241 |
Ground scraper |
US11273403 |
2005-11-14 |
US20060081385A1 |
2006-04-20 |
Charles Huber |
A ground scraper designed to be pulled by a tractor or the like includes a pair of parallel frame rails with a scraper blade between them and perpendicular to them. The scraper blade can lowered to a preferred depth of scraping and can be raised above the bottom of the frame for towing. Dual-wheeled trucks on the rear of the frame can be raised off the ground to allow the frame to contact the ground for scraping and can be lowered into contact with the ground, also raising the frame off the ground, for towing on roads or the like. The rear of a tongue can be raised relative to the front of the tongue to pick up the front of the ground scraper frame for transporting the ground scraper and then the rear of the tongue can be lowered relative to the front of the tongue, allowing the frame to contact the ground. The exact angle of the tongue can float up and down in order to allow towing on uneven terrain. |
242 |
Rake with four-wheel stabilizing system |
US10884908 |
2004-07-06 |
US20060005524A1 |
2006-01-12 |
Harvey Crosby |
A rake has two side members attached perpendicularly to the rake so as to form an H-shaped frame system. A swivelable wheel is mounted at each corner of the frame. The frame fully stabilizes the rake in a position approximately level with a ground surface as the rake is pulled across the ground by a tractor or other vehicle. The wheels are adjustable both vertically and horizontally by inserting or removing rings on a shaft holding each wheel, and by telescoping parts of the frame into each other. The invention is useful either as a combined rake/stabilizer system, or as a kit for retrofitting existing rakes. |
243 |
Box scraper with scarifier |
US11025291 |
2004-12-29 |
US20050150668A1 |
2005-07-14 |
Jim Williamson |
A box scraper and scarifier has a scraper box and a mid-blade mounted to the scraper box, intermediate a scarifier bar and a rear wall of the scraper box. The scarifier bar, which can be either fixed or retractable, is also mounted to the scraper box. The scarifier bar includes a plurality of chisels for scarifying the soil. Positioned near the rear wall of the scraper box may be a rear cutting blade. Three actuators mounted to the box scraper and scarifier may be used to achieve a desired cut angle for either the mid-blade or the rear blade. Further, a front drawbar assembly and a rear wheel assembly may stabilize the box scraper and scarifier during use. In one embodiment, a shackle assembly attaches the box scraper and scarifier to a skid loader or tractor. |
244 |
Operator actuated electro-mechanical drag mat lift assembly |
US09957515 |
2001-09-21 |
US06843325B2 |
2005-01-18 |
Richard John Banko |
An operator actuated electro-mechanical drag mat lift assembly that mounts on the rear of existing lawn equipment that provides a platform for mounting lawn care products requiring deployment for use The Banko Manufacturing International design allows the lawn equipment operator the ability to deploy the assembly while remaining seated with just the flip of a switch. Other manufacturers' designs have failed to consolidate the elements necessary into a comprehensive semi-automated concept. In addition, the innovative drag mat design, when used with the lift assembly, provides an effective method of distributing both dry and damp grass clippings improving turf appearance. |
245 |
Operator actuated electro-mechanical drag mat lift assembly |
US09957515 |
2001-09-21 |
US20030056962A1 |
2003-03-27 |
Richard
John
Banko |
Banko Manufacturing International has developed an operator actuated electro-mechanical drag mat lift assembly that mounts on the rear of existing lawn equipment that provides a platform for mounting lawn care products requiring deployment for use. Our design differs from other deployment systems in that the Banko Manufacturing International design allows the lawn equipment operator the ability to deploy the assembly while remaining seated with just the flip of a switch. Other manufacturers' designs have failed to consolidate the elements necessary into a comprehensive semi-automated concept. In addition, the innovative drag mat design, when used with the lift assembly, provides an effective method of distributing both dry and damp grass clippings improving turf appearance. |
246 |
High speed grader |
US09173859 |
1998-10-16 |
US06206106B1 |
2001-03-27 |
David W Heckendorf |
A grader to enable high speed grading for gravel or unmade roads having a plurality of grader blades the position of each blade being maintained in a forward most grading position by an hydraulic ram which is hydraulically connected a gas accumulator. The blades are collectively supported by a draft frame the height of which is changeable by a hydraulic ram also coupled to the gas accumulator. Each blade, when in its forward most position, is rearward of the axis of the pivot support for the leg supporting that blade. |
247 |
Apparatus for laying a surface |
US766298 |
1996-12-13 |
US6085848A |
2000-07-11 |
Trevor George Sanders |
The invention relates to a dresser for dressing particulate material, such as sand, in a slow sand filter of a water treatment works. The dresser includes a frame having transverse mixing members which are adapted to mix the material at or adjacent the surface of the particulate material. |
248 |
Adjustable grating attachment for grading soil |
US250835 |
1999-02-16 |
US5988295A |
1999-11-23 |
Luc Goulet |
An accessory that can be attached to any of a variety of heavy machinery such as bulldozers, backhoes, tractors, etc, is used for a final grading and leveling pass and is comprised of, a grating having a lattice arrangement with a "V" pattern and a set of springs disposed at each side of a hydraulic piston which controls the level of the grating. |
249 |
Finish dirt scraper |
US840405 |
1997-04-29 |
US5794714A |
1998-08-18 |
Dennis Brown |
This invention relates to a dirt leveling device adapted for towing by a tractor which is characterized by one or more chisels attached to a transverse shaft on the front of the dirt leveling device having a rotatable relationship thereto, and a dirt leveling blade rotatably attached to the frame and controlled by a second hydraulically actuated ylinder. The hydraulically actuated cylinder for the chisels and the hydraulically actuated cylinder for the blade may be controlled by extensions to the vicinity of the driver of the towing vehicle. |
250 |
Grass striping attachment for lawn mowers |
US718769 |
1996-09-25 |
US5761894A |
1998-06-09 |
Arthur Leon Evans |
A plurality of heavy chains in lateral contact with adjacent chains is secured to a structural member such as an angle which, in turn, is removably secured to the rear of the frame of a lawn mower, behind the grass cutting mechanism, the chains being heavy enough and long enough to drag along a grass lawn, whereby the grass lawn can simultaneously be cut and striped. |
251 |
Apparatus for grooming fields |
US191945 |
1994-02-03 |
US5699863A |
1997-12-23 |
William L. Figura |
The invention discloses apparatus for grooming, leveling and conditioning athletic fields comprised of a leveling trowel having beveled ends. Soil is worked using elastomeric flails disposed into contact with the surface by a rigid weight bar pivotally mounted on the upper surface of the independently pivotable flails. The grooming apparatus may be mounted with a two or three-point hitch assembly or towed by a drawbar from any utility tractor or other landscape vehicle. |
252 |
Soil leveling apparatus with improved frame and hitch |
US68126 |
1993-05-25 |
US5511625A |
1996-04-30 |
Orlan H. Mork |
An improved soil leveling apparatus includes a hitch (202 or 302) for connecting the frame to the loader arms and tilt cylinder(s) of a skid steer loader. The hitch (302) includes a hitch plate (304) that can selectively be made rigid with the frame or can selectively be allowed to pivot fore-and-aft relative to the frame. This allows the operator to select the rigid orientation of the frame when it is desired to have the frame be rigid relative to the loader or to select the floating, pivotal orientation depending upon ground terrain and other factors. |
253 |
Furrow covering hoe for one handed operation |
US150593 |
1993-11-10 |
US5372205A |
1994-12-13 |
Thomas A. Velez |
A hand held garden implement (FIG. 1) for refilling a furrow, requiring only one hand for operation, and allowing the operator to stand and walk fully erect. A handle (11) is attached into a receptacle (12) on a cover plate (13) which is connected to an inclined and converging scraper (14) which is connected to a bottom plate (15). Dirt is lifted up and into the tool as well as being pushed by it. Dirt then traverses the scraper towards the centerline of the tool, and is deposited into the furrow. The bottom plate then smoothes out and levels the deposited dirt. |
254 |
Soil leveling apparatus with improved frame and hitch |
US714563 |
1991-06-13 |
US5213164A |
1993-05-25 |
Orlan H. Mork |
An improved soil leveling apparatus (10) includes a frame (12), connecting hitch means (14), and adjustable lost motion linkage (48) secured to the top connection point (52) of the hitch, and an optional scarifier assembly (16) which is supported on a connector (66) pivoted between the legs (36,40) of the hitch. The scraper member (18) of the frame (12) is of generally inverted J-shaped cross section, and tine subassemblies (90) can be substituted for the teeth (78) on the scarifier assembly (12). |
255 |
Landscaping device |
US719162 |
1991-06-21 |
US5211247A |
1993-05-18 |
Bryan Johnsen |
A device (10) for working soil is disclosed in the preferred form including a grading portion (12) and a raking portion (32) of generally C-shapes. Specifically, the grading and raking portions (12, 32) are formed from planar, central sections (14, 34) and first and second, planar wing sections (16, 18, 36, 38) extending from the opposite ends thereof. The grading portion (12) includes a plurality of spaced, parallel blades (24) secured to the bottom surface of the body portion formed from a tubular beam (20) and a grading plate (22) and arranged at a nonparallel angle to the movement direction to serrate the soil. The blades (24) have elongated lengths greater than the thickness of the body portion and are spaced generally equal to their widths. The raking portion (32) includes a plurality of spaced, parallel, straight teeth (44) securred to a plate (40) and tilted at a forward angle to the movement direction. The lower ends of the teeth (44) are angled and are at the same level and coplanar with the bottoms of the blades (24) of the grading portion (12). |
256 |
Soil leveling apparatus with improved frame and hitch |
US372027 |
1989-06-27 |
US5024280A |
1991-06-18 |
Orlan H. Mork |
An improved soil leveling apparatus (10) includes a frame (12), connecting hitch means (14), and adjustable lost motion linkage (48) secured to the top connection point (52) of the hitch, and an optional scarifier assembly (16) which is supported on a connector (66) pivoted between the legs (36, 40) of the hitch. The scraper member (18) of the frame (12) is of generally inverted J-shaped cross section, and tine subassemblies (90) can be substituted for the teeth (78) on the scarifier assembly (12). |
257 |
Landscape conditioning assembly |
US222294 |
1988-07-20 |
US4850433A |
1989-07-25 |
Harry W. West |
The invention relates to a landscape conditioning assembly for use in grooming and cleaning dirt and grass sufaces, such as a baseball field. The assembly includes frame means (12) defining a plane to be moved over the landscape. The frame means (12) includes first and second side rails (14, 16) and first and second crossbar supports (18, 20) extending therebetween. First and second cutting blades (26, 28) extend between the first and second side rails (14, 16) and are adjustably mounted to the first and second crossbar supports (18, 20) by adjustment means for selectively adjusting the distance the first and second cutting edges (34, 36) extend below the plane to establish any one of various depths of cut. The assembly also includes a fixed cutting blade (44) which extends between the first and second side rails (14) and is fixedly secured thereto ahead of the adjustable cutting blades. |
258 |
Land surfacing apparatus |
US52284 |
1979-06-26 |
US4269273A |
1981-05-26 |
Hume W. Colville |
Land surfacing apparatus, comprising an elongate blade and a towing structure which includes a tow connection portion forward of the blade and which is connected to the blade so that the blade can be towed with its longitudinal dimension transverse to the tow direction while biased by its own weight into engagement with the ground with a longitudinal edge thereof serving as a soil cutting edge and a leading face extending upwardly from the cutting edge. The connection of the tow structure to the blade permits adjustment of the blade through a range of forwardly leaning orientations at which it extends both upwardly as well as forwardly in the tow direction from said cutting edge. The blade is carried by an elongated hollow triangular structure which carries ground wheels mounted on supports extending toward the towing structure, and inboard of opposite ends of the blade. A hydraulic cylinder is operable to effect pivoting of the tow structure and hollow structure and cause the ground wheels to be brought into engagement at an extreme forward leaning movement of the blade. |
259 |
Tines |
US450671 |
1974-03-13 |
US3943999A |
1976-03-16 |
Ary van der Lely; Cornelis Johannes Gerardus Bom |
A steel soil cultivating tine has a lower soil working portion and an upper fastening portion. The tine has zones of differing hardness along its length, the hardest zone including the lowermost end of the tine. The tine can take different shapes and configurations, but in general the soil working portion has sides, at least several of which taper towards the lowermost end. The fastening portion can be threaded for reception in a threaded holder. Near the juncture between the fastening and soil working portions a zone of reduced hardness lends flexibility to the tine. |
260 |
Dozer blade assembly for tractors |
US3800882D |
1972-07-17 |
US3800882A |
1974-04-02 |
WERTS W; WERTS D |
A dozer blade assembly for tractors including a pair of mounting brackets for attachment to a tractor frame, a push pole attachable to a tractor drawbar, a dozer blade pivotally connected to the push pole, a support member extending from the push pole to the mounting brackets, and eccentric positioning and mounting pins connecting the support member to the mounting brackets, the eccentric nature of the pins allowing for mounting to a variety of tractor frame sizes. Also disclosed are a telescoping push pole and a dozer blade formed of flat sections of material.
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