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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:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William L Cooksey, Geneseo, IL (US);
Vincent M Moster, Moline, IL (US);
Assignee:
Case Corporation, Racine, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ; A01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
460106 ;
Abstract
A rock trap sump assembly includes a rock trap sump having an opening through which rocks may be ejected, a door pivotally supported adjacent to the opening, a latch arm pivotally coupled to the rock trap sump about a first axis and a link pivotally coupled to the door about a second axis and pivotally coupled to the latch arm about a third axis. The latch arm pivots about the first axis to move the door between a first closed position in which the door closes the opening and a second opened position in which the door pivots away from the opening.