The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Macdon Industries Ltd., Winnipeg, CA;
Inventor:
Francois R. Talbot, Winnipeg, CA;
Assignee:
MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD, Winnipeg, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/13 (2006.01); A01D 34/18 (2006.01); A01D 34/14 (2006.01); B26D 1/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/13 (2013.01); A01D 34/14 (2013.01); A01D 34/18 (2013.01); B26D 1/45 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sickle cutting apparatus having a plurality of knife guards and a sickle bar having a plurality of sickle knife blades driven for reciprocating movement relative to the knife guards. The length of the cutting edge of each knife blade from a transverse rearmost cutting line at which a cutting action occurs is increased to a length greater than 2.2 inches; the width at the rear of the ledger surface of each guard is increased to greater than 1.2 inches; and the front edge of the blade is formed with an apex to shed crop material to one or other side of the apex.