"That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced."
Scientific American ; Jan. 2 edition, 1909
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334645 | Articulated power transfer apparatus A hitch apparatus for connection between a tractor and a trailing implement such as a cutter includes a hitch arm at one end of the apparatus extending forwardly and pivotal so as to extend either inwardly or outwardly thus offsetting the apparatus across the rear o... | 02/26/2008 |
| 6024178 | Direct harvester device and method A direct harvester includes a cutting portion, a lifting portion and a feeding portion. The cutting portion typically includes a cutter rod for severing plant roots and a kicker rod for encouraging the plant to the soil surface. The lifting portion typica... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5350020 | Multi-crop harvester/windrower implement A multi-crop harvester/windrower farm implement may be pushed before a tractor or harvester, to harvest and/or windrow a crop. The implement includes a frame having a plurality of horizontal arms at ground level, which support and position a crop dissocia... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5318134 | Irrigation furrow and raised seed bed forming machine An irrigation furrow and raised seed bed forming machine includes a main support frame, a hitch assembly, furrow and seed bed forming shovel assemblies, a seed bed mulching assembly, seed bed conditioning roller assemblies, and furrow side finishing slide... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5310008 | Picker grate for a rock picker A rock picker includes a picker grate having a plurality of picker bars extending in a curved path forwardly and downwardly to a forwardmost end for engaging the rocks and lifting them onto the picker grate. A conventional sweeping reel sweeps the rocks t... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5284212 | Tomato harvester mountable double rod cutter An apparatus adaptable to be mounted on the tomato harvesters of various manufacturers for the purpose of removing tomato plants from the ground with their tomatoes attached for delivery onto a tomato harvester, which mechanically separates the tomato fru... | 02/08/1994 |
| 4913241 | Rod weeder attachment for an agricultural implement A rod weeder attachment including a clamp arrangement for mounting upon a tool bar of an agricultural implement, an arm which extends rearwardly from the clamp and is spring biased downwardly toward the ground, a ground wheel mounted upon the rear end of ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4690223 | Rod weeder attachment for an agricultural implement A rod weeder attachment for the tool bar of an agricultural implement comprises an arm portion extending rearwardly from a clamp on the tool bar defined by a pair of spaced parallel bars extending rearwardly to a transverse strut. From the strut to the gr... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4586593 | Drive assembly A separable drive assembly including first and second shafts, the shafts being normally aligned axially in an end to end relationship, a coupling portion operatively connecting adjacent ends of the first and second shafts, the coupling portion including a... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4557335 | Wing section rod weeder with mating coupling components A wing section equipped rod weeder implement is provided wherein the implement includes a center section and a pair of opposite side wing sections which may be swung upwardly to retracted positions for moving along roadways or through narrow fence opening... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4545471 | Drive assembly A drive assembly including first and second shafts, the shafts being normally aligned axially in an end to end relationship, a connector portion operatively connecting adjacent ends of the first and second shafts, the connector portion including a resilie... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4537261 | Combined chisel plow, rod weeder and drill A generally conventional seeder is provided including a main frame supporting a plurality of laterally spaced rear seeder units and equipped with a forwardly projecting tractor attachable hitch assembly including dependingly supported ground wheel structu... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4397358 | Floating rod weeder An upstanding housing is provided having upper and lower ends and first support structure supports the upper and lower ends of the housing from a first depending tool shank of one gang section of a cultivator assembly for limited vertical shifting of the ... | 08/09/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4232745 | Harvester with mechanical rod weeder and soil agitator A double, transverse, parallel tool bar is attached to the three-point hitch of a tractor. A depending shank is welded to each tool bar extension for mounting the rod weeder. Each shank has a forwardly and downwardly extending hard faced chisel tooth and ... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4206814 | Knife sled cultivator with weeder bar A farm implement having a main frame; at least two carriage wheels for supporting the frame; a plurality of brackets mounted in pairs on the frame, each pair of brackets defining a sled; a plurality of knives mounted on each sled in a generally horizontal... | 06/10/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4159745 | Crop uprooting and soil working apparatus An elongated bar soil working apparatus constructed so that a plurality of bars are supported in a parallel relationship for rotation in one or more horizontal planes and positioned closely adjacent each other whereby the corners of one bar will cooperate... | 07/03/1979 |
| 3982593 | Power cultivator with reciprocating blade A cultivating machine having a body, at least one wheel supporting the body during normal use, and one or more soil-working blades. The blade(s) may be either serrated or generally V-shaped so that it can penetrate the soil and loosen it. The blade(s) is ... | 09/28/1976 |