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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Emanuel A. Hendriks, Heythuysen, NL;
Mathias M. Hendriks, Baemex, NL;
Johannes G. Hendriks, Heythuysen, NL;
Wilhelmus J. Hendriks, Heythuysen, NL;
Thomas E. Noyes, Ii, Creston, OH (US);
Emanuel A. Hendriks, Heythuysen, NL;
Mathias M. Hendriks, Baemex, NL;
Johannes G. Hendriks, Heythuysen, NL;
Wilhelmus J. Hendriks, Heythuysen, NL;
Thomas E. Noyes, II, Creston, OH (US);
Steiner Turf Equipment, Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A sod roller for automatically controlling the angular position of the end or flap of a roll of sod about the roll. A device senses the end, or trailing edge, of a strip of sod as a roll is formed on a roll-up conveyor. The sod roller holds the roll in the roll-up conveyor as it continues to roll and ejects the roll from the roll-up conveyor in a manner responsive to the position of the trailing edge of the strip of sod.