Patents Examined by Spencer W. Warnick
  • Patent number: 5349911
    Abstract: A clearing assembly of a farm implement comprises a clearing wheel having peripheral teeth for clearing mulch and means for attaching the clearing assembly for centrally positioning the clearing wheel in front of a tool of a unit of the farm implement. The clearing assembly has a vertical standard and an arm attached radially to the lower end of the standard. The outer end of the arm is connected to the hub of the Wheel. The upper end of the standard is adjustable vertically and rotatively within the attaching means to position the clearing wheel vertically for minimum penetration of soil and transversely for clearing a path with a centerline directly in front of the tool of the unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean W. Holst, Ray Rawson