Mulcher bar assembly

申请号 US3574320D 申请日 1969-05-15 公开(公告)号 US3574320A 公开(公告)日 1971-04-13
申请人 DONALD F SIGMUND; 发明人 SIGMUND DONALD F;
摘要 A mulcher bar assembly adapted for use with a plow and designed to trail the plow to mulch the freshly turned soil. A first pair of spaced apart arms are adjustably secured to the main plow beam and extend rearwardly and laterally therefrom. A second pair of spring loaded arms are pivotally and vertically adjustably secured at their upper ends to a first pair of arms and extend downwardly therefrom. A horizontal bar means is adjustably secured to the lower ends of the second pair of arms and has a plurality of spaced apart teeth extending downwardly therefrom. The spring loaded arms yieldably urge the teeth into the soil to mulch the soil as the plow is moved in the field. The second pair of arms, bar and teeth may pivot upwardly and rearwardly as a unit if a foreign object is struck by the teeth to prevent damage to the assembly and plow.
权利要求
1. A mulcher bar assembly in combination with a plow adapted to be connected to a vehicle for movement in predetermined direction, said plow having a plurality of bottoms and a beam positioned above said bottoms, said mulcher bar assembly comprising: at least two spaced apart parallel first support arms detachably rigidly secured at their forward ends to said beam and extending approximately horizontally rearwardly therefrom; at least two parAllel spaced apart second support arms, each of said second support arms being pivotally secured at its upper end to the rearward end of one of said first support arms; said second support arms having lower ends below said upper ends, the pivotal axes of said upper ends being oblique with respect to said predetermined directional movement of said plow and being above and to one side of said bottoms of said plow; an elongated bar rigidly secured to and extending between said lower ends of said second support arms; a single row of a plurality of spaced apart straight teeth rigidly secured to said bar and extending downwardly therefrom in a plane parallel to said second support arms; spring means interconnecting said lower ends of said second support arms with said first support arms so as to yieldably urge said lower ends of said second support arms forwardly; stop means on said first support arms for engaging said second support arms for limiting their forward swinging movement beyond a forward position, said second arms and said second support arms being swingable rearwardly against the bias of said springs to a rearward position wherein said teeth are disposed obliquely with respect to vertical and obliquely with respect to said predetermined directional movement of said plow when in a groundworking position.
2. A mulcher bar according to claim 1 wherein said pivotal axes of said upper ends of said second support arms extend along a line disposed at approximately 45* with respect to said predetermined direction of said plow.
3. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said first support arms are selectively adjustable secured to said beam so that said bar may be moved laterally forwardly and laterally rearwardly with respect to said bottoms.
4. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said bar is selectively adjustably secured to said second support arms so that said bar can be moved with respect to its own longitudinal axis.
5. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said upper ends of said second arms are selectively vertically adjustable in their pivotal connection to said first support arms so as to permit variation of the depth of soil penetration of said teeth.
6. The assembly of claim 1 wherein each of said spring means has a forward and a rearward end, an adjustment bolt being secured to said forward end, said adjustment bolt being adjustably secured to one of said first support arms to permit selective adjustment of tension in said spring means.
7. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said bar is comprised of an elongated channel member having upper and lower flanges joined by a base portion, said lower flange having a plurality of spaced apart openings formed therein, said teeth being received at their upper ends in said openings, said teeth being welded to said lower flange.
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