A01D 46/16
Using rotary or oscillating spindles
Official title: using rotary or oscillating spindles
A01D46/16 (Using rotary or oscillating spindles) appears on 32 US grants and 27 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01D- Granted patents
- 32
- Published applications
- 27
- Assignees
- 7
- Inventors
- 60
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cotton spindle variable barb geometry21 Apr 2026US 12,604,808 B2Deere & Company
- Cotton picker spindle with replaceable tip16 Dec 2025US 12,495,738 B2Deere & Company
- Crop harvesting system with plant stripping apparatus12 Sep 2023US 11,751,507 B1Hemp Processing Solutions, LLC
- Independent doffer drive system for a cotton harvester row unit22 Nov 2022US 11,503,765 B2Deere & Company
- Cotton harvesting machine with automatically variable drum and spindle speed1 Nov 2022US 11,483,974 B2Deere & Company
- Clutch assembly with two outputs for an agricultural harvester row unit1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293813 A1CNH Industrial America LLC
- Apparatus to control a drum and spindles of a cotton harvester row unit24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283074 A1Deere & Company
- Replaceable cotton picker spindle28 May 2026US 2026/0144191 A1Deere & Company
- Adjustable cotton picking unit pressure door19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076304 A1
- Moistener column for an agricultural header17 Apr 2025US 2025/0121413 A1CNH Industrial America LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cotton picker unit drive with controllable spindle speed to drum speed ratio and belt drive13US 8,006,472 B1Deere & Company · 2011
- Cotton picker bar7US 4,463,543 ADeere & Company · 1984
- Harvester unit for narrowly spaced plants with transverse feeding of offset plants7US 6,550,230 B2Deere & Company · 2003
- Drive mechanism for a picker rotor assembly of a cotton harvesting unit5US 5,038,552 AJ. I. Case Company · 1991
- Scrapping plate assembly for cotton harvester5US 6,672,041 B12004