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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7044233 | Combined digger and mushroom compost compacting assembly A combined digger and compost compacting assembly comprises a digger unit and a compacting unit. The digger unit has a drive shaft which includes a plurality of outwardly extending digger tines for digging into the compost in a mushroom bed as the assembly is moved ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6978588 | Harvesting machine A high-capacity harvesting machine includes a first harvested crop take-up arrangement attached to the front of the harvesting machine and a first harvested crop processing arrangement arranged within the harvesting machine to which crop harvested by the first harve... | 12/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 5172768 | Device for loosening soil The process serves for the loosening of soil in the subsoil and topsoil areas and for introduction of fertilizers as well as subsoil loosening and/or for soil cultivation as well as the introduction of other additives with the use of digging tools 2, 2', ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5158411 | Seed planting device An improved device for planting seed in the soil, a sowing machine and combined machine for preparing a seedbed and for sowing using the device. According to the invention, an outside part of active part of a tool is provided which includes a carrying ele... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4993498 | Apparatus for cleaning sandy or pebble-covered sites A method and apparatus for disinfecting sand with an electrolysate of sea water, whose concentration of chlorine equivalent is 200-2000 mg/l before redepositing sifted sand back on to the beach.... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4724781 | Spreading and laying machine for speed nursery strip A machine suitable for use in spreading and laying a seed mursery strip, especially, a lawn nursery strip over the ground is equipped with means for spreading and laying the seed nursery strip over the ground; means for firming the thus-laid seed nursery ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4338871 | Soil cultivating implement including dispenser and support roller A rotary harrow or cultivator has a frame that supports a plurality of soil working members arranged in a row that extends transverse to the direction of travel. The frame includes two linked portions and one portion is connected to a rear support roller ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4336760 | Earth working apparatus including aerators and material dispensers An earthworking implement comprising a frame on which are supported front wheels, rear wheels and a rearmost dolly wheel. An aerator member with blades is rotatably secured to the frame between the front and rear wheels. The dolly wheel is mounted on the ... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4324295 | Agricultural implement attachable to a tractor An agricultural implement is arranged to be connected to a tractor so that it can be pulled over a field covered with organic material, such as live or dead plants or harvesting residues. The implement includes a main support frame followed by an auxiliar... | 04/13/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4193356 | Spray monitoring device and implement An agricultural implement, such as a cultivator or harrow has fluid sprayers mounted on a boom extending across the implement's width. Adjacent each sprayer, a monitoring device is positioned to signal if the sprayers malfunction. The monitoring device in... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4124079 | Driven implement connected to rockable motor of a vehicle A self-propelled tiller-planter including a motor providing hydraulic motive power for various operating mechanisms. A tiller pushed by said planter and hydraulic means is provided for lifting and lowering the tiller assembly into inoperative position abo... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4078626 | Agriculture machine In an agricultural machine, four attachment compartments are provided, a first one in the front of the machine, a second in the rear of the machine, and a third and a fourth between the first and second attachment compartments. In each compartment, a work... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4023507 | Soil cultivating implements An implement, preferrably a harrow having a row of soil working members mounted on upwardly extending shafts, has spraying nozzles for dispensing material on the ground adjacent the rear of the soil working members. The nozzles communicate with liquid mat... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3998276 | Plow and earth fragmentation machine This invention relates to earth processing equipment and, more particularly, to a scarifier or plow apparatus capable of deep soil penetration which has an attached earth fragmentation assembly. The apparatus comprises a frame mounting on its forward end,... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3958520 | Agricultural machine for tilling the soil A main frame is supported, adjacent its rear end, by a pair of wheels, and the front end of the main frame is arranged for connection to the coupling pin of either a conventional tractor, preferably having a power take-off, or of a separate traction and s... | 05/25/1976 |