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US 12,727,553 B2Granted
Fulcrum roller for use with heavy equipment
Assignee106 Reforestation, LLC
InventorMichael A Siaperas
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Abstract
Improved devices for use in executing a tree felling operation are disclosed. A device includes a midsection comprising a cylindrical shape and a midsection diameter. The device includes an end plate comprising an elliptical shape and an end plate diameter, wherein the end plate diameter is smaller than the midsection diameter. The device includes a stabilizing section attached to a concentric perimeter of the midsection on a first end and attached to a perimeter of the end plate on a second end.
Claims20
A device for roller felling trees comprising:
- a midsection comprising a first end comprising a first concentric perimeter, a second end comprising a second concentric perimeter, and a midsection diameter, the midsection having a cylindrical shape;
- a first brace plate and a second brace plate, wherein a first outer perimeter of the first brace plate and a second outer perimeter of the second brace plate are each secured to an interior of the midsection;
- a first plate comprising an elliptical shape and a first plate diameter, wherein the first plate diameter is smaller than the midsection diameter;
- a first stabilizing section having a semi-conical shape attached to the first end of the midsection and disposed between the first end of the midsection and the first plate;
- a second plate comprising an elliptical shape and a second plate diameter, wherein the second plate diameter is smaller than the midsection diameter;
- a second stabilizing section having a semi-conical shape attached to the second end of the midsection and disposed between the second end of the midsection and the second plate;
- wherein the first plate is attached directly to the first stabilizing section and the second plate is attached directly to the stabilizing section;
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- a connection rod disposed in an interior of the device at an axis of rotation for the device, wherein the connection rod is attached to the first plate and the second plate, and wherein the connection rod is configured to releasably attach to a cable that is attached to a heavy equipment such that the device is configured to be pulled along the ground by the heavy equipment to roller fell the trees.
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A system for roller felling trees, the system comprising:
- one or more dozers;
- a cable connected to at least one of the one or more dozers;
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- a device attached to the cable, the device comprising:
- a midsection comprising a first end comprising a first concentric perimeter, a second end comprising a second concentric perimeter, and a midsection diameter, the midsection having a cylindrical shape;
- a first brace plate and a second brace plate, wherein a first outer perimeter of the first brace plate and a second outer perimeter of the second brace plate are each secured to an interior of the midsection;
- a first plate comprising an elliptical shape and a first plate diameter, wherein the first plate diameter is smaller than the midsection diameter;
- a first stabilizing section having a semi-conical shape attached to the first end of the midsection and disposed between the first end of the midsection and the first plate;
- a second plate comprising an elliptical shape and a second plate diameter, wherein the second plate diameter is smaller than the midsection diameter;
- a second stabilizing section having a semi-conical shape attached to the second end of the midsection and disposed between the second end of the midsection and the second plate, wherein the first plate is attached directly to the first stabilizing section and the second plate is attached directly to the second stabilizing section;
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- a connection rod disposed in an interior of the device at an axis of rotation for the device, wherein the connection rod is attached to the first plate and the second plate, and wherein the connection rod is configured to releasably attach to the cable that is connected to the at least one of the one or more dozers such that the device is configured to be pulled along the ground by at least one of the one or more dozers to roller fell the trees.
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A device for roller felling trees, the device comprising:
- a midsection comprising a first end comprising a first concentric perimeter, a second end comprising a second concentric perimeter, and a midsection diameter, the midsection having a cylindrical shape;
- a first plate comprising an elliptical shape and a first plate diameter, wherein the first plate diameter is smaller than the midsection diameter;
- a first stabilizing section having a semi-conical shape attached to the first end of the midsection and disposed between the first end of the midsection and the first plate;
- a second plate comprising an elliptical shape and a second plate diameter, wherein the second plate diameter is smaller than the midsection diameter;
- a second stabilizing section having a semi-conical shape attached to the second end of the midsection and disposed between the second end of the midsection and the second plate;
- wherein the first plate is attached directly to the first stabilizing section and the second plate is attached directly to the stabilizing section;
- a first connection rod attached to the first plate, wherein the first connection rod is configured to releasably attach to a first cable that is attached to a first heavy equipment;
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- a second connection rod attached to the second plate, wherein the second connection rod is configured to releasably attach to a second cable that is attached to a second heavy equipment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.