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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6196329 | Dethatcher Broadly speaking, the invention comprises harrow apparatus for dethatchers. The harrow apparatus each has a plurality of pairs of harrow teeth formed of single steel rod with the ends of the rod forming a pair of teeth and with a pair coiled portion betwe... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5632343 | Soil deflecting and leveling reel A soil deflecting and leveling reel is formed by end plates having a plurality of blades extending helically therebetween. Intermediate plates are positioned in spaced relation to the end plates and reinforce the reel blades. The reel is rotatably mounted... | 05/27/1997 |
| 4919211 | Clod crumbler A crumbler roller device 10 comprises two co-axial soil-engaging rotors 12, 13 mounted one within the other and drive means operative to drive the inner rotor 12 at a different rotational speed to the outer rotor 13.... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4537262 | Soil cultivation A soil cultivating machine comprises two transverse rows of fixed tines and three transversely extending rollers. The front roller has discs which cut parallel slits in the soil. The two following rollers have transversely extending releasable blades moun... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4418761 | Adjustable tillage implement positioning apparatus A mounting/positioning apparatus for attaching an agricultural implement such as a reel unit or a rotary packer assembly to the frame of a tillage machine is disclosed. The apparatus includes two opposing end portions rigidly coupled together by means of ... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4361191 | Seedbed preparation implement Through adaptation of and improvement upon secondary, minimum tillage techniques, there is provided a single pass, seedbed method and agricultural machine, utilizing reduction, incorporation, aeration and other procedures, capable of effectively handling ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4344490 | Soil cultivating implement A soil cultivating implement has a row of tined soil working members extending transverse to the direction of travel. An implement-supporting and soil-working cage-formation ground roller is arranged behind said soil working members to be rotatable about ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4342365 | Soil crumbling rollers A roller for crumbling soil has round support plates arranged at spaced apart intervals along the axis of rotation of the roller. The plates are profiled with a saw-tooth configuration having folds and projections. Elongated elements, preferably bars, are... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4312410 | Rotary earth crumbling implement In a rotary earth crumbler having a central shaft (1) with mounting discs (2) fast thereon and an annular series of U-shaped resilient stirrups (3), the leg portions of these stirrups are formed with an outwardly convex curved section (12) which extends i... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4280564 | Earthworking machine A cultivating machine includes a forward row of subsoil tools and a pair of elongated cultivating rollers having support plates to which soil penetrating T-section bars or knife edged bars are attached. To the rear of the cultivating rollers, a trailing s... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4267783 | Seed bed preparation method and apparatus A farm implement is provided having a sub-soiler followed by a seed bed preparation tool and a planter. The seed bed preparation tool includes a rotary bladed portion for filling in the furrow left by the sub-soiler with soil turned up by the sub-soiler a... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4263974 | Soil cultivating machines A soil cultivating machine has a row of cultivating members journalled in an elongated frame portion. The rear of the machine is supported by elongated rollers positioned side-by-side and pivotable arms interconnect the lateral roller ends to rear plates ... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4252199 | Soil working machines A soil working machine has elongated carriers that extend transverse to the direction of travel, one behind the other. Eccentric mechanisms are attached to each carrier to move tools depending from the carriers, back and forth in directions parallel to th... | 02/24/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4231305 | Soil cultivating machine A cultivating machine includes a forward row of subsoil tools and a plurality of elongated cultivating rollers having support plates to which soil penetrating T-section bars or knife edged bars are attached. To the rear of the cultivating rollers, a trail... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4172501 | Self propelled cage wheel tractor Disclosed herein is a self propelled drum wheel tractor for use in puddling rice paddies. A pair of drums having a plurality of knife elements disposed thereon serve to bury or puddle the rice stalk, while the field is still flooded.... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4150724 | Rotary stalk chopper apparatus A tongue drawn rotary apparatus for chopping vegetation and for churning and working the soil, including individually supported shredder reels mounted on a frame, which frame may be lowered and raised in response to a wheel retraction and extension rocker... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4126186 | Soil cultivating implements A cultivating implement has rows of rotatable soil working cultivating members that are mounted on beams extending transverse to the direction of travel, one behind the other. The members rotate about upwardly extending axes and can be positioned along th... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4109731 | Soil cultivating implements A cultivating implement has a row of soil working members that are driven about upwardly extending axes to work overlapping strips of soil. At the rear of the soil working members, a soil crumbling roller is positioned and the periphery of the roller is f... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4068724 | Agricultural implements with supporting roller A roller member structured to support a cultivator type implement and compress worked soil includes spaced apart generally vertical supports on a central shaft. The supports have holes that receive elongated rod elements and position same helically around... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4056147 | Rotary harrows A harrow has a frame and power driven soil-working members on the frame mounted in a row. A roller is connected to the frame to trail the soil-working members. The roller includes a central tube-like support which is surrounded by elongated bars held in p... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4051904 | Soil cultivating implements A soil cultivator or harrow has a row of soil working members that are driven about upwardly extending axes to work the soil. A plant screen at each lateral side of the implement has a forward guide portion that is pivoted to the front of the frame and a ... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4044841 | Rotary tiller device adapted for chopping A device in the nature of a rotary tiller equipped for traveling through fields as well as uneven terrain, for effectively chopping up encountered clods, vegetation and debris, and mixing same with the soil. We utilize a framework in which either of two d... | 08/30/1977 |
| 3983943 | Soil cultivating implement combinations A combination implement has a leading cultivator with fixed tines and a rear rotary harrow with driven soil working tined members. The cultivator has side ground wheels with vertical adjusting means that controls the working depths of the fixed tines. The... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3945441 | Soil cultivating implements A cultivator for pedestrian operation which has rotatable soil working members mounted on upright shafts and a rear supporting member with driving means that both rotates the soil working members as well as the rear supporting member to operate and propel... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3935906 | Adjustable height soil conditioner with frame extending rearwardly from cultivating implement A soil conditioner for use in combination with a cultivating implement drawn behind a tractor to break up the soil and leave a prepared seedbed in a single operation. The conditioner is mounted to a framework extending rearwardly behind the cultivator. It... | 02/03/1976 |
