Abstract: A flow conditioning assembly comprising an integral elbow flow conditioner and a downstream flow conditioner. The elbow flow conditioner includes a pipe elbow with one or more flow conditioning elements. Each flow conditioning element includes one or more turning guides. Each turning guide is generally circular and radially spaced from one another and an inner surface of the elbow. Spaced vanes maintain the radial spacing of the turning guides. The vanes divide the radial space between the turning guides and pipe elbow into a plurality of flow channels that turn in generally the same direction as the inner surface of the pipe elbow. The downstream flow conditioner comprises a flow conditioning structure within a pipe element. The flow conditioning structure includes one or more flow guides of generally circular form radially spaced from one another and the pipe element. Spaced support vanes maintain the radial spacing of the flow guides.

Abstract: A technique includes dynamically assigning, by a server, network addresses selected from a plurality of network addresses to network devices of a network based on a schedule. The schedule represents a time during which a given network address is to remain unassigned. The technique includes, based on the schedule, detecting anomalous behavior associated with the network.

Abstract: A furrow closer apparatus has a bracket extending down from an upper forward portion of an implement shank. Right and left spring arms with soil moving elements at lower ends thereof are attached at top ends thereof to right and left coil springs connected by a cross member. A spring tube extends through the coil springs and through the bracket aperture to attach the spring arms such that a spring arm extends rearward and downward on each side of a shank location. Clips are attached to the spring tube on each side of the bracket aperture and define clip apertures. The cross member extends through the clip apertures, and the clip apertures are larger than the cross member such that the cross member is movable in the clip apertures. Rotatable discs with a twine wrap inhibiting ring can provide the soil moving elements.

Abstract: A turf combing device. A plurality of spring biased tines are fixedly mounted to rods rotatably mounted to a frame. Pivot arms fixedly mounted to the opposite ends of the rods are pivoted thereby rotating the rods and positioning the tines relative to ground.

Abstract: A rake assembly for attachment to a tractor includes a mounting assembly for mounting to a tractor and an arm having a first end, a second end and a middle portion. The arm is fixedly coupled to the mounting assembly. A securing mechanism secures the arm to the tractor. A plurality of fingers for raking the ground surface is each mountable to the arm. Each of the fingers has an elongate member having a first end, a second end and a middle portion. The elongate member has a bore therein, which is generally adjacent to the first end of the elongate member. The middle portion of the elongate member has a curve therein such that a length of the elongate member forms a loop for wrapping about the arm. A bracket secures the elongate member to the arm. A head portion for contacting the ground surface has a first end and a second end. The head portion is generally hollow, and the first end is open. The second end of the elongate member is fixedly inserted in the first end of the head portion.

Abstract: A harrow is provided having an elongate tool bar mounted on wheels for movement in a forward direction perpendicular to the tool bar. A plurality of harrow elements are mounted on the tool bar to extend generally rearward therefrom. A pair of support arms are pivotally mounted on the tool bar at a first end and mount each harrow element on a second end towards a rearward end of the harrow element. A hanger is connected between the support arms and the harrow element towards a forward end of the harrow element for suspending the harrow element therefrom. A plurality of tines are mounted on the harrow element such that the angle of the tines relative to the ground may be adjusted. A coupling connects between the hanger and the tines such that the height of the front end of the harrow frame is adjusted in response to tine angle adjustment.

Abstract: A seed drill particularly adapted for contouring uneven ground and accommodating rocks, especially where depth of furrow and placement of seed against wet soil is critical, as in dry land farming. Each drill in a set of drills is a separate unit which is mounted on a vehicle. Each unit includes a split press wheel with an opener mounted within the wheel. The units can easily be individually mounted or adjusted on the vehicle for spacing and height. The opener has an articulating adjusting arm which allows easy adjustment to all preferred positions.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A flexible tooth of a tilling device includes several flat "e" shaped blades mounted side by side, one end of the blades being attached to a cross member of the tilling implement, the other ends of the blades being attached to a downwardly extending arm that holds a replaceable tool. The flexible tooth allows the tool to move upward or sideways to circumvent obstacles buried in the ground. The flexible tooth may include a reinforcing blade mounted on the cross member and having an upper curved portion that contacts an upper inner portion of the "e" shaped blades after they have flexed a certain amount to impart greater rigidity to the flexible tooth. The reinforcing blade may also include a lower curved portion that contacts the downwardly extending arm to further increase the rigidity of the flexible tooth.

Abstract: A no-till rotary hoe includes trash cutters for cutting field trash carried by the earthworking implements. The rotary hoe also has a walking beam mounted on a support arm with rotary hoe wheels mounted on forward and rear ends of the walking beam. The walking beam is connected to the arm about a pivot positioned to reduce the tendency of the walking beam to pivot excessively in use. A spring is used to aid in maintaining the walking beam properly oriented.

Abstract: A seeding system includes a frame mounted on ground wheels for moving across the ground together with a plurality of individually mounted seeding elements carried on parallelogram linkages from the frame. A seeding element includes a walking beam arrangement having a single front wheel and a pair of rear wheels straddling the seeding sweep positioned between the front and rear wheels. The rear wheels act as packer wheels for two rows of seeds. The walking beam system lifts a main support frame of the seeding element against the bias from a pressurized controlled hydraulic cylinder. The seeding sweep is mounted upon a trip shank. The seeds are supplied through a tube which splits at the sweep to deposit the seeds into the cavity within the sweep on either side of the center line of the sweep. A fertilizer banding knife projects downwardly and rearwardly from the lower end of the shank to a position rearwardly of the sweep.

Abstract: This invention relates to a flex tine soil mulcher comprised of a plurality of spaced parallel elongated support arms which extend in a lateral direction with respect to the travel of the device over a cultivated field. A plurality of elongated spaced soil-engaging tines are secured to each of the support arms and extend downwardly therefrom. An upstanding bracket arm is secured to each of the support arms with the bracket arms being in longitudinal alignment. First and second parallel connecting arms are pivotally secured to the bracket arms whereby the attitude of the tines with respect to a vertical plane can be adjusted by longitudinally moving one of the connecting arms with respect to the other. A stop means interconnects the connecting arms to prevent longitudinal movement of one connecting arm with respect to the other in first longitudinal direction, but permits free longitudinal movement between the connecting arms in an opposite longitudinal direction.

Abstract: An apparatus which can cultivate rice and other crops, comprising a frame having a plurality of transversely extending spaced cultivator bars, each of the bars having a plurality of spaced elongated soil working members extending generally vertically downward of said bars. The apparatus is pulled over the planted area to remove the weed plants.

Abstract: A tine mounting arrangement for a harrow provides a transverse elongate support member with a plurality of stub shafts extending outwardly therefrom in the same horizontal plane at an angle of 45.degree.. Each stub shaft carries a pair of spring tines with the springs wrapped around the shaft and an inclined portion of the tine extending forwardly from the angled shaft and therefore at an angle to the transverse support member. Two such members can be mounted on pivot arms to provide a transverse reciprocating working action of the tines. This harrow element can be mounted upon support arms pivoted from a draw bar and carried on ground wheels which may be simple depth wheels or may form packer wheels. In an alternative arrangement the packer wheels and harrow element are mounted on a subframe which can be reversed so that the packers operate in advance of the harrow element.

Abstract: A tine mounting arrangement for a harrow provides a transverse elongate support member with a plurality of stub shafts extending outwardly therefrom in the same horizontal plane at an angle of 45.degree.. Each stub shaft carries a pair of spring tines with the springs wrapped around the shaft and an inclined portion of the tine extending forwardly from the angled shaft and therefore at an angle to the transverse support member. Two such members can be mounted on pivot arms to provide a transverse reciprocating working action of the tines. This harrow element can be mounted upon support arms pivoted from a draw bar and carried on ground wheels which may be simple depth wheels or may form packer wheels. In an alternative arrangement the packer wheels and harrow element are mounted on a subframe which can be reversed so that the packers operate in advance of the harrow element.

Abstract: A spring tooth harrow for land treatment has an improved spring tooth and an improved tooth attachment clip; the tooth has a tine, a helical coil spring, and a mounting lug having an inboard leg, a semi-circular medial leg and a straight outboard leg, the legs are co-planar and have a divergent angle between them; the clip is L-shaped and has a first leg with a rear shoulder and a fastener aperture and a second leg with a taper divergent towards the first leg; the clip second leg goes in between the lug inboard and outboard ends and biases the tooth into proper position, the second leg also absorbs a significant part of the lateral loads upon the tooth, and applies these loads directly to a structure of the harrow.

Abstract: A cultivator designed to dig up weeds from between rows of crop. The structure of the cultivator is unified with a laterally extended front bar that carries digging tines that dig up weeds along each side of the row of crop of a number of rows at one time. A rear bar is spaced from and in parallel relationship with the front bar and carries digging tines that dig up weeds down the center of the rows. The structure is mounted to a tractor, and depth controlling wheels, supported on the ground during operation, determine in part the depth of penetration of the tines into the ground.

Abstract: A harrow mounted on an earthworking tool works the soil adjacent the tool. The harrow has a clamp assembly mounted on the body of a spring earthworking tool. A pair of coil springs are mounted on the clamp assembly. Each coil spring is connected to a downwardly directed earthworking tine.

Abstract: A universal auxiliary implement mount for agricultural implements utilizes spaced, parallel, triangular plate members for attachment and selective positioning on respective tool bars of different main implements. A draw tongue is pivotally attached to one pair of a pair of mounting apertures extending through central portions of the triangular plate members. A biasing rod has one end which is pivotally attached to the draw tongue and extends in an upward angle with the other end thereof received in an apex portion of the triangular plate members. The biasing rod has a spring therewith which selectively exerts downward pressure on the draw tongue while allowing vertical movement over rough ground surfaces.

Abstract: A mulcher that includes a longitudinal member having one end adapted for connection to a mobile power source, a beam member extending transversely of the connecting member and connected thereto and also having a downwardly opening channel configuration, a generally curved bar located in the channel configuration, a mounting structure for connecting the curved bar to the beam member and a spring tooth structure having a pair of spaced axially aligned coil portions and an intervening connector portion pivotally mounted on the curved bar with a tooth portion extending downwardly from the endmost convolutions of the coil portions. The connector portion engaging the mounting structure when the mulcher is towed and the tooth portions engage the soil with the coil portions winding up on the curved bar. The connector portion moving away from the mounting structure until the tooth portions contact the channel when the mulcher is backed up with the tooth portions in the soil.

Abstract: A thatch rake consisting of a frame carrying a multiplicity of downwardly projecting spring teeth dragging the ground and supporting the frame, said teeth being biased forwardly and downwardly but sprung rearwardly by forward motion of the frame, each tooth having a stop member intermediate its ends engageable with the frame after partial springing thereof to reduce its effective length so that portion between the stop and its free end, so as to increase its effective stiffness, and being so supported as to provide a pronounced downward movement thereof if allowed by ground contour to recover forwardly, so as to be enabled to follow uneven ground contours accurately, all of the teeth being connected loosely to allow only limited relative forward and rearward movement thereof, so as to prevent possible bouncing or "leapfrogging" movements of the rake.

Abstract: A double-coil spring tine is pivotally attached to a channel-shaped mounting bar of a harrow unit by a removable bracket. The portion of the tine connecting the coils is held loosely next to the mounting bar by the bracket so that the entire tine can pivot about the axis of the attaching portion. The portion of the tine on either side of the bracket is placed in tension rather than subjected to bending. Tines are individually replaceable without need to disassemble the mounting bar.

Abstract: A soil working machine, such as a cultivator, has a frame beam to which a working element is connected by a support. The support is resilient or resiliently mounted and can deflect when the working element meets an obstruction, or heavy ground resistance, but the working element maintains its orientation in the soil. A control rod coextends with the support and four pivot points enable the element to be displaced without loosing its orientation. The working element is pivotally connected to the support by a pivot pin and the control arm also can be pivoted to that element. In a variant, the control arm is eliminated and a V-shaped share is hinged to pivot up and down between stops.

Abstract: A mulch loosening rake consisting of a frame carrying a multiplicity of downwardly projecting spring teeth dragging the ground, said teeth being biased forwardly and downwardly but sprung rearwardly by forward motion of the frame, each tooth having a stop member intermediate its ends engageable with the frame after partial springing thereof to reduce its effective length to the portion between the stop and its free end, so as to increase its effective stiffness, and being so supported as to provide a pronounced downward movement thereof if allowed by ground contour to recover forwardly, so as to be enabled to follow the ground contour accurately.

Abstract: In a farm harrow, a U-shaped clamp mounts channel-shaped bars to harrow tine supporting shafts. The shafts transversely extend through longitudinal channel-shaped carrier arms and are rotatably mounted therethrough. The bars are mounted within each respective carrier arm channel and introduce, in cooperation with the carrier arm, rotative limits to the respective shafts. The bars allow the rotative limits of the respective shafts to be adjusted accordingly so as to maintain a desired drag angle for the attached harrow teeth during forward harrow movement as well as allowing the harrow to back up without the attached harrow teeth digging in.

Abstract: A lawn rake and cultivator comprising a frame having multiple rows of depending tines, each of which has a forward end which inclines forwardly and upwardly the majority of the time during forward travel, for pitching thatch forwardly and upwardly out of grass due to resiliency of the teeth which causes them to move backwards and forwards as they engage the ground and support the frame, one or more teeth being held upwardly for row crop cultivation by passing harmlessly across the row crop, the teeth being stiffened for special uses by a horizontal stiffener fixed to the frame and having openings therethrough receiving center portions of the teeth.

Abstract: An attachment for an earth working apparatus having a mobile frame with central and wing sections, each with forward and rear frame members and a plurality of earth working members thereon. The attachment includes a plurality of reach arms for each section and having a forward end portion thereof connected to the forward and rear frame members of the respective frame section. A vertically adjustable hanger unit is swingably mounted on each reach arm and has a tool bar carrying support member swingably mounted thereon. Each hanger unit is constructed so as to permit an elongated, adjustable drag tension spring to have unusually great length such as by allowing a lower end portion to be connected to the respective support member rearwardly of the hanger unit and an upper end portion to be connected to the respective reach arm forwardly of the hanger unit.

Abstract: A cultivating implement for agricultural soil, especially a harrow for seedbed preparation which includes a common carrier and resilient harrow teeth attached to a frame element. The harrow teeth are arranged at least in pairs at the common carrier with a resilient mounting construction being provided for mounting the common carrier to the frame.

Abstract: Disk gangs are resiliently suspended from an implement frame by retroverted flat spring members. Flat surfaces of the springs are oriented perpendicularly to the disk blade shaft to thereby permit vertical and fore-and-aft flexing of the disk gangs as obstacles are encountered and yet minimize lateral movement of the gangs to retain gang blade alignment between front and rearwardly positioned disk gangs.

Abstract: A clamp for mounting an agricultural spring tooth to a square cross section tool bar includes an L-shaped angle bracket, one leg having a transverse slot near a free end thereof, the other leg having a bolt receiving aperture near its end, and a partially channel shaped retaining clip having a transverse slot near one end and a bolt receiving aperture near the other end. The bracket is mounted on the tool bar in contact with two adjacent sides of the square bar, the mounting of the spring tooth shank being received in the bracket slot and contacting another side of the bar, and the clip being overlayed on the mounting shank with the end of the one leg received in the clip slot. A bolt is passed through the other leg, the clip, and the shank, clamping same together on the tool bar. Side flanges on the retaining clip rest adjacent side edges of the mounting shank whereby, in cooperation with the clip slot, lateral pivoting of the tooth is resisted.

Abstract: A lightweight pasture harrow for breaking up and scattering piles of manure and like material in a pasture including a shaped wire mesh framework secured to a front crossbar which provides a tow bar for pulling the harrow across a field, or pasture. The wire mesh framework includes a plurality of longitudinal wires and a plurality of transverse wires. Ends of the longitudinal wires may serve as harrow teeth, or separate harrow teeth may be provided.

Abstract: An inverted U-shaped bracket is designed to flexibly mount transverse harrow tine supporting bars for independent movement of each other upon longitudinally extending implement carrier arms to permit drag angle adjustment and ability to back up without digging in.

Abstract: This invention relates to a subsoil plow which includes a supporting frame having front and rear sides. A plurality of plow elements are mounted on the frame for pivotable movement on a horizontal axis in a direction fore and aft of the frame. The plow elements are transversely spaced on the frame. Latching means are provided for releasably holding each plow element generally upright in plowing position. Each plow element is spring urged to plowing position whereby forward movement of the plow through the soil may be accompanied by a vibratory pivotal motion thereof.

Abstract: A multi-row vineyard cultivator for cultivating a plurality of generally parallel rows of grape vines simultaneously having a wheeled framework adapted to travel over the rows with first and second outriggers mounted on the framework extending from the framework in a direction generally perpendicular to the line of travel so that they overlie a row on each side of the framework. A downwardly depending post is provided on each of the outriggers. Cultivator assemblies are mounted on each of the posts which are adequate for one row. A hydraulic actuator is provided for moving the post and the cultivator assemblies carried thereby longitudinally along the outrigger associated therewith.

Abstract: 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 comprises a set of reels each mounted to the framework for free rotation about a transverse axis. Two sets of axial blade members are provided about each reel. The blades are equiangularly spaced about the axis and are arranged so that each blade of one set is angularly spaced midway between adjacent blades of the other set. The first set of blades include ground-engaging edges spaced a first radius from the axis. The corresponding edges of the remaining set of blades are spaced a second radius from the axis that is less than the first radius.