Trenching apparatus
CA 2092582 C · Owner: Vermeer Manufacturing Company · Inventors: Young, Paul; Ryerson, Richard A.
Overview
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A trenching machine having a tractor unit and a trenching bar mounted for transverse sliding movement on the rear-end portion of the tractor unit to any desired location within the transverse confines of the tractor unit. Spoil generated by the trenching bar is deposited on either of a pair of transverse conveyors which are operable either to transport spoil transversely outwardly to the side of the trenching machine or transversely inwardly to a central hopper. A longitudinal conveyor located on the center line of the trencher extends from a low position at the rear-end portion of the tractor unit at the bottom of the hopper forwardly and upwardly to a high position forwardly of the …
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- Filed March 26, 1993 and granted October 21, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 26, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 26, 2015.
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