Inventor
Claude McFarlane
Inventor
Fitchburg, WI, US
Overview
Patents· 17 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
A01Cprimary
A01CPlanting16%
A01KAnimal husbandry13%
B01FMixing, e.g. dissolving, emulsifying or dispersing13%
A22CProcessing meat, poultry, or fish10%
F16DCouplings for transmitting rotation10%
F16HGearing10%
A23BPreservation of foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages6%
B30BPresses in general3%
B60KArrangement or mounting of propulsion units or of transmissions in vehicles3%
B65GTransport or storage devices, e.g. conveyors for loading or tipping, shop conveyor systems or pneumatic tube conveyors3%
PatentTitleYear
10,595,456Material spreader202010,322,387Enhanced reel mixer drive20199,832,922Material spreader2017D0741374'Hammer for a spreader apparatus'20159,010,991'Sequential start clutch for a material mixing machine'20158,646,967'Enhanced reel for agricultural mixer'20147,766,105'System and method of implementing a soft-start PTO clutch'20107,472,785'Conveyor system with automatic incline'20097,347,614'Split drive apparatus for a vertical mixer'20086,241,451'Distributor apparatus for spreading materials'20016,206,306'Discharge apparatus for discharging materials'20016,024,305'Discharge apparatus for discharging materials'20006,013,880'Material supporting apparatus'20005,398,598'Food processing transport system'19955,354,230'Food processing system with simplified loading and transfer'19945,253,569'Serpentine food processing with closed-loop recirculation'19934,817,511'Food product press'1989Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1989–1995Patents assigned to DEC INT (4)· patent assignee history
1989–2001Based in Madison, WI, US· patent location history
2000–2001Patents assigned to KNIGHT MFG CORP (4)· patent assignee history
2008–2020Patents assigned to KUHN NORTH AMERICA INC (9)· patent assignee history
2008–2020Based in Fitchburg, WI, US· patent location history
2014–2015Patents assigned to MCFARLANE CLAUDE (2)· patent assignee history
2015Patents assigned to ALBRIGHT CHRIS (1)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| KUHN NORTH AMERICA INC | 9 | 2008–2020 |
| DEC INT | 4 | 1989–1995 |
| KNIGHT MFG CORP | 4 | 2000–2001 |
| MCFARLANE CLAUDEself | 2 | 2014–2015 |
| ALBRIGHT CHRIS | 1 | 2015 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Fitchburg, WI, US | 9 | 2008–2020 |
| Madison, WI, US | 8 | 1989–2001 |