Franklin P Orlando

6360518, Mar 26, 2002

Mar 24, 2000

09/535360

Phillip R. Scott - Coarsegold CA, 93614
Franklin P. Orlando - Morgan Hill CA, 95037
Kevin M. Caine - Fresno CA, 93705
Marty D. Youman - Madera CA, 03638

A01D 4624

563281, 180435, 24274 WB, 24278

A harvester incorporating at least one force balanced shaker vibratory brush as the harvesting apparatus uses a sensing system connected to a plurality of spring feelers carried on a shaft to generate a torque value responsive to the location of the shape and position of a tree. The feeler springs may be of differing lengths to assist in tuning the harvester. Apparatus and a method for mounting the shaker head on the vehicle as well as system of steering the harvester are disclosed.

6624363, Sep 23, 2003

Aug 2, 2001

09/922195

Franklin P. Orlando - Morgan Hill CA, 95037
Phillip Ray Scott - Coarse Gold CA, 93614

G01G 1908

177136, 177139, 563281

An improved gondola assembly for receiving harvested crops in the field from a crop harvester has a lightweight molded drop in tank held in place by a tank framework on the gondola assembly. The drop in tank lowers the gondola center of gravity as it replaces stainless steel or painted mild steel tanks and requires no periodic maintenance. A built in scale for continuous in the field monitoring of the weight of received harvested crop is constructed to be viewable by a tow tractor operator whether towed from one end of the gondola or the other. The towable gondola obtains power for operation of a pair of tank framework lift cylinders from the tow tractor so that the tank is movable between an elevated dump position and a lowered crop collection position. The gondola has a reversible towing tongue for towing in either direction so it may be configured to be towed on either side of a crop harvester.

6832469, Dec 21, 2004

Dec 6, 2001

10/011639

Phillip R. Scott - Coarsegold CA
Franklin P. Orlando - Morgan Hill CA
Kevin M. Caine - Fresno CA
Marty D. Youman - Madera CA

AG-Right Enterprises - Madera CA

A01D 4624

56330, 563401

A harvester incorporating at least one force balanced shaker vibratory brush as the harvesting apparatus uses a sensing system connected to a plurality of spring feelers carried on a shaft to generate a torque value responsive to the location of the shape and position of a tree. The feeler springs may be of differing lengths to assist in tuning the harvester. Apparatus and a method for mounting the shaker head on the vehicle as well as system of steering the harvester are disclosed.

6865872, Mar 15, 2005

May 16, 2002

10/151680

Marty D. Youman - Madera CA, US
Kevin M. Caine - Fresno CA, US
Franklin P. Orlando - Morgan Hill CA, US

AG-Right Enterprises - Madera CA

A01D046/00

563281

A over-the-row single sided harvester harvests a row crop from a first side of a row while simultaneously collecting crop from the “off side” side of the same row.

6901731, Jun 7, 2005

May 16, 2002

10/145943

Phillip R. Scott - Coarsegold CA, US
Franklin P. Orlando - Morgan Hill CA, US
Kevin M. Caine - Fresno CA, US
Marty D. Youman - Madera CA, US

Ag-Right Enterprises - Madera CA

A01D046/00

56330, 563401

A harvester incorporating at least one force balanced shaker vibratory brush as the harvesting apparatus uses a sensing system connected to spring feelers to generate a signal responsive to the location, shape and position of a tree.

7543436, Jun 9, 2009

May 10, 2005

11/127659

Phillip R. Scott - Coursegold CA, US
Franklin P. Orlando - Morgan Hill CA, US
Kevin M. Caine - Fresno CA, US
Marty D. Youman - Madera CA, US

A01D 46/00

563281, 56330, 563401

A harvester incorporating at least one force balanced shaker vibratory brush as the harvesting apparatus uses a sensing system connected to spring feelers to generate a signal responsive to the location, shape and position of a tree.

20020073676, Jun 20, 2002

Dec 19, 2000

09/741366

Franklin Orlando - Morgan Hill CA, US
Marty Youman - Madera CA, US

Ag-Right Enterprises

A01D046/00

056/340100

A net rotation speed control system for an oscillatory shaker head assembly driven by a force-balance drive carried on a crop harvester has a harvester forward velocity signal input. Also provided is an operator input for selecting appropriate speed relationship between the harvester velocity and the net shaker head rotation velocity. The system is useful as an open loop system, but is improved to correct for otherwise uncontrolled operating conditions by incorporating a speed sensor for net shaker head rotation velocity and closing the loop by connecting an output from the net rotation speed sensor to the control system.

43366821, Jun 29, 1982

Aug 15, 1980

6/178327

Franklin P. Orlando - Morgan Hill CA

FMC Corporation - Chicago IL

A01D 4626

56330

In a method of and apparatus for harvesting a row of grapevines, a pair of opposed parallel striker bars are pivoted back and forth transversely of the row of grapevines about an axis that is situated over the plants and that extends parallel to the direction of travel of the harvester. The front ends of the striker bars are supported by a front shaker frame, and the rear ends of the striker bars are supported by a rear shaker frame that is free to pivot independently of the front shaker frame. Dual-eccentric-weight oscillatory drives are mounted to the front and rear shaker frames. Various drive arrangements are disclosed for rotating the eccentric weights on the front and rear shaker frames at different frequencies, amplitudes or phase relationships, as desired. Due to the different motions of the front and rear ends of the opposed striker bars, the bars impart a varying shaking action on the grapevines as the bars are translated forwardly relative to the grapevines.