Timothy Kyle Meeks

US Patent:

7204752, Apr 17, 2007

Filed:

Sep 19, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/230045

Inventors:

Tracy R. Archer - West Liberty IA, US
Timothy A. Meeks - Davenport IA, US
Earl R. Snyder - Lititz PA, US

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01D 17/02
A01F 12/46

US Classification:

460114

Abstract:

The apparatus for directing a flow of air and cotton from a cotton conveyor duct of a cotton harvester into a cotton receiver includes a cover member and a mounting element configured for mounting the cover member to a cotton conveyor duct for movement between a first position located at least partially in a path of a flow of air and cotton discharged through a discharge outlet of the duct, and a second position located adjacent to the path for directing the flow therealong. The cover member when in the first position is movable to the second position by a force exerted thereagainst by a flow of at least air discharged from the duct. A locking element of the apparatus is configured for automatically holding the cover member in the second position, the locking element being automatically operable for releasing the cover member when a downward force is applied thereagainst by the cotton receiver for moving the cover member to the first position.

US Patent:

7297054, Nov 20, 2007

Filed:

Aug 23, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/508417

Inventors:

Tracy R. Archer - West Liberty IA, US
Timothy A. Meeks - Davenport IA, US
Earl R. Snyder - Lititz PA, US

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01D 17/02
A01F 12/46

US Classification:

460114

Abstract:

The apparatus for directing a flow of air and cotton from a cotton conveyor duct of a cotton harvester into a cotton receiver includes a cover member and a mounting element configured for mounting the cover member to a cotton conveyor duct for movement between a first position located at least partially in a path of a flow of air and cotton discharged through a discharge outlet of the duct, and a second position located adjacent to the path for directing the flow therealong. The cover member when in the first position is movable to the second position by a force exerted thereagainst by a flow of at least air discharged from the duct. A locking element of the apparatus is configured for automatically holding the cover member in the second position, the locking element being automatically operable for releasing the cover member when a downward force is applied thereagainst by the cotton receiver for moving the cover member to the first position.

US Patent:

7320639, Jan 22, 2008

Filed:

Mar 31, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/095170

Inventors:

Tracy R. Archer - West Liberty IA, US
Michael J. Covington - Bettendorf IA, US
Timothy A. Meeks - Davenport IA, US

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01F 12/60

US Classification:

460119, 56 28, 100214

Abstract:

A cotton receiving basket for an on-board cotton harvesting machine including a lower basket having a plurality of upwardly extending walls having upper portions including elongate upper seal elements extending therealong, respectively; a basket lid having a plurality of downwardly extending walls having lower portions including elongate lower seal elements extending therealong, respectively, and the lower basket and the basket lid being telescopically related so as to be movable one relative to the other between a telescopically retracted position and a telescopically extended position, and wherein the upper and lower seal elements have oppositely facing tapered seal surfaces, respectively, which are cooperatively engaged along substantially the lengths thereof forming substantially sealed conditions therebetween when the lower basket and the basket lid are in the telescopically extended position.

US Patent:

7261634, Aug 28, 2007

Filed:

Aug 23, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/508418

Inventors:

Tracy R. Archer - West Liberty IA, US
Timothy A. Meeks - Davenport IA, US
Earl R. Snyder - Lititz PA, US

Assignee:

CNH America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01D 17/02
A01F 12/46

US Classification:

460114

Abstract:

The apparatus for directing a flow of air and cotton from a cotton conveyor duct of a cotton harvester into a cotton receiver includes a cover member and a mounting element configured for mounting the cover member to a cotton conveyor duct for movement between a first position located at least partially in a path of a flow of air and cotton discharged through a discharge outlet of the duct, and a second position located adjacent to the path for directing the flow therealong. The cover member when in the first position is movable to the second position by a force exerted thereagainst by a flow of at least air discharged from the duct. A locking element of the apparatus is configured for automatically holding the cover member in the second position, the locking element being automatically operable for releasing the cover member when a downward force is applied thereagainst by the cotton receiver for moving the cover member to the first position.

US Patent:

20070066374, Mar 22, 2007

Filed:

Sep 19, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/229889

Inventors:

Tracy Archer - West Liberty IA, US
Yun Ho - Naperville IA, US
Timothy Meeks - Davenport IA, US
Frank Dupire - Manheim PA, US

International Classification:

A01F 12/60

US Classification:

460119000

Abstract:

A system and method for controlling a compactor in a cotton harvester includes lowering a compactor frame to a first height to compact the cotton bolls, raising it to a second height, and distributing the cotton bolls fore-and-aft when the frame is at the second height. These steps may be repeated until a cotton module is built. The method is preferably computer-implemented.

US Patent:

20170208745, Jul 27, 2017

Filed:

Jul 22, 2015

Appl. No.:

15/328374

Inventors:

- New Holland PA, US
Timothy Alan Meeks - Donahue IA, US
Aryon Wayne Shondel - DeWitt IA, US

Assignee:

CNH Industrial America LLC - New Holland PA

International Classification:

A01F 15/10
A01F 15/08
A01F 12/48
A01F 12/46

Abstract:

A feeding system for an agricultural implement includes a hopper configured to receive agricultural crop material. An auger extending across the hopper is configured to meter the agricultural crop material from the hopper into a tapered passageway. A movable belt is disposed along one side of the tapered passageway and is configured to urge the agricultural crop material through the tapered passageway toward an outlet of the tapered passageway to form the agricultural crop material into a mat having a thickness substantially equal to a width of the outlet.