CLAUDE LESLIE MCFARLANE, III
Pilots at Nutone St, Fitchburg, WI

2009023, Sep 24, 2009

Mar 19, 2008

12/051506

Claude MCFARLANE - Fitchburg WI, US
Chris Albright - Brodhead WI, US
William Bassett - Brodhead WI, US

Kuhn North America, Inc. - Brodhead WI

B01F 15/00, B01F 5/12, B01F 7/16, G06F 19/00

366270, 366241, 366292, 701 67

A mixer system includes a mixing chamber with a drive panel, open top, discharge opening in a side of the mixing chamber, and door configured to open and close the discharge opening. A first mixing auger is disposed inside the mixing chamber, and a first auger drive is disposed on another side of the drive panel and connected to the first auger through the drive panel and connected to a driveline. A second mixing auger is disposed inside the mixing chamber on the first side of the drive panel, and another auger drive is connected to the second auger through the drive panel. A clutch is connected between the second auger drive and the driveline and configured to mechanically connect and disconnect the second auger drive from the driveline based on an input. A method of sequentially starting different augers within a mixing chamber is provided.

8646967, Feb 11, 2014

Jul 19, 2011

13/186120

Jeff Marggi - Oregon WI, US
Jacob Veeder - Browntown WI, US
Jeremiah Kleiber - Darlington WI, US
Claude McFarlane - Fitchburg WI, US
Brian Green - Mercersburg PA, US

Kuhn North America, Inc. - Brodhead WI

B01F 7/00

366299, 366318

A mixing apparatus includes a hopper, a reel, and at least one auger. The hopper defines first and second chambers. The first chamber is disposed adjacent to the second chamber. The reel is disposed within the first chamber. The reel includes first and second hubs configured to rotate and at least one connecting member connecting the first hub to the second hub. The at least one auger is disposed in the second chamber. The first and second hubs rotate about a common axis of rotation. No connecting member connects a center of the first hub to a center of the second hub along the axis of rotation. An attachment point between each connecting member and the first hub is circumferentially offset with respect to an attachment point between the same connecting member and the second hub.

7766105, Aug 3, 2010

Mar 14, 2006

11/374055

Chris Albright - Brodhead WI, US
Claude McFarlane - Fitchburg WI, US

Kuhn North America, Inc. - Brodhead WI

B60K 25/08

180 5361, 180 537, 701 51, 701 67

A soft start clutch system and method of implementing a soft start clutch system including a soft start clutch configured to drivingly connect to a machinery drive input to an engine transmission, including a transmission PTO attached to the transmission and drivingly connected to the soft start clutch, and a control circuit configured to engage the soft start clutch at a first rate and configured to disengage the soft start clutch at a second rate which is different than the first rate.

7472785, Jan 6, 2009

Oct 11, 2006

11/545563

Chris Albright - Brodhead WI, US
Claude McFarlane - Fitchburg WI, US
George Cicci - Fitchburg WI, US

Kuhn North America, Inc. - Brodhead WI

B65G 21/00, B65G 25/04

198589, 198592, 1983692, 1988612, 1987501

A conveyor assembly including a first conveyor frame configured to move along a path relative to a mounting frame and including a conveyor belt. The conveyor assembly further includes a second conveyor frame, connected to the first conveyor frame via a pivot, and configured to automatically rotate to change an angle between the first conveyor frame and the second conveyor frame in response to movement of the first conveyor frame relative to the mounting frame.

2007025, Nov 1, 2007

Apr 27, 2006

11/411943

Claude McFarlane - Fitchburg WI, US

KUHN KNIGHT, INC. - Brodhead WI

B26D 7/00

083649000

A knife assembly includes a knife plate with a leading edge, and a cutting element cemented to the leading edge via a brazing process. The knife plate is heat-treated after the cutting element is cemented to the leading edge so as to form a heat-treatment area on the leading edge. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a knife assembly including, forming a leading edge on a side of a knife plate, forming a slot in the leading edge, inserting, into the slot, an insert, brazing the insert to the knife plate after the insert is inserted into the slot, and heat-treating at least a portion of the knife plate after the brazing.

7347614, Mar 25, 2008

Dec 14, 2004

11/010306

George B Cicci - Fitchburg WI, US
Claude McFarlane - Fitchburg WI, US

Kuhn North America, Inc. - Brodhead WI

B01F 7/24

366297, 366603, 24110176

A multiple auger vertical mixer with a drive system comprised of a powered driving means and a first gearbox with multiple output shafts. The output shafts supply rotational power for at least two final driven gearboxes which drive the augers.