Class 172/1 - PROCESSES

Subclass of Class 172 - Earth working
Definition: Methods.
No. of patents: 120
Last issue date: 01/24/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
4924943	Agricultural pulling machine with automatic pitch vibration damping mechanism An agricultural pulling machine such as a tractor or construction machine vehicle with an attachment comprises a mounting device for coupling the attachment to the agricultural machine and a device for active damping of pitch vibrations of the vehicle. Th...	05/15/1990
4924946	Apparatus for deep plowing highly compacted soil Apparatus for deep plowing highly compacted soil includes successively forming troughs of loosened soil immediately adjacent a previously formed trough. After each pass the plow leaves a trough of loosened soil having a transverse vertical profile (called...	05/15/1990
4903778	Method for rolling sod with grass side out A sod harvester in which sod is cut, conveyed upwardly, and then travels downwardly over a floppy conveyor and falls into a roll forming enclosure formed by a bottom conveyor and a vertical conveyor. The floppy conveyor swings downwardly at the start of r...	02/27/1990
4878542	Sod laying method A sod laying machine having front and rear sections articulated together. A boom on the front section has arms extending forwardly, with gripper arms extending downwardly from the boom to grip a roll of sod. A control roller connected to the boom arms dri...	11/07/1989
4854390	Sand fighter for bed planting A plurality of sand fighter rotor units are attached to a folding tool bar upon a tractor. Each rotor unit operates in a furrow between rows of growing crops on top of the beds. Each rotor has four spiders with two distal spiders working on the side of th...	08/08/1989
4844173	Method of assembling a disk A simplified method of assembling a disk from the ground up by first assembling disk gangs and then connecting the disk gangs together to provide a self-standing front and rear main disk gang pairs. The main frame is assembled over main disk gang pairs af...	07/04/1989
4825955	Plough reversing method Reversing method, particularly for semi-reversible ploughs, where the reversing mechanism includes hydraulic reversing cylinders (10, 11). The reversing mechanism, or device (5) to be reversed, includes a lifting arm (8) which at its one end is rotatably ...	05/02/1989
4779684	Method and apparatus for extracting plant stalks and for reshaping beds Apparatus for removing upstanding plant stalks from the ground and for mulching the stalks. The apparatus includes simplified disk mechanisms which can be adapted both to cut and mulch plant stalks....	10/25/1988
4679633	Method for depth adjustment of a tilling machine A method and apparatus for adjusting the working depth of a soil-moving (soil-working, tilling) machine carried by a tractor includes adjusting the position of the machine in relation to the tractor in dependence upon a traction signal and upon a position...	07/14/1987
4585071	Method and apparatus guiding retractable machinery A retractable tool apparatus is adapted to be mounted on a movable vehicle for working the area around and between objects in a row. The tool apparatus includes an extendable and retractable outrigger arm attachable on one of its ends to the vehicle. A wo...	04/29/1986
4493375	Method and apparatus for forming and reforming a furrow To form a furrow for row guidance systems, a shank is mounted on a frame forwardly of a wheel which includes a V-shaped tire. The shank opens the ground and the tire crushes clods and packs the sides of the furrow. Depth bands on each side of the tire sha...	01/15/1985
4489787	Angled rolling knives and method of weeding For cutting the roots of weeds in agricultural fields, rolling knives in the form of flat, circular plates with sharp, peripheral edges are journaled to struts connected to a tool bar drafted in a direction of draft. The knives rotate about knife axes tha...	12/25/1984
4454919	Agricultural tractor-trailer slippage recognition system and method To prevent a tractor pulling a plow (P) from digging itself in, if the plow position, with respect to soil or tractor level, is controlled by an automatic control system which causes the plow to be lowered if the pulling force of the tractor decreases, sl...	06/19/1984
4377355	Quiet bouncer driver thruster method with pressurized air chamber encircling massive bouncing piston A massive piston, which might be called a "ram", except that it does not strike anything during operation, reciprocates with bouncing action up and down within a cylinder. An annular pressurized gas storage chamber encircles the piston and travels up and ...	03/22/1983
4372396	Method and system for continuous turn-over of soil The method and apparatus for continuous turn-over of soil in accordance with the invention are characterized in that the turn-over of soil takes place in a system including a rotor, the direction of rotation of which is opposite to the wheels of a vehicle...	02/08/1983
4350208	Plough A plow has spaced apart furrow cutters and a furrow elevating structure that loosens and raises a continuous wide furrow strip to a furrow turning device during plow travel. The turning device can be an open ended drum that is rotated or stationary. Withi...	09/21/1982
4331347	Three-point hookup apparatus A coupling apparatus for allowing one person to releasably connect a first object to a second object, which second object has a first engageable portion, a second engageable portion and a third engageable portion, is disclosed. The coupling apparatus incl...	05/25/1982
4316509	Agricultural vehicle for forming water rings An agricultural vehicle for forming a substantially circular water ring in the soil for the planting of a young tree or the like includes a vehicle body having an operator position, a pair of wheels supporting the body and an engine for rotating the wheel...	02/23/1982
4315547	Agricultural attachment An attachment for agricultural machines includes a frame having a leading and trailing portion, a first soil-treating unit located at the leading portion of the frame and a second soil-treating unit located at the trailing portion of the frame. Between th...	02/16/1982
4213502	Self tripping dammer A dammer having three legs with a foot on the end of each leg is towed behind agricultural cultivating implements. Each foot slides flat against the earth until the weight of the soil causes the dammer to rotate, at which time the dammer rotates one-third...	07/22/1980
4204575	Method of folding a plurality of wing sections of an articulated implement An apparatus and method are disclosed for folding an articulated agricultural implement such as a multisection plow in order to facilitate movement of the implement from field to field along available roadways. Stability in the folded condition and minimi...	05/27/1980
4199030	Method and apparatus for farming row crops A soil working implement for use in forming a raised soil bed is disclosed. The implement includes a carriage assembly and a plowing tool mounted for rotation on the carriage assembly. The plowing tool includes a cylindrical rim and an array of soil diggi...	04/22/1980
4195695	Land imprinter A method and apparatus for treatment of land surfaces is disclosed. The land surface is imprinted by means of imprint capsules of alternating geometries--one being a water-runoff-directing geometry; the other, a water-infiltration-enhancing geometry. The ...	04/01/1980
4171723	Crop uprooting and soil cultivating apparatus and method for use of same Crop uprooting and cultivating apparatus which includes at least one bar having at least one angled edge thereon that extends from a support at least partially across a row to be cultivated or from which crops and/or foliage are to be uprooted. The bar is...	10/23/1979
4142590	Lubricating system for plow blades A lubricating system for plow blades has a plurality of tube outlets positioned near a bottom portion of a plow blade and aligned to expel a dilute polymer lubricating fluid upward and onto a surface of the plow blade. As the plow blade scrapes up ground ...	03/06/1979
4141419	Method and apparatus for controlling the approach angle of a plow unit in response to speed variations A moldboard plow implement includes an elongated tool bar and several moldboard plow units, each plow unit including a plow bottom and a plow bottom support frame connected to the tool bar for pivotal movement about a pivot axis situated in vertical align...	02/27/1979
4133391	Folding flexible undercutter plow Apparatus is disclosed for folding an articulated agricultural implement such as a multisection plow in order to facilitate movement of the implement from field to field along available roadways. Stability in the folded condition and minimization of the n...	01/09/1979
4125166	Control system and method for loading of engine driven apparatus A control system and method for loading an engine driven apparatus such as an engine driven tractor having a plough the depth of which can be regulated by a suitable control system. The engine has a fuel injection pump which includes a maximum fuel feed l...	11/14/1978
4117888	Novel field crop-thinning apparatus and method Relates to a method of accurately and rapidly thinning commercial plantings of field crops by a motor-driven apparatus wherein the r.p.m. of the motor is converted into timing pulses and utilized in maintaining a virtually uniform rate of travel, the puls...	10/03/1978
4117889	Apparatus for guiding row crop processing implements A row crop planter supports at least two vertical guide making blocks to form superficial trenches about four or five inches deep precisely midway between adjacent rows as they are planted. Tires with trench-riding central ridges on front wheels of a trac...	10/03/1978
4109729	Device and method for diverting rolls of sod delivered from conventional sod cutting apparatus The device is pulled behind conventional sod cutting apparatus and includes an angled roller that diverts the various sod rolls sequentially discharged from the apparatus, doing so to one side of the path traversed by the apparatus. The device also includ...	08/29/1978
4069875	Rolling ring A rolling ring for a loose ring packer-mulcher is fabricated from a strap of mild steel. Spurs are punched from the strap by a lance die and the strap is rolled to a ring and welded together....	01/24/1978
4068725	Lubricating system for plow blades A lubricating system for plow blades has a plurality of tube outlets positioned near a bottom portion of a plow blade and aligned to expel a dilute polymer lubricating fluid upward and onto a surface of the plow blade. As the plow blade scrapes up ground ...	01/17/1978
4068721	Bulldozer assembly with locking pin and method A bulldozer assembly comprises a C-frame pivotally connected on a forward end of a tractor and a blade universally connected on a forward end of the frame by a ball and socket connection. A pair of laterally spaced push arms have forward ends thereof univ...	01/17/1978
4067393	Method and apparatus for handling and laying strips of sod A sod handling machine similar to fork lift truck which permits the handling of pallets of sod without loss of sod from the pallet, and further includes flotation tires arranged to permit the machine to be used for packing the sod after it has been laid. ...	01/10/1978
4053016	Motor grader blade lift and control mechanism and method A motor grader comprises a frame having a circle drawbar mounted thereunder. A normally horizontally disposed mold board or blade is attached to the circle drawbar for multi-directional movements relative thereto and relative to the frame of the motor gra...	10/11/1977
4024921	Field breaking and row plowing implement A plow implement which completely plows and breaks the entire surface of a field being plowed in a single pass. This plow completely pulverizes the soil by means of upright cutting blades on double-opposing moldboard plows and single moldboard plows. Addi...	05/24/1977
4022282	Method for reclaiming strip-mined land Apparatus and method are provided for reclaiming strip-mined land. The apparatus generally comprises a leading tractor and a trailing tractor and an elongated adjustable side casting blade angularly disposed between and connected to the tractors. Control ...	05/10/1977
3995697	Weight transfer unit A tillage implement behind a farm tractor is picked up at the center of gravity, therefore, transferring weight to the rear wheels of the tractor while not changing the setting or balance of the tillage implement....	12/07/1976
3994349	Apparatus for reclaiming strip-mined land Apparatus and method are provided for reclaiming strip mined land. The apparatus generally comprises a leading tractor and a trailing tractor and an elongated adjustable side casting blade angularly disposed between and connected to the tractors. Control ...	11/30/1976

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