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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:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Craig S. Malsam, Omaha, NE (US);
Donald M. Salazar, Omaha, NE (US);
Mark G. Schechinger, Harlan, IA (US);
Joseph F. Novotny, Omaha, NE (US);
Inventors:
Craig S. Malsam, Omaha, NE (US);
Donald M. Salazar, Omaha, NE (US);
Mark G. Schechinger, Harlan, IA (US);
Joseph F. Novotny, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 3/00 (2006.01); B05B 12/08 (2006.01); A01G 25/02 (2006.01); A01G 27/00 (2006.01); B67D 5/08 (2006.01); B67D 5/38 (2006.01); G05D 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A collector ring for use with a center pivot irrigation system which permits the mounting of a communication device above the span structure. The collector ring also includes a monitoring device which senses the angle or rotation of the span structure with respect to the fixed center pivot structure.