Abstract: A drawing roller of a cutting trough of an agricultural machine, particularly a harvester thresher, has a drawing roller body rotatably mounted in a cutting trough, oppositely operating screw plates arranged at outer ends of the roller body, a plurality of controlled drawing fingers arranged on the roller body in a central region thereof, and at least one rigid driving member arranged on the roller body in the central region in addition to the controlled driving fingers.

Abstract: A multiple rotor mower having a plurality of substantially side-by-side vertically disposed rotors each having a horizontally disposed disc at their lower ends and mowing blades beneath the discs, the discs being segmented into readily detachable and replaceable disc portions for easy replacement of any disc portions damaged by contact with rocks. Closed ground engaging skids are provided beneath discs, the ground engaging skids being formed from two dish-shaped portions having a fastening flange extending outwardly from their adjacent open ends so that the bottom portion of each disc is readily detachable and replaceable providing replacement of the bottom portion of the ground engaging skid when damaged or to obtain different height adjustments of the mower rotor assemblies. The mower rotor assembly is spring suspended from an overhead support arm from the mower frame reducing the force of the ground engaging skids upon the ground.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with an improved construction of collapsible, portable domestic pet cage for carrying with a pet keeper such domestic pets as dogs, cats and the like, wherein bent portions of the cage can be readily constructed without using any connecting means and fixing means, and when collapsed dimensionally in a small form, the whole circumferential walls of the cage is accommodated between vertical walls of ceiling plate and erected walls of receptacle plate or dish so as to be made dimensionally in a small size.

Abstract: An improved powered lawn mower of the type comprising a longitudinally extending engine bed support frame, a transversely extending cutting reel and bed knife assembly carried by the frame, a transversely extending front roller carried by the frame and longitudinally spaced in front of the cutting reel, and a transversely extending lawn conditioning roller carried by the frame and spaced between the front roller and the cutting wheel. The improvements comprise a conditioning roller vertical adjustment means carried by the frame and operable to adjust the vertical height of the conditioning roller with respect to the grass and the pitch of the bed knife together with conditioning roller drive mechanism which is enclosed and pivotable upon vertical movement of the conditioning roller.

Abstract: A hay rake tooth assembly comprising an elastomeric body secured to a mounting bracket, an elongated rake tine having one end embedded in said elastomeric body. The end embedded in said elastomeric body having a bent around portion which provides an elastomeric linking member in said body. The bent around portion extending in substantially a circular arc of at least 270.degree.. The elastomeric body having a cross-sectional configuration as viewed in a plane parallel to the primary direction of deflection such that there is provided more elastomeric material on the side of the body which is placed in tension as opposed to the side which is placed in compression during deflection.

Abstract: The asparagus picking machine of the present invention comprises a frame assembly which is adapted to be carried by a vehicle adjacent to the ground. A continuous picker belt assembly is mounted on the frame assembly and is trained around a forward sprocket, a rearward sprocket and a chain guide means which is located between and below the two sprockets. The picker belt assembly comprises a plurality of elongated spaced apart parallel picker bars extending parallel to the rotational forward and rearward axes of the sprockets. The belt assembly includes chains which interconnect the spaced apart picker bars. The chains are trained around the forward and rearward sprockets and are guided through the guide means so as to travel in a downward and rearward inclined path from the forward sprocket to the guide means and then through an S-shaped pattern as the chain passes through the guide means.

Abstract: An elongated handle is provided having first and second ends and a generally fan-shaped multi-tine head is supported from the first end of the handle and projects endwise outwardly therefrom. The tine head includes a plurality of elongated tines anchored relative to each other and the first end of the handle at one set of corresponding tine ends and the tines diverge outwardly toward the other set of tine ends which are disposed, generally, in the same plane. The other or free ends of the tines include similar laterally directed terminal ends disposed transverse to the aforementioned plane and elongated transverse connecting and bracing structure extends between and interconnects the tines centrally intermediate the terminal ends thereof and the ends anchored relative to the handle. Debris movement limiting structure is connected between adjacent terminal end portions of the tines and spaced from the free ends thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for edging and mowing lawns. A rotary lawn edger is demountably attached to a rotary lawn mower for being driven by the motor of the mower through a power take-off, a positive first speed increaser drive and a slippable second speed increaser drive.

Abstract: A gardening tool having a long straight handle with a rake head on one end and a hoe head on the opposite end. The rake head has tines which extend beyond the one end of the handle at an obtuse angle to the longitudinal axis of the handle and terminate in transverse teeth which are disposed completely on one side of the handle. The hoe head extends beyond its end of the handle at an obtuse angle to the longitudinal axis of the handle and it presents a flat blade located completely on one side of the handle. The rake head and the hoe head are offset from each other rotationally about the axis of the handle to prevent the hoe head from striking a person using the tool for raking and to prevent the rake head from striking the person using the tool as a hoe.

Abstract: A hay rake tine assembly is disclosed in which the tines are attached to a mounting plate by an elastomeric body which buckles upon the application of excessive force to the tines. The buckling decreases the spring rate of the body and avoids excessive tension and compression forces, which may result in failure of the metal-rubber bonds. The body also includes a clearance for the deflection of the tine. The assembly also includes an engagement between the tine and the mounting plates so that the tine will not drop in the event of rubber failure.

Abstract: An anti-wrapping protector for spring fingers on a reel for combines and other harvesting equipment and in particular for use on the type of combine reel generally known as the "Hume" reel. The Hume reel includes mechanisms to keep provided spring teeth or tines on the reel always pointed substantially vertically downward from their support pipe. In combining (harvesting) soy beans and other crops that tend to cling and wrap around anything that moves, as well as cutting hay with windrowers, it has been found that coils in the springs in the well known "Hume" reel as well as the pipes and tine support bats themselves cause wrapping. This requires stopping to clean the material out and great time delays are encountered. The present device is a unitary, molded plastic tubular member that has a slit so the tube can be slipped over the support pipe, bat, and coil of the reel spring tooth and then secured in position to protect the parts from wrapping.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compact mushroom harvester which utilizes a relatively short blade adapted to oscillate horizontally in an arcuate manner and move laterally and longitudinally over the bed, thereby allowing selected mushrooms or small groups of mushrooms to be picked individually. The picked mushrooms are transferred from the bed, preferably by a vacuum article transfer device.

Abstract: An elongated trailer-type vehicle is provided for pulling behind a prime mover such as a lawn tractor. The vehicle includes an elongated frame having vertically adjustable hitch structure at its forward end for releasable hitching behind a lawn tractor and downwardly extendible and upwardly retractable ground engaging support wheels for decreasing and increasing, respectively, the elevation of the frame above the ground surface upon which the wheels rest. The frame additionally includes front and rear depending spring tine assemblies forward and rearward of the wheels and the tine assemblies each include a plurality of depending tines spaced transversely of the frame.

Abstract: A machine advances along a windrow of hay, or other field crop, which is dry on top but still damp on the bottom. The windrow is engaged, elevated and urged rearwardly in a continuous stream. A diagonal deflector adjacent the after end of the machine intercepts the flow of the windrow and inverts it before returning the inverted windrow to the ground. Twin spaced rows of disappearing backwardly raked tines travel across the face of the deflector in the path of the windrow to assure inversion; and guide rods at the trailing end of the deflector smoothly direct the windrow as it gravitates to the ground. The damp side of the windrow is thereby exposed to the drying effects of sun and wind.

Abstract: A fruit picker which takes the form of an elongated handle section which is secured at its outer end to a ring shaped member. The lower surface of the ring shaped member is secured to a collecting container, such as a bag. The upper surface of the ring shaped member is hiatused in the form of a scalloped arrangement. The stem of the fruit is to connect with a scallop with the fruit itself to be located interiorly of the ring shaped member and by exerting force against the stem will cause the stem to break resulting in the fruit being separated from the tree and falling within the collecting container.

Abstract: A method of harvesting cotton includes cutting the cotton plant a short distance above ground, clampingly hold the bush with its main stem substantially in the vertical and imparting revolving movement to the plant at high speed, thus causing cotton bolls to be thrown off the plant by centrifugal force and collecting the thrown off bolls.

Abstract: The casing of a rotary mowing device is formed of a series of tubular sections secured together to form a hollow, rigid unit. The intermediate portion is formed of a series of similar sections defining an open-ended, generally rectangular tube and there are two end sections closing these ends. The casing houses a series of gears and at intervals upstanding shafts project from the casing and to which the rotary cutting members are attached. The parting line between sections are disposed in planes each of which contains the axis of one of the shafts.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning bush. The apparatus has a frame with a circular saw mounted at the front end and power means, for use in operating the saw, mounted at the rear end. Pivot means on the frame are used to pivotally mount the apparatus on a bush vehicle. The vehicle is driven in bush and the saw is operated to cut down bush and small trees. The vehicle operator can both move the circular saw from side to side, and tilt the frame, to raise or lower the saw with one hand.

Abstract: A closing mechanism for the trap door of a stone trap mounted in the floor of the feeder house on a combine harvester is disclosed wherein the trap door can be moved from a opened position to a closed position by the raising of the header. If the stone trap door has been opened for the ejection of non-crop material within the flow of crop material within the feeder house, a link interconnecting the trap door and the frame of the combine effects a pivotal movement of the trap door to its closed position upon actuation of the header lift cylinders to raise the feeder house and attached header above the ground. The link includes a spring to permit extension of the link should the feeder house be raised above a position necessary to affect the closing of the trap door.

Abstract: A mugger for use with an animal chute to immobilize the head of an animal held within the chute includes a pair of slotted elongated tubular members that are fixed to the exit gate of the chute with the slots facing outward. Bracket members are moved vertically in the slots by a piston and cable arrangement. A sling suspended between the bracket members moves from a position resting on the ground adjacent the exit gate to a elevated position to engage the head of the animal held in the chute for tagging, treatment or the like.