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A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.

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Class 172/701 - Ridgers


Subclass of Class 172 - Earth working
Definition: Apparatus in which a single earth working element is adapted
No. of patents: 34
Last issue date: 05/15/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7216596Agricultural apparatus
An agricultural plough (1) including a longitudinally extending support member (2) having a forward portion to be attached to a vehicle to thereby enable the apparatus (1) to be towed by the vehicle; a generally ā€œnā€ shaped frame (500)...
05/15/2007
7156186Strip-till conditioning rotary reel
These and other objects and objectives are attained by providing an soil conditioning rotary reel for a strip-till primary tillage system, the rotary reel having a particular cross-sectional profile that forms the soil into a uniform raised berm ideally suited for p...
01/02/2007
7104206Agricultural apparatus
An agricultural plough has a longitudinally extending support member having a forward portion to be attached to a vehicle to thereby enable the apparatus to be towed by the vehicle. A pair of axles extend laterally from opposite longitudinal sides of the support mem...
09/12/2006
7017675One-pass primary tillage machine
A one-pass primary tillage machine provides a combination of shallow and deep tillage, residue cutting and mixing, and clod size reduction and leveling of the field to prepare the field for the next planting season. A front group of flat coulters slice through the r...
03/28/2006
6923267Linear turf aeration apparatus
A linear aeration apparatus is operable to form parallel linear aeration trenches into the surface of the ground. Aeration of highly compacted turf areas can be accomplished by first spreading a top dressing material over the surface of the field and then forming li...
08/02/2005
6871709Strip-till primary tillage system
An agricultural tillage implement that employs multiple apparatus to carry out a strip-till farming operation is disclosed. A tillage shank runs a point through the compaction layer to fracture and loosen the soil, forcing it upwardly and outwardly where a pair of a...
03/29/2005
6851484Wheel track filling apparatus
A novel and practical track-filling apparatus for smoothing rutted soil formed by the repeated passage of wheels. This apparatus includes a frame, a system for attaching the frame to a tractor, and a soil moving blade assembly mounted to the frame. This blade assemb...
02/08/2005
6681868Rip strip primary tillage system
An agricultural tillage implement is disclosed employing a series of apparatus to perform one-pass primary tillage. A coulter is the first apparatus that works the field. These coulters cut, size and part the residue without mixing it into the seedbed. Ne...
01/27/2004
6558080Methods and compact apparatus for covering landfill
An apparatus and method for covering landfill includes a deployer suspended below the bucket of a loader. A roll of film is disposed on the deployer and uncoiled to deploy a film covering on the landfill surface as the loader driven across the surface. Pe...
05/06/2003
6516894Levee builder
A process for and a machine which builds levees in gumbo with moldboards which have knives welded to a blade which makes strips and then lumps of a sheet of gumbo. The machine is attached to a tractor by a three point hitch. The moldboards are adjusted by...
02/11/2003
6431287Soil tiller assembly and method for tilling soil
A soil tiller assembly for plowing multiple independent rows of soil includes a frame and attached thereto a coulter, a pair of tiller discs, a pair of secondary coulters, and a tilling assembly including a tiller wheel. The perimeter of the tiller wheel ...
08/13/2002
6330922Bedding plow featuring a center-cut disk assembly having resilient relief means
A bedding plow suited for forestry planting operations includes a plow frame that is attached to a tractor or other tow vehicle. The frame holds a pair of trailing disk assemblies that are arranged along opposite longitudinal sides of the bed being plowed...
12/18/2001
6119791Apparatus/method for reforming cultivation rows
An apparatus 30 has an elongate body 32 and spaced booms extending downstream from the body 32 for operation on a field having a plurality of rows having mounds 4 to 12 and furrows 14 to 22. Blades 34 and 36 for moving about 50 mm of material 24 and a thi...
09/19/2000
5960890Wetlands terracing plow and remediation method utlizing same
A terracing plow for providing a shallow water terrace system for wetlands remediation. The preferred, embodiment of the present invention comprises a terracing plow having a frame having front and rear ends and first and second sides, the rear end having...
10/05/1999
5957217Strip tillage apparatus
The present invention provides a shankless strip tillage tool for no-till preparation of surface soil for the planting of seeds. The strip tillage apparatus has a frame for mounting the apparatus to a tool bar mounted on a draft vehicle. The frame has a p...
09/28/1999
5787991Adjustable angle ridger for a cultivator
An adjustable ridger for a cultivator includes an elongated ridger frame adapted to mount to the sweep member of the cultivator. The frame has a top bracket with an elongated slot extending therethrough. The slot has a width and a longitudinal axis. A plu...
08/04/1998
5622228Tool for making raised beds
A tool forms and shapes raised beds efficiently by forming and shaping a mound between the tractor tires and forming half mounds to the left and right of the tractor on one pass. The tool includes forward and rear disks mounted at different angles, so tha...
04/22/1997
5524711Agricultural implement for forming planting rows
The present invention entails an agricultural implement for forming planting rows with a minimum of tillage. The implement of the present invention is designed to form a multiplicity of rows and accordingly includes a series of side-by-side row units. Eac...
06/11/1996
5477931V ditching machine
This is a machine for forming V-ditches for the irrigation of soil. The machine consists of a central frame with a two wheel carriage and plows of subassemblies. Each plow consists of a right subassembly and a left subassembly universally connected to the...
12/26/1995
5082063Mixing head for soil tillage
The mixing head comprises a pair of opposed, spaced apart, generally vertical discs that are generally aligned with the direction of travel, although they are slightly angled so as to be wider apart at their front ends than at their rear ends. The discs a...
01/21/1992
5016366Snow ridger
A method and an apparatus for producing ridges on snow covered fields are described. A row of snow is severed from the snow cover and elevated to provide a trench in the snow cover. The row is then deflected to one side of the trench and deposited on the ...
05/21/1991
4867247Bedding plow
A bedding plow providing a plurality of disks as plowing members each independently supported by a rearwardly located bearing supported by a trailing arm, which is supported, in turn, by a pivotal connection perpendicular to a fore to aft alignment of the...
09/19/1989
4838360Minimum tillage implement
A minimum tillage implement attaches to the tool bar of a planter device to allow topping of the rows, tilling of the rows, planting and chemical application to be accomplished in a single pass over the rows of a field. The minimum tillage implement compr...
06/13/1989
4828041Agricultural implements
Agricultural tilling implements are described. In some embodiments the implements are adapted for deep tilling of soil between growing row crops, in which embodiments a horizontal shield member is detachably secured to a depending shank. The front edge of...
05/09/1989
4682658Tilling apparatus for preparing a ridge and furrowed field
A tilling apparatus for preparing a ridge and furrowed field between cropping. The apparatus comprises a frame adapted to be engaged with and drawn by the three point linkage of a conventional tractor. Rotating hoeing blades which are spaced apart to coin...
07/28/1987
4618004Method and apparatus for building borders
This invention is directed to an improved method and apparatus for building ridges and borders on agricultural fields which are suitable for the containment of irrigation water in such fields. The apparatus comprises means to cultivate at least a pair of ...
10/21/1986
4597452Disk grading terrace plow
A disk grading terrace plow comprising a plurality of disk units mounted below an angled beam frame which is towed at an angle of 40 to 45 degrees to the direction of tow via a tractor connected to an elevated hitch beam mounted to the said angle beam fra...
07/01/1986
4484636Levee plow with extensible linkage
A tractor-drawn levee plow having a telescoping frame pivotally supporting a pair of harrow-gangs arranged to move soil laterally toward each other to a center-line to form the levee, the frame also pivotally supporting a pair of hydraulic cylinders power...
11/27/1984
4422512Narrow-base terracing plow
A narrow-base terracing plow comprising a tractor-borne transverse frame supporting a pair of transversely spaced rearwardly and outwardly extending gangs of inwardly directed disc harrows, each gang being pivotally mounted on a mounting bracket for verti...
12/27/1983
4409911Listing and bed shaping apparatus with planter attachment and method
A combination listing and bed shaping apparatus for use with a self-propelled vehicle having a three-point hitch. A tool bar assembly is provided which is secured to the three-point hitch so that tool bar assembly extends in a generally horizontal directi...
10/18/1983
4409910Method and apparatus for planting seeds while conditioning soil
Method and apparatus for planting seeds in a field. An anti-cohesion liquid chemical is injected at 30 to 50 p.s.i. into a narrow ribbon of soil, no more than two inches wide and two inches deep. Immediately thereafter, the soil ribbon is vigorously agita...
10/18/1983
4285161Mulcher
A mulcher having a roll of film, a ridger for making a planting ridge to be covered by the film, means for keeping the film taut over the ridge while soil is placed on the film edges, and the film roll is rollably supported to insure dispensing of the fil...
08/25/1981
4073245Levee forming apparatus and method
A towed levee forming apparatus and method of using for forming a dike or levee which is particularly suited for use with agriculture operations. The apparatus includes a plurality of laterally spaced digger means for forming corresponding ditches in the ...
02/14/1978
3995570Cultivators
A cultivator has soil working blade members mounted on a horizontal shaft which is driven to rotate the members forwardly through the soil in the normal direction of travel. A baffle comprised of screen segments are mounted on the cultivator frame to part...
12/07/1976
 
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