Abstract: A weed extraction tool device quickly and easily extracts a weed by its roots. The device includes an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end. A handle is coupled to the first end of the shaft. A blade is coupled to the second end of the shaft. The blade is configured for being inserted into a ground surface for removing weeds from the ground surface. A leverage member is coupled to and extends outwardly from a rear end of the shaft. The leverage member is positioned below the handle and above the blade. The leverage member is configured to abut the ground surface to provide leverage for facilitating extraction of the weeds from the ground surface. The blade is angled downwardly and forwardly away from the shaft in a direction away from the leverage member.

Abstract: An agricultural implement has a ground opening and closing assembly that readily allows for adjustment of a pair of closing disks into different, discreet or infinitely variable, home positions that vary in height, disk spacing and fore/aft dimension. In one form, a pair of disk mounts have a pair of mounting receptacles for each support arm. Each support arm is configured to be inserted into one of the receptacles to set the height and fore/aft position of the associated closing disk. Mounting openings can be formed in the disk mounts and the support arms, and a simple pin mechanism received in aligned mounting openings can effect manual disk adjustment without tools. The disk mounts and the support arms can have multiple mounting openings spaced apart differently from the ground opening member to vary the spacing between the closing disks.

Abstract: A cultivator is provided for cultivating a field. The cultivator can have a frame with a tow assembly so that the cultivator can be towed by a tractor. A cultivating assembly can be provided pivotally attached to the rear of the frame. The cultivating assembly can have a plurality of discs that engage and penetrate the soil beneath the cultivating assembly. The cultivating assembly can have a center section pivotally connected at the to the rear end of the frame, a first wing section pivotally connected to one side of the center section, a second wing pivotally connected the other side of center section where all the sections have discs connected to them. A pair of ground wheels can be provided connected to the center section so that the ground wheels are positioned in front of the cultivating assembly when it is being used to cultivate a field.

Abstract: Rotor shaft (22) for use in an aerating device (1) for a ground, wherein the rotor shaft (22) comprises at least one connecting disc (4) which extends transversely of the axis of the rotor shaft (22) and on which at least two knives (3) are arranged, wherein each knife (3) is provided with two knife connecting holes (33a, 33b) and is connected between the connecting disc (4) and a connecting ring (6), wherein the connecting disc (4) and the connecting ring (6) are provided with knife connecting holes (44, 54) which coincide with the knife connecting holes (33a, 33b) of the knives (3), wherein bolts (74) are arranged through the coinciding knife connecting holes (33a, 33b) in order to connect the connecting disc (4), the knives (3) and the connecting ring (6), wherein the connecting ring (6) is constructed from at least two ring sectors which together form the connecting ring (6).

Abstract: Aerating device (1) for a ground, comprising:—a frame (16);—moving means (11) arranged on the frame (16) for the purpose of moving the aerating device (1) in a direction of movement over a ground surface for working;—a drive (14);—a rotor shaft (2) provided with a plurality of knives (22), wherein the rotor shaft (2) is arranged bearing-mounted between the frame (16) and the drive (14), wherein the rotor shaft (2) is operatively coupled to the drive (14) for the purpose of rotating the rotor shaft (2), wherein the knives (22) are inserted successively into the ground surface, wherein during uncoupling of the rotor shaft (2) and the drive (14) the rotor shaft (2) is movable in a direction away from the drive (14) such that the rotor shaft (2) lies at a distance from the drive (14).

Abstract: A shark fin wear bar includes a fin edge configured to till the soil. The fin edge is positioned to face in the same direction as the ripper point. The shark fin wear bar also includes a first part configured to abut the rear of the ripper point such that debris from tilling cannot get lodged between the two components.

Abstract: A downforce controller for an agricultural implement having a double-acting hydraulic cylinder. The cylinder is configured to be coupled to an agricultural row unit and an agricultural toolbar for transmitting a net downforce between the agricultural toolbar and the agricultural row unit. A first pressure in a first chamber of the cylinder and a second pressure in a second chamber of the cylinder have counteracting effects on the net downforce. A manifold coupled to the cylinder is in fluid communication with the first chamber. A pressure control valve coupled to the manifold is in fluid communication with the manifold and the first chamber.

Abstract: A closing wheel assembly is provided for a row unit agricultural planter. The planter is configured to open a trench in the soil and the closing wheel assembly is configured to close the trench. A resilient flap is provided for firming and leveling the soil returned to the trench by the closing wheel assembly. Pivotally mounted offset closing wheels are also provided.

Abstract: A system for coating seeds with the composition containing a foaming agent and color indicator and related dispensing apparati.

Abstract: A metering apparatus for distributing an agricultural product in a field has a meterbox configured for association with a hopper for receiving agricultural product from the hopper. A rotatable metering element is disposed within a chamber in the meterbox, and the rotating metering element is configured to deliver the agricultural product at a regulated rate from the hopper through the chamber to a product distribution line. Delivery of the agricultural product to the product distribution line may be selectively stopped by a reversibly inflatable seal between the metering element and an outlet to the distribution line, a reversible seal formed by contact between the metering element and an inlet from the hopper to the chamber, or a disengagement structure for disengaging the agricultural product from the metering element while the metering element continues to rotate.

Abstract: A delay period timing system for a seeding implement with a feed control. A distribution network conveys products to the furrow openers, and a feeding mechanism controls flow of products into the distribution network. A flow sensor downstream from the feeding mechanism detects when products are flowing at a sensing location, and a timer measures a delay period between the time the feeding mechanism starts or stops flow and when the flow sensor starts or stops detecting flow. The delay period is adjusted to account for the location of the flow sensor. A method of determining the delay period includes determining the length of the distribution network and determining the speed of flow of the products. The system can be used on seeding implement with or without sectional control.

Abstract: A weeding hand tool device facilitates removal of weeds using a sliding motion over the ground surface. The device includes a handle having a first end and a second end. The handle is elongated extending from the first end to the second end. A planar cutting head is coupled to the second end of the handle. The cutting head has a sharpened outer peripheral edge comprising a front section, a pair of outer front side sections, a rear section, and a pair of outer rear side sections. A pair of slots are aligned and extend inwardly from opposed sides of the cutting head wherein each slot is positioned between an associated one of the outer front side sections and an associated one of the outer rear side sections.

Abstract: A robot lawnmower includes a robot body, a drive system, a localizing system, a teach monitor, and a controller in communication with one another. The drive system is configured to maneuver the robot lawnmower over a lawn. The teach monitor determines whether the robot lawnmower is in a teachable state. The controller includes a data processing device and non-transitory memory in communication with the data processing device. The data processing device executes a teach routine when the controller is in a teach mode for tracing a confinement perimeter around the lawn as a human operator pilots the robot lawn mower, when the robot lawnmower is in the teachable state, the teach routine stores global positions determined by the localizing system in the non-transitory memory, and when the robot lawnmower is in the unteachable state, the teach routine issues an indication of the unteachable state.

Abstract: The cord-type mowing machine is configured as follows: a body has a pillar; a reel is interpolated to the pillar; a ratchet wheel is interpolated to the pillar, and is stored inside the reel, and is rotated in a direction same as that of the reel; a ring is attached to the upper side of the reel; an upper cap is fixed to the upper end of the pillar; noreturn projections are successively formed on the undersurface of the upper cap; the ratchet wheel has a gathering pallet and is pressed toward the upper cap by a coil spring and the gathering pallet of the ratchet wheel is locked in a noreturn projection toward the letting-out direction of the cord; when the ratchet wheel falls due to a shock, locking between the gathering pallet and the noreturn projection is unlocked and the reel becomes rotatable in the letting out direction; the ring has an unlocking projection; when the ring is rotated in a winding direction, the gathering pallet climbs over the noreturn projection and the reel rotates in the winding direc

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting monofilament (1) for a vegetation cutting machine such as a brush cutter or an edge trimmer, having a cross-section comprising at least two portions (10, 11, 12) made of thermoplastic materials having different mechanical properties, said cross-section being constant along a longitudinal axis (X) of the monofilament, wherein each of said portions (10, 11, 12) has a continuously varying position along said longitudinal axis of the monofilament and the arrangement of each portion relative to the cross-section is constant along said longitudinal axis. The invention also relates to a process of manufacturing monofilament, comprising drawing the monofilament from a rotating extrusion head.

Abstract: A mower deck is provided herein. The mower deck includes a housing having a top plate and a downwardly extending wall that depends from a substantial portion of a perimeter of the top plate. The housing includes an attachment member configured to hingedly couple the housing to equipment such that the housing may rotate through a plurality of positions. First and second blades are disposed within the housing configured to rotate in respective first and second directions. A driving unit is operatively connected to the first and second blades. A flexible transmission is coupled to the power source of the equipment and configured to power the drive unit, wherein the transmission is operable at each of the plurality of positions of the housing.

Abstract: A blade mounting structure of a lawn mower includes a blade holder including a shaft-mounted section connected to an output shaft of an engine, and a blade mounting section having a grass cutting blade mounted thereto. The blade holder further includes a connecting leg section located between the shaft-mounted section and the blade mounting section and interconnecting the shaft-mounted section and the blade mounting section. The connecting leg section has a wall thickness dimension gradually decreasing in a direction from the shaft-mounted section toward the blade mounting section.

Abstract: A blade mounting structure of a lawn mower includes: a drive hub mounted on an output shaft of a power source and protruding radially outward beyond an outer periphery of the output shaft; a friction member for transmitting driving force from the drive hub to a blade holder, the drive hub and the friction member having respective curved surfaces slidable on each other when the drive hub and the friction member are in abutting engagement with each other; a grass cutting blade attached to the blade holder; and an energy absorbing member disposed in a space defined by the blade holder and members peripheral to the blade holder, the energy absorbing member being constructed to maintain its shape during normal grass cutting condition but deform when a load exceeding a predetermined value acts on the energy absorbing member.

Abstract: A lawn mower includes: a rotation shaft extending vertically in a downwardly-opening housing; and a cutter blade rotatably mounted on the rotation shaft. The cutter blade is an elongated member extending in opposite horizontal directions and having two bent sections formed on respective ones of its longitudinally opposite end portions. The two bent sections are bent in opposite directions as viewed in the axial direction of the rotation shaft. The cutter blade has, on each of the bent sections, a convex cutter blade section formed along a convex edge of the bent section and a concave cutter blade section formed along a concave edge of the bent section. The convex cutter blade section on each of the bent sections has a smaller cutting edge angle than the concave cutter blade section.

Abstract: A lawn mower includes a cutter blade that is an elongated member extending in opposite horizontal directions with respect to a vertical rotation shaft. The cutter blade includes, on each of its longitudinally opposite end portions, a blade section formed along the front edge, in a rotating direction of the cutter blade, of the end portion, and an air lift section extending from the front edge while curving rearward and upward. The air lift section has a vertical downward wing formed integrally thereon and extending downward via a bent section that is bent downward from at least a rear half portion, in the rotating direction, of an outer peripheral edge of the air lift section. The bent section has a radius set to gradually increase as the air lift section curves rearward and upward in the rotating direction.

Abstract: A header assembly for a combine harvester includes a header carried by an adapter on the feeder house of the combine controlling an angle of the header defined by a tilt cylinder and height of the header at the feeder house. Wings of the header are carried on gauge wheels the height of which relative to the header frame can be adjusted by cylinders. A driver interface inside the cab includes inputs to be set by the driver of cutter bar height and header angle. These are converted by the controller program into inputs for the tilt cylinder and the gauge wheel cylinders.

Abstract: An expansion device for a bulk goods container includes a frame, a plurality of wall panels that are connected to the frame in an articulated manner to pivot outwardly such that a pivoted-out position delimit an interior space of the expansion device, connecting elements that are connected in an articulated manner to the wall panels at two edges of the connecting elements and first expansion elements that are connected in an articulated manner to an upper edge of the wall panels and are configured to pivot between a position resting against the wall panels and a position that extends the wall panels. The position extending the wall panels, flexible membrane elements are tensioned between the first expansion elements.

Abstract: A cam reel for use on a harvesting header that can be configured in both operating and transport positions is provided. The reel comprises a plurality of finger-bearing reel bats disposed evenly around the reel shaft, each rotatably attached through the distal ends of radial arms extending outwardly from the reel shaft. A cam disc is attached to the frame and engages each reel bat by a cam follower, to provide rotational movement of the reel bats relative to the radial arms, during rotation of the shaft in the operating position. The cam has at least one operating position, and a transport position in which the engaged reel bats will be pivoted into transport mode that substantially reduces the risk of damage to the fingers.

Abstract: A crop flow assistance device for a harvesting header comprises a curved member mounted in relation to the rear wall of the header, with a top edge positioned within the draper table area of the header and a concave-curved shield surface. The shield will deflect or roll crop material during operation back into the draper area, so that crop material is not thrown up over the back of the header and is directed to the discharge. This will be particularly advantageous in the harvesting of peas and other dense or tangling crop material which have a tendency to bind or ball in harvest with traditional headers.

Abstract: A cam reel for use on a harvesting header is provided. The reel includes a plurality of reel bats disposed evenly around the reel shaft, each attached to radial arms extending outwardly from the reel shaft by bat arms pivotally attached to the radial arms such that the bat member itself can pivot about a pivot axis around the end of the radial arms. The reel ends of the radial arms define a circular bat path and the reel bats once attached can be pivoted about the pivot axis, parallel to the reel axis, in a bat pivot path to move both inside and outside of the radius of the circular bat path. The reel can be attached to various header assemblies using interchangeable end kits. A header using the reel is also disclosed.

Abstract: A pick-up head may be provided with an anti-wrapping device to prevent materials from wrapping around the pick-up head. The pick-up head may include a plurality of tine bars for carrying a plurality of pick-up teeth. The tine bars may be rotatably supported by a drive shaft and the drive shaft may be secured to end plates of the pick-up head. The anti-wrapping device may be attached to an end of the tine bars to fill in gaps between the tine bars and to create a surface rotatable with the tine bars that is less susceptible to wrapping.

Abstract: A mower attachable user cooling device cools a user of a mower while mowing in hot weather. The device includes a housing, the housing having a first face. A coupler is coupled to the housing wherein the housing is configured for being coupled to a mower such that the first face is directed facing a user of the mower. A fan vent extends through the first face. A fan is positioned in the housing directing air flow out of the fan vent towards the user of the mower.

Abstract: Density control system for an agricultural baler having a baling chamber including a plurality of walls with at least one movable wall section, an intake duct leading into the baling chamber, and a plunger for compressing charges of crop material to a package in the chamber, an actuator for adjusting the position of the at least one movable wall section in response to an output of the density control system to vary the density of said package, wherein the density control system has a sensor for measuring the position of the at least one movable wall section, a comparator for comparing said position with a threshold position and a decision module configured to stop the movement of the actuator means when the position exceeds the threshold position.

Abstract: A system includes a baling chamber designed to form a round bale and a tailgate rotatably coupled to the baling chamber. The tailgate rotates between a closed position that facilitates formation of the round bale and an open position that facilitates ejection of the round bale from the baling chamber. The system includes a ramp coupled to the baling chamber. The ramp is designed to receive the round bale upon ejection from the baling chamber and to direct the round bale away from the baling chamber to a cleared position on the ramp that enables the tailgate to rotate from the open position to the closed position without contacting the round bale. The system also includes a sensor coupled to a distal end of the ramp. The sensor is designed to detect presence of the round bale in the cleared position.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward an agricultural baler including a needle disposed within a baling chamber. The needle transfers a strap to a gripping device. The agricultural baler includes a needle gripper disposed on a distal end of the needle and configured to selectively secure the strap to the needle. The needle gripper includes a thumb gripper rotatably mounted to a wall of the needle gripper. The thumb gripper rotates between a first position configured to secure the strap against a surface of the needle and a second position configured to release the strap from the needle. The needle gripper includes a release arm coupled to the thumb gripper and configured to rotate the thumb gripper from the first position to the second position in response to rotation of the release arm about a release arm axis from a neutral position to a first release position.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a baling press for baling cotton gin trash and other particulate biomass feedstock. The baling press generally comprises an infeed chute assembly, a compression ram assembly, an extrusion chamber assembly, a strapping storage and dispensing assembly, and a strapping insertion assembly. The present invention also relates to methods of producing a bale with the baling press and a bale generated by said baling press and described methods.

Abstract: An agricultural baler includes a baling chamber configured to receive a compressible material and a track positioned about at least a portion of the baling chamber. The track is configured to receive a strap and to guide the strap around the portion of the baling chamber. The agricultural baler also includes a sealing assembly positioned adjacent to a first side of the baling chamber and configured to receive the strap and to seal the strap into a loop around the compressible material to form a strapped bale. The sealing assembly is configured to move relative to the baling chamber as the sealing assembly seals the strap into the loop around the compressible material as the compressible material moves toward an outlet at a second end of the baling chamber.

Abstract: Knotter system comprising a bill hook, a twine receiver, a cutting arm and drive components and/or means. The twine receiver is adapted to let the twines slip during a second full rotation of the bill hook so that cutting of the twines is avoided when forming the second knot. The drive components and/or means can maintain the cutting arm in the extended position after the second rotation of the bill hook for a predetermined period which is sufficient to allow removal of the second knot from the bill hook.

Abstract: A machine for distribution of products for animals, including a bucket including an opening toward a casing including a turbine including a disc. The disc includes knives and blades extending to a respective front face adjacent the opening. At least one row of knives extends between the disc and a front face of a blade and in the extension of that blade, with a first knife adjacent to the front face and a last knife adjacent to the disc. At least one additional first knife is arranged between the front face of a blade and a wall of the casing pierced with the opening, the turbine including at least one branch including the front face of a blade. The at least one branch extends from a periphery of a central plate adjacent the opening, remote from the disc and connected to the blade whose front face belongs to the branch.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a grafting technique effective also for crops such as soybean and plants of the Poaceae family including rice, wheat, corn, etc. A method of cultivating a crop of the present invention as a solution means thereof is characterized by comprising replacing a radicle of a dry seed with a radicle of another seed capable of achieving grafting, and thereafter, germinating the seed.

Abstract: A growing assembly including a greenhouse and support for the greenhouse, such as a stand or brackets, is disclosed. The greenhouse is capable of storing various items, such as plants, and can be easily and quickly placed on a stand or brackets. The stand has wheels, which make the stand and greenhouse supported by the stand quickly and easily portable. The brackets provide support for the greenhouse so that the greenhouse may be easily mounted on a wall and easily removed from the brackets when access to the greenhouse is desired.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for training a grape vine. The apparatus is a linear grid composed of transverse and longitudinal elements that are configured to result in a network of spaces that are sized to substantially provide a separate space for each vine shoot. The apparatus is mobile within the vine canopy serving various functions as the growing season progresses. The mobility of the grid apparatus allows repositioning throughout the growing season while still retaining the shoots within the grid openings.

Abstract: A multi-purpose portable log skidder that is a self propelled log skidder that does not require a vehicle to tow it.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an automated method for optimizing irrigation, whereby different parts of a field are irrigated different amounts, based at least in part on an analysis of spatial soil properties of the field, and extrapolation of data from soil sensors placed in the different parts of a field.

Abstract: The aim of the present invention is to propose an offshore aquaculture installation in a healthy environment for fish, having the smallest possible impact on the environment in terms of pollution, with a combination of technical means ensuring the stability of the structure and the safety of humans, with all the equipment necessary for easy offshore operation. This aim achieved by an offshore aquaculture installation comprising one or a plurality of cages (1) for breeding fish and a floating structure (2) that is ballasted and submersible.

Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘FALL’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 20-25 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, green color foliage (measuring about 25-30 cm length and about 3-3.5 cm in width) Superior floral bract production; bracts are red-purple in color (closest to RHS 59A) with a yellow colored tip at the top primary bracts (closest to RHS 13A), singular head inflorescence, measuring about 8 cm in height and about 18 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel Eustoma having cytoplasmic male sterility and a method for breeding the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a novel Eustoma having cytoplasmic male sterility, wherein the Eustoma substantially lacks pollen production functions due to insufficient stamen or pollen formation, and a method for breeding the same.

Abstract: A squash cultivar, designated squash line PN301, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of squash line PN301, to the plants of squash line PN301 and to methods for producing a squash plant by crossing the squash line PN301 with itself or another squash cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a squash plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic squash plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to squash cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from squash line PN301, to methods for producing other squash cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from squash line PN301 and to the squash plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid squash seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing squash line PN301 with another squash cultivar.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV319385. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV319385, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV319385 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV319385 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV319385.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV137072. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV137072, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV137072 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV137072 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV137072.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV511034. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV511034, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV511034 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV511034 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV511034.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV566597. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV566597, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV566597 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV566597 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV566597.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV132428. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV132428, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV132428 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV132428 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV132428.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV576465. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV576465, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV576465 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV576465 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV576465.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV780360. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV780360, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV780360 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV780360 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV780360.