may include a yoke assembly. The yoke assembly includes a forward-facing slot and a downward-facing slot for removably receiving the lift bar.
A01B 59/06 - Devices specially adapted for connection between animals or tractors and agricultural machines or implements for machines mounted on tractors
A01D 34/66 - MowersMowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters having cutters rotating about a vertical axis mounted on a vehicle, e.g. a tractor, or drawn by an animal or a vehicle with two or more cutters
A01D 34/86 - MowersMowing apparatus of harvesters specially adapted for particular purposes for use on sloping ground, e.g. on embankments
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Downloadable software to collect and manage business data; Downloadable software for monitoring, collecting, compiling, and managing information and data in the field of business management; Downloadable software for management of data relating to construction equipment, farm equipment, industrial equipment, vehicles, construction machines, farm machines, industrial machines, and construction tools, farm tools, and industrial tools; Downloadable software for providing alerts, notifications, records, reports, and other documentation regarding the operation of construction equipment, farm equipment, industrial equipment, vehicles, construction machines, farm machines, industrial machines, and construction tools, farm tools, and industrial tools; Downloadable software for providing customers and equipment dealers access to information regarding construction equipment, farm equipment, industrial equipment, vehicles, construction machines, farm machines, industrial machines, and construction tools, farm tools, and industrial tools Business data analysis services relating to construction equipment, farm equipment, industrial equipment, vehicles, construction machines, farm machines, industrial machines, and construction tools, farm tools, and industrial tools; Providing consumer information to consumers and equipment dealers regarding construction equipment, farm equipment, industrial equipment, vehicles, construction machines, farm machines, industrial machines, and construction tools, farm tools, and industrial tools Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage business data; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for business management, namely, for monitoring, collecting, compiling, and managing information and data in the field of business management; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for management of data relating to construction equipment, farm equipment, industrial equipment, vehicles, construction machines, farm machines, industrial machines, and construction tools, farm tools, and industrial tools; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing alerts, notifications, records, reports, and other documentation regarding the operation of construction equipment, farm equipment, industrial equipment, vehicles, construction machines, farm machines, industrial machines, and construction tools, farm tools, and industrial tools; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing customers and dealers access to information relating to construction equipment, farm equipment, industrial equipment, vehicles, construction machines, farm machines, industrial machines, and construction tools, farm tools, and industrial tools; Application service provider, namely, developing, hosting and managing software applications, websites, and databases of others for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of construction equipment, farm equipment, industrial equipment, vehicles, construction machines, farm machines, industrial machines, and construction tools, farm tools, and industrial tools
76.
ADDITIVE DOSING ASSEMBLIES AND HYDRO EXCAVATION VACUUM APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME
Hydro excavation apparatus for excavating earthen material are disclosed. The hydro excavation apparatus includes a first reservoir for holding a base fluid therein, a second reservoir for holding an additive therein, a vacuum system for removing earthen material from an excavation site, and an additive dosing assembly. The additive dosing assembly includes at least one of a pump and a valve fluidly connected to the second reservoir. The additive dosing assembly is selectively controllable to introduce an additive into at least one of the base fluid and the removed earthen material.
A temperature monitoring system for monitoring bearing temperatures on a machine is provided. The temperature monitoring system includes a temperature sensing device, a cable assembly, and a sensor assembly including a sensor connector and a microcontroller unit (MCU). The sensor connector is electrically coupled to the MCU and is configured to engage the cable assembly. The MCU is configured to determine a temperature based on an electrical parameter of the temperature sensing device and generate temperature data representing the determined temperature. The MCU is further configured to transmit the temperature data to a sensor hub configured to transfer the temperature data to a display of a user interface. Engaging the cable assembly with the sensor connector causes the MCU to be electrically coupled to a battery, and disengaging the cable assembly from the sensor connector causes the MCU to be electrically decoupled from the battery.
A temperature monitoring system for monitoring bearing temperatures on a machine is provided. The temperature monitoring system includes a temperature sensing device, a cable assembly, and a sensor assembly including a sensor connector and a microcontroller unit (MCU). The sensor connector is electrically coupled to the MCU and is configured to engage the cable assembly. The MCU is configured to determine a temperature based on an electrical parameter of the temperature sensing device and generate temperature data representing the determined temperature. The MCU is further configured to transmit the temperature data to a sensor hub configured to transfer the temperature data to a display of a user interface. Engaging the cable assembly with the sensor connector causes the MCU to be electrically coupled to a battery, and disengaging the cable assembly from the sensor connector causes the MCU to be electrically decoupled from the battery.
Hydro excavation apparatus for excavating earthen material are disclosed. The hydro excavation apparatus includes a first reservoir for holding a base fluid therein, a second reservoir for holding an additive therein, a vacuum system for removing earthen material from an excavation site, and an additive dosing assembly. The additive dosing assembly includes at least one of a pump and a valve fluidly connected to the second reservoir. The additive dosing assembly is selectively controllable to introduce an additive into at least one of the base fluid and the removed earthen material.
A shredder includes a shredder box and a shredder rotor positioned within an interior of the shredder box. The shredder rotor is rotatable about a rotor axis and has a plurality of rotor teeth. An access door is pivotally moveable between an open position and a closed position, the access door defining a side wall of the shredder box when in the closed position. A shredder comb is positioned at an interior side of the access door and includes a plurality of shredder comb teeth. When the access door is in the closed position, the shredder comb is positioned at a shredding location to intermesh with the plurality of rotor teeth for shredding material input to the shredder box. The plurality of shredder comb teeth are removable and reversible for use in two orientations.
B02C 18/14 - Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragmentsMincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like with rotating knives within horizontal containers
B02C 18/16 - Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragmentsMincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like with rotating knives Details
A shredder includes a shredder box and a shredder rotor positioned within an interior of the shredder box. The shredder rotor is rotatable about a rotor axis and has a plurality of rotor teeth. An access door is pivotally moveable between an open position and a closed position, the access door defining a side wall of the shredder box when in the closed position. A shredder comb is positioned at an interior side of the access door and includes a plurality of shredder comb teeth. When the access door is in the closed position, the shredder comb is positioned at a shredding location to intermesh with the plurality of rotor teeth for shredding material input to the shredder box. The plurality of shredder comb teeth are removable and reversible for use in two orientations.
B02C 18/16 - Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragmentsMincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like with rotating knives Details
B02C 23/16 - Separating or sorting of material, associated with crushing or disintegrating with separator defining termination of crushing or disintegrating zone, e.g. screen denying egress of oversize material
A rotatable cutter wheel of a material reduction machine, the cutter wheel including a drive plate configured to be mounted on the material reduction machine for rotation in a forward rotation direction about a central axis. The drive plate includes a central driveshaft aperture and an outer peripheral edge. A wear plate is positioned along a first axial side of the drive plate and removably coupled to the drive plate. A cutter is removably coupled for rotation with the drive plate via a fastener. A wear insert is positioned to cover a portion of the outer peripheral edge of the drive plate, the wear insert being mounted to the wear plate and held in spaced relation to the outer peripheral edge of the drive plate.
B23C 5/20 - Milling-cutters characterised by physical features other than shape with removable cutter-bits or teeth
B27G 13/08 - Cutter blocksOther rotary cutting tools specially adapted for working wood or similar materials in the shape of disc-like membersWood-milling cutters
A rotatable cutter wheel of a material reduction machine, the cutter wheel including a drive plate configured to be mounted on the material reduction machine for rotation in a forward rotation direction about a central axis. The drive plate includes a central driveshaft aperture and an outer peripheral edge. A wear plate is positioned along a first axial side of the drive plate and removably coupled to the drive plate. A cutter is removably coupled for rotation with the drive plate via a fastener. A wear insert is positioned to cover a portion of the outer peripheral edge of the drive plate, the wear insert being mounted to the wear plate and held in spaced relation to the outer peripheral edge of the drive plate.
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Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to
collect and manage agricultural data; software as a service
(SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage hay
bale data; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring
software for farming and agriculture business management;
software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for
providing alerts, notifications, records, reports, and other
documentation regarding field operation and farm business;
software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for
providing customers and dealers access to machine
information; providing non-downloadable computer software
for accessing and monitoring geographic location,
productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and
vehicles; developing non-downloadable computer software for
accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity,
and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles;
hosting non-downloadable computer software for accessing and
monitoring geographic location, productivity, and
maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles; managing
non-downloadable computer software for accessing and
monitoring geographic location, productivity, and
maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles.
A horizontal directional drilling method includes operation of a HDD machine to power a drill string terminating at a drill head to create an underground borehole extending at least partially horizontally between an entry point and an exit point. A utility line and a pair of insulated wires are attached to the drill string at the exit point. An observation device is also attached to the drill string, and the observation device is connected with an uphole module via power line communication (PLC) over the pair of insulated wires. The horizontal directional drilling machine performs a pullback of the drill string, with the utility line, the pair of insulated wires, and the observation device connected thereto, back toward the entry point. Data from the observation device are displayed on the uphole module during pullback of the drill string.
E21B 47/002 - Survey of boreholes or wells by visual inspection
E21B 47/13 - Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling by electromagnetic energy, e.g. of radio frequency range
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Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to
collect and manage agricultural data; software as a service
(SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage hay
bale data; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring
software for farming and agriculture business management;
software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for
providing alerts, notifications, records, reports, and other
documentation regarding field operation and farm business;
software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for
providing customers and dealers access to machine
information; providing non-downloadable computer software
for accessing and monitoring geographic location,
productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and
vehicles; developing non-downloadable computer software for
accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity,
and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles;
hosting non-downloadable computer software for accessing and
monitoring geographic location, productivity, and
maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles; managing
non-downloadable computer software for accessing and
monitoring geographic location, productivity, and
maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles.
A rotary drill bit for use with a horizontal directional drill string. A coupler at a proximal axial end is configured to attach the rotary drill bit to a drill head at a distal end of the drill string. A cutting portion at a distal axial end is provided with a plurality of vanes with respective cutters that operate to cut a hole in earth when the rotary drill bit is rotated about a central axis. The plurality of vanes project radially outwardly from a surface of the cutting portion such that the surface forms respective troughs circumferentially interspersed with the plurality of vanes. A plurality of engagement features is positioned axially within the cutting portion and radially inward of an outer cutting diameter to facilitate attachment of a product pullback device between the plurality of vanes without removing the rotary drill bit, or any portion thereof, from the drill head.
A shredder includes a shredder box having first and second opposite end walls, and first and second opposite side walls that extend between the first and second end walls. The shredder further includes a shredder rotor positioned within an interior of the shredder box, an access door that is pivotally moveable, and a control system for monitoring various parameters to operate the shredder. A side access region is defined between the first and second end walls when the access door is in the open position. The side access region provides access to the shredder rotor and includes an open region defined between the first and second end walls at the second side of the shredder. The open region has an open top which is free of obstructions extending between the first and second end walls.
B02C 18/14 - Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragmentsMincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like with rotating knives within horizontal containers
B02C 23/16 - Separating or sorting of material, associated with crushing or disintegrating with separator defining termination of crushing or disintegrating zone, e.g. screen denying egress of oversize material
B02C 23/06 - Selection or use of additives to aid disintegrating
A reamer for drill string pullback of a horizontal directional drill includes a shaft portion defining a central axis and a first end configured for attachment with a drill string of the horizontal directional drill. A plurality of vanes extend radially from an outer periphery of the shaft, each of the plurality of vanes defining an outer peripheral tooth base surface. On each of the plurality of vanes, a plurality of cutter teeth are individually and removably secured along the outer peripheral tooth base surface thereof, each one of the plurality of cutter teeth including a body and a PDC insert manufactured separately from the body and joined therewith. Each cutter tooth of the plurality is coupled to the respective one of the plurality of vanes by a removable fastener extending at least partially through the cutter tooth and at least partially through the one of the plurality of vanes.
A horizontal directional drilling machine includes a frame providing a base, a rack movable to different drilling angles with respect to the base, and a carriage having a rotating assembly for engaging a drill rod, the carriage being movable along the rack to drive the drill rod into the ground. The horizontal directional drilling machine further includes an operator lift including an operator area provided alongside the rack and being adjustable for height with respect to the rack to provide access to the carriage for wireline operations. The operator lift is supported by at least one frame element of the frame.
B67B 3/00 - Closing bottles, jars, or similar containers by applying caps
B66F 11/04 - Lifting devices specially adapted for particular uses not otherwise provided for for movable platforms or cabins, e.g. on vehicles, permitting workmen to place themselves in any desired position for carrying out required operations
B67C 7/00 - Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottlesProcesses or devices for at least two of these operations
E21B 7/02 - Drilling rigs characterised by means for land transport, e.g. skid mounting or wheel mounting
A drilling machine and operating method wherein a control algorithm evaluates a drill string joint-break routine. The operating profile of torque applied to the up-hole drill rod is monitored during energization of the break-out drive mechanism in the joint-break routine. Rotation at the rotational driver is also monitored during the joint-break routine, which is then characterized as normal or abnormal on the basis of the monitored operating profile of torque and the monitored rotational position change at the rotational driver. A break-out process for removing the up-hole rod from the drill string is interrupted and/or a message is provided to a display notifying an operator of an abnormal break-out.
A drilling machine and operating method wherein a control algorithm evaluates a drill string joint-break routine. The operating profile of torque applied to the up-hole drill rod is monitored during energization of the break-out drive mechanism in the joint-break routine. Rotation at the rotational driver is also monitored during the joint-break routine, which is then characterized as normal or abnormal on the basis of the monitored operating profile of torque and the monitored rotational position change at the rotational driver. A break-out process for removing the up-hole rod from the drill string is interrupted and/or a message is provided to a display notifying an operator of an abnormal break-out.
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
(1) Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage data in the field of agricultural machinery; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage hay bale data; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for farming and agriculture business management; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing alerts, notifications, records, reports, and other documentation regarding field operation and farm business; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing customers and dealers access to information on agricultural machinery; providing non-downloadable computer software for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles; developing non-downloadable computer software for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles; hosting non-downloadable computer software for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles; Application service provider (ASP), namely hosting computer software applications for others for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles.
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
(1) Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage agricultural data; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage hay bale data; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for farming and agriculture business management; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing alerts, notifications, records, reports, and other documentation regarding field operation and farm business; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing customers and dealers access to machine information; providing non-downloadable computer software for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles; developing non-downloadable computer software for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles; hosting non-downloadable computer software for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles; managing non-downloadable computer software for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles.
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage agricultural data; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage hay bale data; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for farming and agriculture business management; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing alerts, notifications, records, reports, and other documentation regarding field operation and farm business; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing customers and dealers access to machine information; Providing application services, namely, developing, providing, hosting and managing software applications, websites, and databases for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage agricultural data; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage hay bale data; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for farming and agriculture business management; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing alerts, notifications, records, reports, and other documentation regarding field operation and farm business; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing customers and dealers access to machine information; Providing a website featuring technology that enables users to access and monitor geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles; developing computer software for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles; Application service provider (ASP), namely, hosting computer software applications of others for accessing and monitoring geographic location, productivity, and maintenance of agricultural equipment and vehicles
Rake wheels for raking apparatus for gathering crop material into a windrow. The rake wheel includes a center hub and disks for securing and limiting circumferential and axial movement of the tines of the rake wheel. The rake wheel may include a set of fasteners for securing the tines to the disk with the set of fasteners being disposed radially outward of the center hub.
A01D 78/14 - Haymakers with tines moving with respect to the machine with tine-carrying rotary heads or wheels the tines rotating about a substantially horizontal axis
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Downloadable software for business management in the field of farming and agriculture; Downloadable mobile applications for collecting and managing agricultural data; downloadable mobile applications for collecting and managing hay bale data; downloadable mobile application for business management in the field of farming and agriculture; downloadable software for providing alerts, notifications, records, reports, and other documentation regarding field operation and farm business Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage agricultural data; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software to collect and manage hay bale data; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for farming and agriculture business management; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for providing alerts, notifications, records, reports, and other documentation regarding field operation and farm business
