Robert Joseph Todd

US Patent:

55428142, Aug 6, 1996

Filed:

Nov 22, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/344783

Inventors:

Dale A. Ashcroft - New Holland PA
Robert R. Todd - Leola PA

Assignee:

New Holland North America, Inc. - New Holland PA

International Classification:

B66C 2300

US Classification:

414786

Abstract:

A skid steer loader having a frame, ground support wheels extending from the frame, a cab with load bearing side walls extending upwardly from the frame to define an operators control area therebetween, and a boom structure comprising a pair of arms and a linkage assembly for operatively coupling the arms to the load bearing side walls. Each arm includes a front portion having a front end extending beyond the cab to support a bucket, a rear portion extending behind the cab, and an integral intermediate portion between the front and rear portions. The linkage assembly includes upper and lower links associated with each of the arms, each link being pivotally secured to the cab at a location above the wheels. The boom structure is powered for raising and lowering in concert each of the pairs of arms through a generally vertical path for moving the front end of the boom arms and bucket along a lift path. The bucket initially moves from a known position near the ground in a substantially vertical direction to an intermediate position in the lift path, and subsequently in a slightly forwardly inclined direction to a second intermediate position, from which it finally moves in a substantially vertical direction to complete its lift path.

US Patent:

43444423, Aug 17, 1982

Filed:

Apr 24, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/257025

Inventors:

Peter J. Torland - New Holland PA
Robert R. Todd - Leola PA

Assignee:

Sperry Corporation - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01F 706
A01F 700

US Classification:

130 27T

Abstract:

Augers used in farm machinery are generally rotatably mounted in a bearing plate. Often the small diameter rotor shaft of the auger becomes fouled by crop material which wraps around the shaft ultimately inhibiting rotation and sometimes damaging rotor bearings. This is avoided by rotatably mounting a larger diameter auger tube within a recess formed in the bearing plate.

US Patent:

40033848, Jan 18, 1977

Filed:

Mar 29, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/671648

Inventors:

John J. Komancheck - New Holland PA
Robert R. Todd - Leola PA

Assignee:

Sperry Rand Corporation - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01F 700

US Classification:

130 27T

Abstract:

A mobile combine having longitudinally extending rotor and concave threshing members and a reciprocating grain pan beneath said concave to receive threshed and partially threshed crop products for passage to sieve mechanism, and angular deflector members fixed to and reciprocable with said grain pan and extending longitudinally therewith, said members extending downward and inward from opposite sides of the chamber below said concave and above said grain pan to deflect grain falling from said concave and direct it toward the center of said grain pan to prevent crop material from gravitating more to one side of said grain pan than the other such as during hillside harvesting operations.

US Patent:

55183581, May 21, 1996

Filed:

Aug 24, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/293945

Inventors:

Dale A. Aschroft - New Holland PA
Edward H. Priepke - Lancaster PA
Robert R. Todd - Leola PA
Peter J. Torland - Mt Joy PA

Assignee:

New Holland North America, Inc. - New Holland PA

International Classification:

E02F 900

US Classification:

414685

Abstract:

A skid steer loader having a main frame including a compartment in which an engine, hydraulic drive components and other elements are contained. A cab is mounted above the compartment on the main frame with load bearing side walls extending upwardly to define an operator control area therebetween. Pivotally mounted on such walls is a boom structure including a pair of arms and a mounting assembly. An engine is operatively associated with the boom structure for raising and lowering each of the pair of arms along a generally vertical path adjacent a corresponding load bearing side wall to which it is coupled by the mounting assembly. The cab is mounted on the frame for conjoint movement of the side walls and the boom structure from an operative position to a remote position to provide unobstructed access to the compartment while maintaining the drive and transmission componentry in an operational mode.