141 |
Methods and apparatus for tilling soil |
US13069359 |
2011-03-22 |
US08342253B2 |
2013-01-01 |
Henry Carl Gisler |
A method of soil preparation simultaneously ploughs soil and tills soil ploughed in a previous pass. An apparatus for tilling soil provides tilling members mounted for deployment on either side of a tractor. The tilling members on one side of the tractor may be brought into engagement with the soil while tilling members on the other side of the tractor are lifted away from the soil. The tilling members are located to coincide with an adjacent strip of land ploughed in a previous pass of the tractor. |
142 |
Conservation tillage implement, system and method |
US13493420 |
2012-06-11 |
US08307909B1 |
2012-11-13 |
Jacobus A. Rozendaal; Philip M. O'Grady; James F. Boak; John M. Averink; Geof J. Gray |
A conservation tillage implement having three or more rows of individual coulter wheel assemblies laterally spaced apart and removably mounted on a cultivator frame, a coulter wheel assembly in a given row being staggered with respect to the coulter wheel assemblies in a longitudinally adjacent row. The coulter wheel assemblies may be laterally adjustable and may be mounted to the cultivator frame using a mounting means that permits rotation about a vertical axis. The coulter wheel assemblies may have a coil spring with a horizontal spring axis to permit upward deflection in response to impact with an obstacle. Leveling attachments may optionally be mounted to the cultivator frame, along with additional field working tools. The implement is used in the management of crop residue as part of a minimum tillage strategy, is particularly resistant to plugging, and can be operated at high speeds and/or in standing water. |
143 |
Single pass plow |
US11588664 |
2006-10-26 |
US08235132B2 |
2012-08-07 |
Tommy H. Condrey |
Plows and methods of fabricating plows are provided. The plow includes an elongated frame. One or more shear assemblies are affixed to the frame in a spaced relationship along a length of the frame, wherein each of the one or more shear assemblies includes a shearing blade disposed at a distal end of the shear assembly and configured to operate below the surface of the soil to sever the roots of planted vegetation as the plow is pulled through a field. One or more cylinder assemblies are rotatably affixed to the frame and positioned parallel to the one or more shear assemblies and configured to rotate as the plow is pulled through a field. The one or more cylinder assemblies include a plurality of radially extending cylinder blades configured to mulch the soil and press the severed vegetation into the soil. |
144 |
Low-disturbance tillage tool |
US12470318 |
2009-05-21 |
US08020629B1 |
2011-09-20 |
Stanley McFarlane; Aaron J. Faessler; Rick K. Kohn |
A low till agricultural implement has a frame with a hitch for attachment to a tractor. An shallow-angled blade gang composed of an array of parallel ultra-shallow inclined disk blades is mounted to the front of the frame, and is followed by at least one wheel, spiral reel, and spike tooth harrow. The ultra-shallow inclined disk blades are mounted perpendicular to rotating shafts, and slice through field residue and soil with minimal lateral movement of material. The blades of the following reel then make cuts nearly perpendicular to those made by the circular blades. A trailing rolling basket or other finishing implement follows the spiral reel. The implement aids in drying the soil surface layer. Also, by cutting up residue and evenly spreading debris and topsoil, the implement helps to warm up the soil. |
145 |
Soil shaping agricultural implement |
US12608598 |
2009-10-29 |
US08016044B2 |
2011-09-13 |
Gaylen J. Kromminga; Timothy R. Blunier; Michael C. Hatton; Scott Faust |
In an embodiment, an agricultural implement includes at least a first row of ground engaging tools, each of the tools spaced a first distance apart from one another, and a second row of ground engaging tools disposed behind the first row of ground engaging tools, each of the second row of ground engaging tools spaced a second distance apart from one another. The implement also includes a row of soil shaping disks disposed behind the second row of ground engaging tools, wherein a spacing between each of the soil shaping disks is not uniform and corresponds to whether the spacing is behind the first row of ground engaging disks or behind the second row of ground engaging disks. |
146 |
Tillage system |
US12658486 |
2010-02-08 |
US20110192618A1 |
2011-08-11 |
John D. Nance |
A tillage system has a first set of deep tilling tines and a second set of shallow tilling coulter tines present in a number more than twice that of the deep tilling tines. The deep tilling tines till the field to a depth of about 5 to 12 inches at row planting locations, loosening the soil for easy plant growth. This deep grooving action builds mounds of soil at both sides of the deep groove which are cleared by a second set of shallow tilling curved coulter tines followed by a third set of plurality of rows of shallow tilling toothed coulters that till the space between grooves to a depth of about 1 to 4 inches, providing a water reservoir space and clearing plant debris. A last row of shallow tilling ruffled coulters are provided to mix and incorporate into soil plant debris and plant stocks, anchoring tilled soil. |
147 |
VERTICAL TILLAGE SYSTEM |
US12433687 |
2009-04-30 |
US20100276167A1 |
2010-11-04 |
Michael George Kovach; Tracey Duane Meiners; Dean Alan Knobloch; Gaylen James Kromminga; Gregory S. Smart |
A tilling implement has a front row of shallow concave disc blades having a front right portion and a front left portion symmetrically disposed about a centerline of the implement. A rear row of shallow concave disc blades has a rear right portion and a rear left portion symmetrically disposed about the centerline of the implement. The rear right portion following behind the front right portion in a right path and the rear left portion following the front left portion in a left path when the implement is displaced through a field. The implement includes no ground engaging tool in the right path between the front right portion and the rear right portion, and no ground engaging tool in the left path between the front left portion and the rear left portion. The shallow concave disc blades have a concavity of between approximately 1.25 and 1.69 inches over an outer diameter of approximately 20 inches. The front left portion and the front right portion, and/or the rear left portion and the rear right portion, are positioned at an angle of about 18 degrees with respect to a line perpendicular to the centerline. |
148 |
SYMMETRICAL PATH VERTICAL TILLAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD |
US12433635 |
2009-04-30 |
US20100276166A1 |
2010-11-04 |
Michael George Kovach; Tracey Duane Meiners; Dean Alan Knobloch; Gaylen James Kromminga; Gregory S. Smart |
A tilling implement has a front row of concave disc blades having a front right portion and a front left portion symmetrically disposed about a centerline of the implement. A rear row of concave disc blades has a rear right portion and a rear left portion symmetrically disposed about the centerline of the implement. The rear right portion follows behind the front right portion in a right path and the rear left portion follows the front left portion in a left path when the implement is displaced through a field. The implement includes no ground engaging tool in the right path between the front right portion and the rear right portion, and no ground engaging tool in the left path between the front left portion and the rear left portion. A ground engaging tool is disposed generally along the centerline of the implement between the right and left paths. |
149 |
Split rolling basket |
US11854158 |
2007-09-12 |
US07806197B2 |
2010-10-05 |
David L. Steinlage; Vernon Eugene Friedley |
A strip tillage implement includes a single, center-mounted arm located directly above the row area of a strip-till berm. Basket halves are rotatably connected to opposite sides of the arm in cantilever fashion to eliminate outer support arms. Residue flow encounters rolling baskets rather than fixed arms so that catching, flipping and twisting of residue is minimized and plugging in high residue conditions is reduced. A single, center-mounted bearing and simplified basket halves reduce the cost and complexity of the implement. |
150 |
CROP RESIDUE AND SOIL CONDITIONING AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT |
US11611032 |
2006-12-14 |
US20080142233A1 |
2008-06-19 |
Paul A. Hurtis; Joseph M. Keeler; Tim Blunier |
An agricultural tillage implement constructed to condition crop residue and cultivate the conditioned crop residue. The tillage implement includes a first residue conditioner and a second residue conditioner pivotably attached to a frame of the tillage implement. The first and second conditioners are movable independent of each other and of the frame such that an operator may raise and lower the first and second conditioners relative to the frame to change the depths of the conditioners. |
151 |
Rolling spike harrow |
US11057533 |
2005-02-14 |
US07325623B2 |
2008-02-05 |
Rodney D. Hake; Mark R. Underwood |
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 matingly received within notches in the opposite end of the hub of the next adjacent wheel so that the wheels are interlocked for rotation in unison. The projections on each hub are offset angularly from the notches by a certain amount so that adjacent wheels are correspondingly rotatively offset from one another. The outermost tips of the spikes of each wheel are inturned to a certain extent so as to render each wheel generally concavo-convex, with the concave sides of the wheels leading as the machine is pulled through the field. Front gangs of the wheels are disposed in a certain oblique attitude with respect to the path of travel of the machine, while rear gangs are disposed in opposite oblique attitudes. |
152 |
Seedbed preparation implement having rotary disc with adjustable gang angle |
US09992142 |
2001-11-06 |
US06612381B2 |
2003-09-02 |
Jeffrey Powell; Edward G. Sheets |
A disc gang is provided that is suitable for use as part of a multifunctional seedbed preparation implement or in a standalone disc harrow. The disc gang is configured to permit a gang angle of the disc gang to be adjusted to accommodate differing soil conditions and/or to obtain different tillage characteristics. The disc gang may include a frame mounted on a mainframe of a primary tillage implement such as a cultivator. The frame includes a main beam mounted on the implement's mainframe and a disc support beam connected to the main beam and supporting a plurality of rotating discs. The gang angle can be infinitely adjusted through a designated range by pivoting one end of the disc gang about a vertical pivot axis while permitting another end portion of the disc gang to slide along a support surface for that end. The disc support beam may also be configured to be raised and lowered relative to the main beam so as to permit the cutting depth of the discs to be adjusted independently of the working depth of the remainder of the implement. The disc gang preferably is modular so as to negate the need for complex mechanical and hydraulic connections between the disc gang and the remainder of the implement. |
153 |
Seedbed preparation implement having rotary disc with adjustable gang angle |
US09992142 |
2001-11-06 |
US20030085045A1 |
2003-05-08 |
Jeffrey
Powell; Edward
G.
Sheets |
A disc gang is provided that is suitable for use as part of a multifunctional seedbed preparation implement or in a standalone disc harrow. The disc gang is configured to permit a gang angle of the disc gang to be adjusted to accommodate differing soil conditions and/or to obtain different tillage characteristics. The disc gang may include a frame mounted on a mainframe of a primary tillage implement such as a cultivator. The frame includes a main beam mounted on the implement's mainframe and a disc support beam connected to the main beam and supporting a plurality of rotating discs. The gang angle can be infinitely adjusted through a designated range by pivoting one end of the disc gang about a vertical pivot axis while permitting another end portion of the disc gang to slide along a support surface for that end. The disc support beam may also be configured to be raised and lowered relative to the main beam so as to permit the cutting depth of the discs to be adjusted independently of the working depth of the remainder of the implement. The disc gang preferably is modular so as to negate the need for complex mechanical and hydraulic connections between the disc gang and the remainder of the implement. |
154 |
Tillage tooth for use in an implement providing a smooth finish |
US09917667 |
2001-07-30 |
US06422323B1 |
2002-07-23 |
William J. Dietrich, Sr. |
A tillage tooth for use in an implement which performs shallow tillage with tillage discs followed by chisel plows with winged points performing primary tillage in strips of untilled soil left by the forward discs. The points include wings mounted to either side of a central tooth. The wings are constructed and arranged to provide a greater rise to lift soil adjacent their inner edges than is provided by the outer edges of the wings. This imparts a lifting and lateral rolling motion to tilled soil and enhances a smooth finish. |
155 |
Sand trap conditioner |
US526912 |
2000-03-16 |
US6161626A |
2000-12-19 |
Richard M. Lange; Stephen R. Voss; Kellen J. Chicoine |
A sand trap rake arranged particularly for use on a golf course and with fingers which penetrate the sand for plowing the sand. There is an adjustment relative to the plowing fingers which permits the fingers to be angulated so that they can be dragged through the sand with the tips of the fingers being in trailing position. The entire machine includes the plowing fingers arranged on one planar piece and being disposed in a plurality thereof in end-to-end relationship to each other and with dresser plates trailing the plowing fingers for smoothing the top of the sand. |
156 |
Multi-function tillage apparatus and method |
US170272 |
1998-10-13 |
US5984017A |
1999-11-16 |
Lester M. Packham |
In a tillage device having first and second plow assemblies mounted in parallel relation on a main frame to thereby cut furrows in the soil creating soil strips in so doing and depositing the soil strips on a berm between the furrows created by the plow assemblies and having a rearwardly located plow assembly for moving the soil under the berm outwardly into the first and second furrows thereby creating a middle furrow and allowing the soil on the berm to fall into the middle furrow. |
157 |
Tillage implement with on-the-go angle and depth controlled discs |
US889488 |
1997-07-08 |
US5878821A |
1999-03-09 |
Kevin P. Flenker; William Flenker; Kim W. Flenker |
A tillage implement with on-the-go angle and depth controlled discs. The toolbar upon which the discs are mounted is pivotally secured to the wheeled implement frame assembly and may be hydraulically pivoted to raise or lower the discs relative to the frame assembly. In addition, the discs are secured to the toolbar in pairs and are angularly adjustable with respect to each other, and to the direction of motion of the implement, through a pair of hydraulically actuated gears. |
158 |
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. |
159 |
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. |
160 |
Land leveler and cultivator |
US288919 |
1994-08-11 |
US5535832A |
1996-07-16 |
Terry Benoit |
A towed cultivator/land leveler apparatus includes a two part frame that includes tongue at the front end portion and wheels at the rear. A two part frame pivots about a transverse axis to raise/lower a leveler blade and tines that are carried at the front section of the frame. The rear of the frame extends transversely and carries a wide wheel base with multiple wheels that define the rear part of the aft frame section. Hydraulic pistons are provided to raise and lower the tines independently of the front part of the frame. An additional adjustment to the level of the tines and to the load leveling blade are provided by hydraulic pistons that pivot the aft frame section relative to the front frame section as the transverse axis and pivot of the machine is elevated. |