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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186450 | Zone tillage tool and method A zone tillage tool comprises a tool frame connected by a parallel lift linkage to a tool bar. A fall tillage coulter or dual spring tillage coulters can be carried on the tool frame in advance of a pair of containment coulters. The fall tillage coulter tills soil i... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8037943 | Fastening device for coupling of blades in agricultural cultivation machines Fastening device for coupling of blades in agricultural cultivation machines, in particular, tilling machines such as rotary tillers, including an intermediate fastening element, formed by a solid body, which joins the blade to the rotary plate; the intermediate fas... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7942210 | Chain reel for tillage implement and method In lieu of rigid bars, a tillage reel utilizes a number of elongated flexible elements such as lengths of link chain that are spaced circumferentially around the reel and extend axially thereof. The flexible elements bow outwardly by centrifugal force as the reel ro... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7665539 | Agricultural tillage device An agricultural implement for clearing and tilling soil to be planted includes a residue-clearing sub-assembly including a first rotatable coulter wheel and at least one toothed wheel mounted for rotation about an axis located rearwardly of the axis of rotation of t... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7594546 | Chain reel for tillage implement In lieu of rigid bars, a tillage reel utilizes a number of elongated flexible elements such as lengths of link chain that are spaced circumferentially around the reel and extend axially thereof. The flexible elements bow outwardly by centrifugal force as the reel ro... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7575066 | Zone tillage tool and method A zone tillage tool comprises a tool frame connected by a parallel lift linkage to a tool bar. A fall tillage coulter or dual spring tillage coulters can be carried on the tool frame in advance of a pair of containment coulters. The fall tillage coulter tills soil i... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7392853 | Edging and trenching blade The invention features an elongated blade having at least one first tooth near a first end extending in one direction and at least one second tooth near a second end extending in the opposite direction. The body of the blade can be a generally rectangular plate. The... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7325623 | Rolling spike harrow The spike wheels of the harrow are arranged in gangs to rotate about a common axis during ground engagement. Each wheel has a plurality of spikes that project outwardly from a cylindrical hub having a pair of opposite ends. Projections at one end of the hub are mati... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7303025 | Motor-driven work apparatus A rotatably driveable work tool (1) of a motor-driven work apparatus has, at a front end (2, 3), an end plate (5, 6) lying perpendicularly to a rotational axis (4). The end plate (5, 6) has an outer diameter (DR) which i... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290619 | Soil aeration device A soil aeration apparatus may include aeration tines that are actuated by a relatively compact gear system that reduces the size and weight of the apparatus. In addition, a soil aeration apparatus may operate without a centrally disposed support shaft, thus enabling... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7240627 | Crop debris clearing device A residue coulter apparatus that cleanly severs and clears crop debris from a planting row, causing minimal disturbance to the soil. The residue coulter apparatus comprises a pair of flat discs each having a plurality of back swept shark type teeth extending about t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7172032 | Ground engaging agricultural tine and associated mounting and indexing system An agricultural implement has gangs of soil aerator tools. Each gang includes a set of integral multi-tine units mounted on a frame for rotation in unison. Each tine unit has a hub with tines. The hub has a first surface defining a first set of indexing receivers an... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163067 | Ground maintenance apparatus A ground maintenance apparatus which may be used for slicing, scarifying, dethatching and mowing of grass or turf is disclosed. The apparatus may also be used for sweeping and vacuuming of turf, and is particularly directed at ground or turf aeration apparatus. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156186 | Strip-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 |
| 7143837 | Soil conditioning rotary reel for secondary tillage operations A soil conditioning rotary reel for secondary agricultural tillage implements is disclosed. The reel incorporates formed bars slightly spiraled along the length thereof that increase the overall strength of the reel and, because of the shape of the formed bars, supp... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143836 | Soil conditioning rotary reel for primary tillage operations A soil conditioning rotary reel for primary agricultural tillage implements is disclosed. The reel incorporates formed bars slightly spiraled along the length thereof that increase the overall strength of the reel and, because of the shape of the formed bars, suppor... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7063165 | Turf blade and aerator A planar, turf cutter blade formed from either high carbon or stainless steel has planar cutting teeth that extend radially from the periphery of a central part of a planar disc in which a centrally located hole is formed. A turf aerator that uses the turf cutter bl... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6923267 | Linear 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 |
| 6913085 | Single standard double disk configuration A double disk C-spring standard assembly utilizes bearings mounted to a simple carrier plate. The plate is connected to the lower end of a single C-spring oriented in the fore-and-aft direction. Bearing assembly mounting holes in the plate define the necessary gang ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6881001 | Method and machine for loosening artificial turf infills Devices and methods for softening the infill layer of artificial turf. Multiple prongs extend from a rake or a rotating drum or wheel that is pushed or pulled across the artificial turf. In one embodiment, the prongs eject pressurized gas or liquid into the base of ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6854525 | Tine system A tine assembly comprising a plurality of individual tines, each tine with an arcuate shaped base section and a blade section. Each tine is mountable between a pair of hubs suds that each blade extends radially outward therefrom. The base portions are clamped, secur... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6832657 | Aerator attachment A lawn aerator is attached to the front of a self-propelled lawn mower. ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6766865 | Rotary soil probe An improved rotary soil probe is provided with a frame pivotally mounted on the rear of a truck or vehicle for movement about a horizontal axis between raised and lowered positions. A rotatable wheel is pivotally mounted to the frame for movement about an upwardly a... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6758283 | Aerator device An aerator is provided having a front axle, including a differential and a tine wheel assembly which may be raised from the ground during maneuvers of the aerator while power continues to be supplied to the front axle, and a tine wheel assembly is provided which all... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6739403 | 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 which is shap... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6595298 | Multi-purpose weeder with auger A multi-purpose weeder attachable to a hand-held rotary power implement is designed to weed, aerate and till soil. A vertical shaft is removably attached to the implement to permit erect operation of the weeder. A pair of substantially spiral-shaped blade... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6575104 | Apparatus and method for clearing trash from furrow opener path A method for clearing trash from a furrow opener path comprises moving first trash from a first path with a front finger wheel and then moving second trash from a next path on top of the first trash with a rear finger wheel. An apparatus for practicing th... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6523618 | 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... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6494270 | Apparatus and method for mulching and cultivating agricultural fields An agricultural machine for effectively mulching fodder within the space between crop rows with a single pass includes a frame having an adjustable tongue assembly for towing by a tractor at a preselected pitch and a retractable wheel assembly for transpo... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6484812 | Harrow bearing A bearing assembly (10) is taught including a housing (14), a shaft (18) supported within the housing (14) and having an outboard end extending through an opening in an end of the housing (14), a bearing (16) disposed between the shaft (18) and the housin... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6467432 | Poultry house litter implement A tractor-drawn implement for breaking up caked litter on the floor of a poultry house includes a stationary blade which passes beneath the surface of the litter and a rotary rake whose tines are flattened and are inclined at an oblique angle to radial pl... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6460624 | Ground aeration apparatus Ground aeration apparatus (10) having a main frame (11) which has one or more ground contacting rollers in the form of a main drive roller (22) and a plurality of smoothing rollers (13, 14, 15) mounted to an undercarriage (12) attached to the underside of... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6364030 | Teeth arrangement for blade disks A blade assembly for use with a tilling mechanism including a first blade disk. A second blade disk is coaxially mounted to rotate with the first blade disk and is positioned in a spaced apart generally parallel fashion relative to the first blade disk. T... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6257342 | Soil grading apparatus A soil grader is disclosed which is mounted on the forward end of a skid-steer vehicle or to the three-point hitch of a tractor. The soil grader includes first and second side frames having a forwardly extending support secured thereto which enables the g... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6179061 | Seat operable lawn treatment device A seat operated lawn treatment device adapted for connection to a powered vehicle. such as a mower or tractor has a ground mobile wheeled base frame. A first subsidiary frame having a seat thereon is pivotally secured to the wheeled base frame. A second s... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6135567 | Rotatable implement depth control apparatus An apparatus for engaging a surface, the apparatus consisting of a rotatable member for engaging the surface, the rotatable member having an axis of rotation; a rocker, the rocker having a forward end, a rearward end, and a surface contact face, the surfa... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5967242 | Protecting compactor axles, seals and wheel bearings from wire wrap intrusion On a compactor wheel having outer and inner cylindrical drums, the inner drum being mounted on the vehicle axle, there is provided an axially extending shroud. The shroud is equipped with a cover plate which together serves to define a cavity enclosing th... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5960890 | Wetlands 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 |
| 5931605 | Remediation of earthen material Apparatus for in-situ remediation of contaminant-bearing earthen material includes a generally cylindrical tined assembly; a housing for mounting the tined assembly for rotational motion; an hydraulic driver for delivering torque to rotate the tined assem... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5899535 | Self-powered portable rock crusher There is disclosed a rock crushing apparatus having a frame, an anvil mounted therein and a mounting for a rotor. The rotor has hammer elements disposed thereon for cooperation with the anvil. The rotor includes an outside surface, a plurality of recesses... | 05/04/1999 |
