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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2016
Neal J. Stoffel, Campbellsport, WI (US);
Juan G. Sotelo, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Keith A. Johnson, Kewaskum, WI (US);
Michael A. Bechler, West Bend, WI (US);
Neal J. Stoffel, Campbellsport, WI (US);
Juan G. Sotelo, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Keith A. Johnson, Kewaskum, WI (US);
Michael A. Bechler, West Bend, WI (US);
Kondex Corporation, Lomira, WI (US);
Abstract
An agricultural cutting blade has top and bottom surfaces and mounting apertures extending through top and bottom surfaces. A cutting edge support surface (e.g. that may be a flat, pointed or rounded) is formed on the cutting blade body with the cutting edge support extending along a side of the cutting blade body transversely between the top and bottom surfaces. A clad material deposited upon the cutting edge support such as by laser cladding process. The clad material can be built up, that is layered in partial or full overlapping relation to provide at least 2 and often more than 4 layers of clad material at one or more locations. A cutting edge provided by the clad material that may be a ground surface into a laser clad bead.