Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7308946 | Method of cleaning hole diggers and spot cultivators and hole digger cleaning device A travelling rolling digger (1) for sequential hole drilling or for producing sequential cultivated spots in soil. The travelling rolling digger (1) includes at least one drilling shaft which is rotatable by a drive mechanism about a longitudinal shaft... | 12/18/2007 |
| 6926091 | Counter-rotating twin shaft system for gardening machines A gardening/landscaping utility machine having a counter-rotating twin shaft system that can perform multiple types of work required for gardening/landscaping, including tilling, trench-edging, weeding, brush cutting, snow removal and lawn mowing. These processes ca... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6662880 | Traveling rolling digger for sequential hole drilling and for producing sequential cultivated spots in soil A traveling rolling digger for sequential hole drilling or for producing sequential cultivated spots in soil. The traveling rolling digger includes at least one drilling shaft which is rotatable by a drive mechanism about a longitudinal shaft axis and has... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6367561 | Tine assembly for a cultivator A tine assembly for a cultivator includes a first tine member having a plurality of radially extending non-planar tines. At least two tines on each tine member differ in shape from the remaining tines. The tine assembly may include a second tine member wh... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6186083 | Digger for facilitating the application of a material to a mushroom bed A digger for facilitating the application of a material to a mushroom bed includes a feed system wherein a metering shaft is provided in the compartment or hopper for the material. The metering shaft contains sets of supply pockets which receives the mate... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6164384 | Method for producing a plurality of cultivated spots for planting of trees and a rolling spot cultivator A method and apparatus for producing a plurality of spaced apart cultivated spots in soil. A spot cultivator (1) is moved across the soil in a direction in which the spaced apart cultivated spots are to be formed. The spot cultivator (1) includes at least... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5469922 | Soil aerator A soil aerator comprising a planetary aeration system, a frame, an attachment mechanism and a drive unit to form aeration holes the soil aerator having an attachment mechanism to allow it to be attached to a conventional farm tractor, a friction drive pul... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5401098 | Portable hand-held concrete and mortar mixer A portable hand-held concrete, mortar and gypsum mixer comprises a small gasoline powered implement having a drive shaft extending generally downward from the handles to a gear box. A transverse shaft driven by the drive shaft extends to either side of th... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5303662 | Minimum tillage tool bar and method for using same A minimum tillage farm implement capable of being used for plowing, cultivating, planting and insecticide and herbicide and fertilizer application, which includes a tool bar frame having three parallel spaced apart laterally positioned tool bars held toge... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5048616 | Garden tiller tine assembly A garden tiller tine assembly for use with a tiller assembly which includes a drive shaft having a longitudinal axis of rotation includes a rotary blade aligned at a predetermined angle with respect to the axis of rotation. The planar body of the rotary b... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4856598 | Machine for working soil The ends opposite one another of adjacent bars (2, 3) of (4, 5) are sized, shaped, and positioned to cooperate with one another to push back hard objects which are found between two adjacent bars (2, 3) or (4, 5) during their approaching phase.... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4848482 | Machine for working soil In a machine for working soil, the oscillating arms 6, 7 of the opposite toothed bars 2, 3, 4, 5 on different rows 27, 28 are mounted at least approximately side-by-side in a direction crosswise to the direction of advance 24.... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4690224 | Agricultural implement for disposal of crop residue An agricultural implement for clearing a field of crop residue after harvest is attached to the linkage of a tractor and serves to cut and shred stalks of plants planted in two parallel rows. It comprises two sheave-shaped rollers on a common axle serving... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4624197 | Minimum tillage toolbar and method for using same A minimum tillage farm implement capable of being used for plowing, cultivating, planting and insecticide and herbicide and fertilizer application, which includes a tool bar frame having three parallel spaced apart laterally positioned tool bars held toge... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4600070 | Modular tiller hitch for a lawn and garden tractor A modular hitch unit is attached to a lawn and garden tractor and then to a tiller. The hitch unit includes hitching mechanisms as well as hand-operable belt adjustment mechanisms for positioning and adjusting the tension of a drive belt. A lever is opera... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4586444 | Liquid chemical incorporator assembly Liquid applications of materials such as herbicides usually are broadcast over the field and then incorporated by harrowing or the like. The present device utilizes a plurality of open based boxes having a rotary cultivator therein with a spray nozzle att... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4396068 | Soil preparation implement An upstanding housing is provided and mounted in trailing relation to a depending tool shank by generally horizontal upper and lower pivot links having their forward ends pivotally supported from the tool shank and their rear ends pivotally supported from... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4369846 | Tilling machine for sandy soil A frame carries two transverse digger shafts each having a plurality of diggers mounted thereon in spaced apart relationship such that the diggers form independent furrows. The frame is supported on wheels on a single axis between the two digger shafts an... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4285284 | Seeder with pivoting soil breakers A soil cultivating implement has a row of pivotable soil working members linked to a transverse beam of the frame and individual eccentrics are connected to the members to raise and lower soil engaging portions thereof. The portions are pivoted so that th... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4260027 | Flail-type mulcher cultivator A rotatable flail-type agricultural implement is disclosed which includes a central axle and a plurality of radially and circumferentially spaced, flexible, hammer-supporting chains presenting a plurality of ground crop-engaging flails upon rotation of th... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4250968 | Minimum wrap bi-rotational cutter wheel for a tillage implement An improved cutter wheel that is useful in conjunction with tilling apparatus for sod seeding purposes. The wheel has a body fashioned from sheet metal. The periphery is characterized by smooth contours which define the teeth and gullets. The wheel is dev... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4249613 | Cultivating apparatuses and process The apparatuses comprise a horizontally extending rigid frame and a plurality of reel and shaft assemblies, those reel and shaft assemblies each comprising a pair of parallel axle shafts and a set of reels rotatably supported on each of said shafts; the p... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4207949 | Machine for the root-pruning of plants growing in rows A machine is provided for the root-pruning of plants growing in rows, such that the root system of the plants will be small in circumference but finely-branched. The machine has, for each plant row, a knife unit for forming a groove in the ground and root... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4151883 | Soil cultivating machines A cultivating machine has tines mounted on an elongated horizontal support that is driven to move the tines forwardly through the soil towards the normal direction of travel. The tines are in groups along the length of the support and each group has a num... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4136744 | Ground driven power tillage device A power tillage device is provided having a passive rolling coulter as the prime mover for a power tillage blade which is carried in the lead of the coulter on a transfer case mounted as a radius arm on the counter shaft. The tillage blade rotates in the ... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4062408 | Rotary tiller tine assembly A rotary tiller tine assembly in which a main shift has an end key and a shaft extension has at one end an end socket coupled to the main shaft key and at its other end a socket which receives a plug key with which outboard tines are interlockingly engage... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4059161 | Tillage apparatus and improved blade therefor A tillage apparatus for sod seeding usage includes a plurality of tillage unit assemblies having power driven blades receiving power from a tractor which tows the apparatus. An improved tillage blade is disclosed.... | 11/22/1977 |
| 3993143 | Turf reconditioning apparatus and method A turf reconditioning apparatus adapted to aerate and relieve the compaction of the soil, and comprising a plurality of cutting discs disposed along a supporting drive shaft, and with each cutting disc comprising a plurality of curved blades defining a sh... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3960219 | Soil cultivating implements A soil cultivator has at least one rotor mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis and rows of rigid soil working tines are secured on the rotor to be driven through the soil in a direction opposite to the travel direction of the cultivator. The tines ... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3957122 | Rotary ploughs A rotary plough has one or more rotors rotatably mounted to be driven via a power take off about a horizontal axis that extends transverse to the direction of travel. Each rotor has a central support and axis of rotation and two spaced apart and oppositel... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3954143 | Rotary ploughs A rotary plough has a rotor that rotates about a horizontal axis defined by a central support. The rotor comprises three spaced apart groups of soil working tines and each group includes a row of tines mounted on arms that extend radially with respect to ... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3941193 | Ground tilling apparatus Disclosed is a tilling apparatus characterized by a regulating drive connection between the towing tractor drive axle and the tiller shaft, the tiller tines having a modified arcuate configuration which provide a pocketed, rather than a furrowed or channe... | 03/02/1976 |
