Kondex Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160073582 | AGRICULTURAL BLADES AND MACHINE PARTS WITH AMORPHOUS METAL LASER CLADDING - A laser cladded agricultural blade is provided. The blade includes a blade body. The blade body is of a first hardness. The blade body is additionally provided with a cladding material of a second hardness, wherein the cladding material comprises an amorphous metal. The cladding material is applied by a laser cladding process. | 03-17-2016 |
20160073581 | LASER CLAD KNIFE GUARD - A cladded knife guard is provided. In one aspect, the invention provides for a knife guard that comprises a guard body that further comprises a base material. The base material includes a mounting bar that defines at least one bolt hole and at least one tine projecting forward from the mounting bar. The base material has a first hardness. A cladded material is formed on the base material. The clad material comprises a second hardness greater than the first hardness. | 03-17-2016 |
20150319923 | CUTTING BLADE WITH TRANSVERSE HARDENED REGIONS - A blade for a mower disc body is provided. The blade includes a cutting blade body of a first base material, top and bottom surfaces and an outer surface that extends around the cutting blade body vertically between the top and bottom surfaces. The blade further includes a cutting edge formed along the outer surface and a plurality of clad beads extending along one of the top and bottom surfaces transversely away from the non-serrated cutting edge. | 11-12-2015 |
20150319922 | SLICING DISC MOWER KNIVES - A blade for a mower disc body is provided. The blade defines a central axis of rotation. The blade includes a blade body. The blade body is of a first hardness. The blade body has opposed top and bottom surfaces. An outer surface extends around the blade body vertically between the top and bottom surfaces. The blade body comprises first and second apertures or retainer structures in spaced apart relation. A cutting edge extends along an outer surface of the blade. | 11-12-2015 |
20150082764 | LASER HARDENED KNIFE GUARD - A laser hardened knife guard is provided. In one aspect, the invention provides for a knife guard that comprises a guard body that further comprises a base material. The base material includes a mounting bar that defines at least one bolt hole and at least one tine projecting forward from the mounting bar. The base material has a first hardness. A laser treated material is formed into or in the base material. The laser treated material comprises a second hardness greater than the first hardness. | 03-26-2015 |
20150017394 | Machine Part with Laser Cladding and Method - A machine part for agricultural, turf, mining or construction equipment for processing material is provided. The machine part comprises a base material. A clad material is deposited on the base material to form at least one blunt edge along the body. The clad material comprises a second hardness greater than the first hardness. | 01-15-2015 |
20150014127 | Auger with Laser Cladding and/or Laser Heat Treatment and Method - An agricultural auger for conveying grain material is provided. The agricultural auger includes a shaft that is adapted to rotate about a central axis. A flight extends and spirals about the shaft. The flight further includes a base material of a first hardness. A laser treated material is formed on or into the base material along a portion of the flight. The laser treated material comprises a second hardness greater than the first hardness. | 01-15-2015 |
20140346015 | Drive Roller for Baler or Other Equipment - A drive roll for driving and engaging a belt is disclosed as well as a hay baler incorporating such a drive roll. The drive roll includes at least one set and typically many sets of drive ribs, which project from the outer cylindrical surface of the drive roll. The drive roll may be made from steel material while the drive ribs may comprise laser cladding such as tungsten carbide or other high hardness particles. The drive rib may have a tapering profile or other centering structure that corresponds to a belt having end regions with overlay or overlap ends of the drive ribs. | 11-27-2014 |
20140171164 | Concave for Rotary Combine - There is provided a concave for a rotary combine which includes a body having a plurality of curved frame sections connected in parallel side by side relation. Each of the curved frame section has having ends and sides. The body has an entry end and an exit end. Each of the curved frame sections has a face with an upstanding crop processing profile. For the curved frame sections at the entry end of the body the crop processing profile is a threshing profile having an orientation extending between the sides. For the curved frame sections at the exit end of the body the crop processing profile is a separation profile of sine wave vanes having an orientation extending toward the ends and having apertures positioned between the vanes to permit passage of grain. | 06-19-2014 |
20130240331 | Roller with Ribs for Driving a Crop Conveying Belt - A crop harvesting header with a cutter bar and a draper assembly has a draper canvas driven by a drive roller with a cylindrical roller body having an outer surface surrounding an axis of rotation of the roller for engaging an inner drive surface of a canvas wrapped therearound. The roller has a plurality of ribs arranged on the outer surface of the roller body extending along a part of the body in an axial direction and angularly spaced around the outer surface. The ribs have a height less than 6 mm and a width less than 6 mm arranged such that the ribs do not engage into any recesses in the drive surface of the canvas. | 09-19-2013 |
20130239535 | Roller with Ribs for Driving a Crop Conveying Belt - A crop harvesting header with a cutter bar and a draper assembly has a draper canvas driven by a drive roller with a cylindrical roller body having an outer surface surrounding an axis of rotation of the roller for engaging an inner drive surface of a canvas wrapped therearound. The roller has a plurality of ribs arranged on the outer surface of the roller body extending along a part of the body in an axial direction and angularly spaced around the outer surface. The ribs have a height less than 6 mm and a width less than 6 mm arranged such that the ribs do not engage into any recesses in the drive surface of the canvas. | 09-19-2013 |
20130233145 | Laser Clad Cutting Edge for Agricultural Cutting Components - 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. | 09-12-2013 |
20130111863 | Disc Mower Blades - An improved cutter blade or disc mower blade is provided having structure to reduce the tendency of vegetation to slip off and around the blade edge and tip. The disc mower blade is attached to a rotary cutter module and driven by a mowing machine. In one aspect of the disc mower blade, the disc mower blade includes a knife edge with serrations distributed along the edge such that vegetation does not slide along the edge during operation of the mowing machine. Further, another aspect of the mower blade is that the knife edge may be curved so as to prevent the vegetation from sliding along the edge during operation of the mowing machine. In another aspect, the disc mower blade includes a winglet disposed at a tip of the blade such that vegetation cannot slide past the blade during operation of the mowing machine. | 05-09-2013 |
20120311988 | LAMINATED KNIFEBACK - A sickle bar assembly employs a plurality of laminated strips that are secured and that may be stacked vertically upon each other in abutting relation to form a sickle bar. The individual sickle sections are secured to the sickle bar in side-by-side relation. Laminated stacks may also be joined to each other by way of a splice joint to provide for even longer bar. The strips may be heat treated strips of steel as opposed to cold rolled steel or other high strength strip material to provide for certain features and advantages. | 12-13-2012 |