Abstract: The Root Getter is the only product of its kind that features a steel head and pipe handle that functions optimally in all environments for added durability, flexibility, and convenience. What makes the Root Getter truly unique is its ground-breaking design that is structured to get the user off of the ground for a much higher level of accessibility as it completely eliminates the need to hunch over and extracts the very root of any weed through one simple motion.

Abstract: A drag plate attachment for skid steer machines includes a coupling body, a drag plate body, and a plurality of flexible connectors. The coupling body mounts the drag plate attachment to a skid steer machine as the drag plate body is pivotably connected to coupling body by the plurality of flexible connectors. The drag plate body includes a front beveled end, a rear flat end, a plurality of first cross beams, and a plurality of second cross beams to efficiently distribute a quantity of lose materials throughout a lot or an area. Due to the configuration of the coupling body, the drag plate body, and the flexible connectors, the drag plate attachment distributes a large amount of lose material with greater precision than a heavier machine or attachment, and with greater speed than a worker with hand tools.

Abstract: A first machine of a tree planting system includes: a cultivator cultivating soil where a plant for tree planting is to be planted; a first traveling device traveling with the cultivator; and a cultivated position detector obtaining and outputting actual cultivated positions corresponding to positions of the cultivator while the cultivator travels with the first traveling device and cultivates the soil. A management device of the tree planting system stores actual cultivated positions. A second machine of the tree planting system includes: a planting device planting a plant in the soil; a second traveling device traveling with the planting device; a planting device position detector obtaining a position of the planting device; and a controller controlling a position of the planting device based on: actual cultivated positions acquired from the management device; and the position of the planting device at the timing when a plant is planted.

Abstract: A towed agricultural machine includes a converter, configured to convert a first voltage potential generated by a generator to a second voltage potential. The second voltage potential powers a component of the towed agricultural machine. Further, the towed agricultural machine also includes a switch that senses the absence of the second voltage potential from the converter and switches to powering the subcomponent with a second voltage potential received from a source external to the towed agricultural machine.

Abstract: The present invention includes one or more alignment devices connected to an agricultural implement. The alignment devices are preferably attached, or part of a toolbar, which in turn is connected to, or a part of, the implement. A working unit bar includes one or more working units, such as manure injectors, discs, rakes, or the like. The working unit bar is connected to the toolbar or implement at a joint, where the joint is freely moving at times and held in place at other times. The one or more alignment devices have two modes, storage and operational modes.

Abstract: A paddy seed treatment agent containing a herbicidal active component and having a sufficient herbicidal effect, while having a reduced risk of herbicide injury to paddy rice, a method for treating paddy seeds using the paddy seed treatment agent, paddy seeds, and a method for controlling paddy field weeds by sowing and cultivating the paddy seeds, are provided. The paddy seed treatment agent contains fenquinotrione or a salt thereof as a herbicidal active component. The method for controlling paddy field weeds includes sowing and cultivating paddy seeds treated with this paddy seed treatment agent, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agricultural delivery system which may selectively deliver agricultural product (e.g., seeds or fertilizer) along one or more paths to row units according to a real-time location determined for the delivery system. The delivery system may include: a rotating drum configured to separate individual product for depositing along paths to row units; a sectional control system which may include wheels or gates for selectively cutting off product in the paths; and a controller in communication with a positioning system and the sectional control system. In operation, as the delivery system moves through a field, the controller may continuously determine a location for the delivery system. The controller may then operate to adjust individual product delivery, via the sectional control system, according to the location.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agricultural delivery system which may selectively deliver agricultural product (e.g., seeds or fertilizer) along one or more paths to row units according to a real-time location determined for the delivery system. The delivery system may include: a rotating drum configured to separate individual product for depositing along paths to row units; a sectional control system which may include wheels or gates for selectively cutting off product in the paths; and a controller in communication with a positioning system and the sectional control system. In operation, as the delivery system moves through a field, the controller may continuously determine a location for the delivery system. The controller may then operate to adjust individual product delivery, via the sectional control system, according to the location.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an applicator having an agricultural product mechanical conveying system which transfers particulate material metered into the mechanical conveying system from one or more source containers to the application equipment on demand, and meters the material at the application equipment. The mechanical conveying system employs longitudinal mechanical distributors that operate to move and mix the particulate material from one of the source containers or tanks along the mechanical distributor to a plenum. At the plenum the different types of particulate materials are further blended, such as within a particle injector, and delivered to the distribution nozzles for discharge from the applicator.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an applicator having an agricultural product pneumatic conveying system which meters particulate material from one or more source containers at the application equipment and transports the particulate material to evenly distribute the particulate material from the applicator. The pneumatic conveying system employs large diameter supply lines connected between the metering devices at the source containers and delivery nozzles, where the supply lines operate to move and mix the particulate material from the source containers to the nozzles. The particulate material is metered from the source containers into the supply lines via a number of airlocks that can be operated without allowing airflow from the large diameter supply lines to enter the source containers through the airlocks. In addition, the metering devices can b e operated in collective or independent variable manners to allow for sectional control and turning compensation.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an applicator having an agricultural product pneumatic conveying system which meters and transfers particulate material from one or more source containers to application equipment on demand. The pneumatic conveying system employs supply lines connected between the source containers and delivery nozzles that operate to move and mix the particulate material from one of the source containers or tanks. A rotary distributor is connected between each of the supply lines and the delivery nozzles and includes a rotating shaft to divert the particulate material relatively evenly between the delivery nozzles. The rotary distributor is disposed in alignment with the supply line to require less air flow for the distribution of the particulate material into the delivery nozzles and to significantly reduce the profile of the applicator in the folded or transport configuration.

Abstract: A system for dispensing a fluid includes a container including a sidewall defining an interior space for holding the fluid and configured to separate the fluid into a liquid and a vapor. The system also includes at least one fluid inlet disposed in the sidewall for fluid to enter the interior space, and at least one liquid outlet disposed in the sidewall for liquid to exit the interior space. The system further includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a controller communicatively connected to the first sensor and the second sensor. The first sensor is positioned adjacent to or upstream of the at least one fluid inlet and configured to detect a first temperature of the fluid. The second sensor is positioned adjacent to or downstream of the at least one liquid outlet and configured to detect a second temperature of the fluid.

Abstract: An adjustable field trimmer is provided, including a movable, wheeled carriage, a cutting unit pivotally mounted to the carriage and having combined drive system and a cutting head, a power head associated with the cutting unit for powering the cutting head, and a control system associated with the carriage and connected to the cutting unit so that the cutting unit is pivotable laterally relative to the carriage under operator control.

Abstract: A vine removal device comprises a frame and a pair of spaced-apart vine agitators movably carried by the frame so as to form a vine-feeding maw or throat between the vine agitators. A driven vine-cutter is movably carried by the frame and driven relative to the frame, and is disposed in registration with the maw to receive and cut vines fed into the maw by the vine agitators. One or more drive mechanisms are drivingly coupled to the vine-cutter and the vine agitators to drive the vine-cutter and the vine agitators. The vine agitators capture the vines and feed them into the maw, where the vines are cut into mulch by the vine-cutter. A vine removal implement may comprise a plurality of the vine removal devices arranged in side-by-side relation to traverse along a series of sweet potato rows.

Abstract: A walk power mower has a traction drive system that includes a front transmission powering a pair of front wheels and a rear transmission powering a pair of rear wheels. A first one of the transmissions provides forward motion of the mower when it is active and a second one of the transmissions provides rearward motion of the mower when it is active. A slidable handle grip on the handle having a cross bar long enough to be gripped by both hands of the user activates the first one of the transmission when it is slid downwardly on a handle out of a neutral position thereof. The slidable handle grip activates the second one of the transmissions when it is slid upwardly on the handle out of the neutral position.

Abstract: A mower assembly for cutting and mulching material. The mower assembly comprises a mower housing, a first disc cutter, a second disc cutter and an anvil. The first and second disc cutters are orientated such that their outer edges are spaced apart so that counter-rotation of the discs urges material to move between the discs from an inlet area toward an outlet area. Material travelling from the inlet area to the outlet area is subject to cutting and shredding by cutting teeth on the disc cutters. Material moving into the outlet area is subjected to further cutting and shredding through contact with the anvil.

Abstract: A method for controlling crop material speed through a rotor/cage assembly of an agricultural combine. The method includes the steps of monitoring a grain loss of the combine and adjusting an orientation of a vane coupled to the cage responsive to the grain loss, a cleaning system load and/or a straw length.

Abstract: A shaker device including at least one motorized member that is intended to transmit by contact a shaking force to objects to be shaken. The member includes a plurality of structural inserts that are covered by a wear jacket. Each of the structural inserts has respective left lobes and right lobes. The inserts are distributed in the jacket so as to form a respective discrete stack of left lobes and right lobes.

Abstract: A hydraulic reel function control for a header of a combine harvester. The hydraulic reel function control has two hydraulic circuits that move header reel sections in fore and aft and upward and downward directions. The hydraulic circuits include a limited number of differently sized hydraulic cylinders that reliably move the reel sections while reducing the number of different parts necessary to operate and service the header.

Abstract: A belt and coupler arrangement for a feederhouse feed conveyor of an agricultural harvester includes an elongate belt having an elongate web (154) with a first end (102) and a second end (104), wherein the first end (102) and the second end (104) are thicker than the elongate web; and a coupler (100) having a first elongate recess to receive and enclose the first end (102), and a second elongate recess to receive and enclose the second end (104).

Abstract: A star-wheel rake including a frame, at least one front rake wheel and a rear drive wheel, coupled with each other so that the rotation of the rear drive wheel causes the rotation of the front rake wheel and connected to the frame so that the front rake wheel is lifted from the ground when the rear drive wheel is in contact with the ground.

Abstract: A hay rake wheel anti-clogging system for preventing clogging of the tines of a hay rake wheel during use includes a hay rake wheel coupled to a vehicle. The hay rake wheel has a plurality of tines extending from a hub. The tines are rotated for raking. A mount is coupled to the vehicle proximate to the hay rake wheel. An elongated rod is coupled to and extends from the mount adjacent to the hay rake wheel such that the rod contacts the tines as the tines are urged towards the rod by movement of the vehicle in a manner rotating the hay rake wheel.

Abstract: The disclosure as detailed herein is in the technical field of kitchen accessories. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to the technical field of food preparation devices. Even more specifically, the present disclosure relates to the technical field of removing kernels from corn. The Kernel Removal System allows a person to remove the kernels from multiple corn cobs in an efficient and clean fashion. The corn is stabilized throughout the removal process and the juices from the corn is collected and then directed away from the working area such that the working surface remains clean and does not impede further work. Additionally, the user is able to prepare multiple cobs for dekernelization such that the time spent removing kernels is dramatically reduced.

Abstract: An agricultural combine has a straw chopper that rotates in one direction in a straw chopping mode of operation and rotates in an opposing direction in a windrowing mode of operation.

Abstract: Variable-scale, modular, easily manufacturable, energy efficient, reliable, and computer-operated farming superstructure systems (FSS) may be used to produce cannabis for human consumption with minimal water and environmental impact. A FSS system may comprise modules including liquid distribution and plant growing. A FSS may be configured to be constructed out of a plurality of containerized modules.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of propagating a plant, in particular a Heliconia. Also provided herein are products produced by such a method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pruning shears, and is intended to cut off branches and stems of landscape trees, fruit trees, etc. while minimizing slips, etc. occurring during pruning when the branches or stems have large diameters or are stiff, to alleviate impacts applied to a hand of an operator particularly at the moment when thick branches or stems are cut off, and to be conveniently hung on a tree branch during work. Furthermore, the pruning shears have a sliding portable saw accommodation means configured to cut off a tree branch or stem outside the cutting range of the pruning shears.

Abstract: A zippered transplant grow pot used for transplanting consists of a lateral wall, at least two slits, a base section, an opening, at least two zippers, and at least two flaps. The lateral wall and the base section construct the planting pot body that is used to hold the plant and soil surrounding the roots of the plant. The opening is used to place the plant within the area designated by the lateral wall and the base section. When the transplanting process is to be executed, the user widens the slit with the use of the zipper. By doing so, the hold on the root ball is removed so that the plant and soil surrounding the roots can be removed without damaging the roots of the plant. The flap is used to prevent the roots from growing into the zipper.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to improved vertical farming using autonomous systems and methods for growing edible plants, using improved stacking and shelving units configured to allow for gravity-based irrigation, gravity-based loading and unloading, along with a system for autonomous rotation, incorporating novel plant-growing pallets, while being photographed and recorded by camera systems incorporating three dimensional/multispectral cameras, with the images and data recorded automatically sent to a database for processing and for gauging plant health, pest and/or disease issues, and plant life cycle. The present disclosure is also directed to novel harvesting methods, novel modular lighting, novel light intensity management systems, real time vision analysis that allows for the dynamic adjustment and optimization of the plant growing environment, and a novel rack structure system that allows for simplified building and enlarging of vertical farming rack systems.

Abstract: A tree anchoring apparatus, a tree anchoring kit and a method of anchoring of a tree on a roof deck is provided consisting of three tree cabling systems attached to a tree. Each tree cabling system can exist in one of two states, depending on whether there is slack in the system or whether there is resistance due to movement of the tree from a vertical position to a horizontal position. In a wind event that causes the tree to move from a vertical position to a horizontal position, one or more of the tree cabling systems will experience resistance that keeps the tree in a horizontal position. When the wind event is over, the tree can be returned to a vertical position.

Abstract: Variable-scale, modular, easily manufacturable, energy efficient, reliable, and computer-operated farming superstructure systems (FSS) may be used to produce cannabis for human consumption with minimal water and environmental impact. A system for producing electricity, heat, and cannabis includes a power production system (PPS), a farming superstructure system (FSS), and a temperature control unit (TCU). Methods to method to separate volatiles from cannabis are described. Methods to asexually clone a plurality of cannabis plants are also provided. Cannabinoid product processing systems are described (emulsion mixing system, evaporation system, spray drying system, crystallization, foodstuff preparation system, softgel encapsulation system).

Abstract: A clog resistant in-line vortex emitter and drip irrigation assembly and method uses a double-sided circuit and a series of vortex chambers of optimized dimensions to create a pressure drop with large dimensions and good clog resistance. The vortex chamber 100 also al lows for a lower exponent than traditional circuits. This gives a pressure regulating property to the no-moving-parts circuit. The vortex emitter allows for some pressure regulation without sacrificing recyclability or requiring moving parts. The vortex circuit of the present disclosure is optimized for an emitter efficiency Ef value wherein Ef=(k/Ackt)*Amin such that k is a unitless head loss coefficient, Ackt is the area of the circuit, and Amin is the minimum cross sectional area of the circuit. A higher k per a given area with larger dimensions allows for a smaller part with a lower chance of clogging.

Abstract: In a method for the manufacture of a pad built up from two fluid permeable, flexible sheets attached to each other with moisturizing, swellable gel in between, the sheets are supplied as pre-cut sheets and a first sheet of the pre-cut sheets is placed on a transport plate. Then, a layer of glue is applied on an upwardly facing side of the first sheet. Thereafter, gel beads are or gel powder is evenly applied on the upwardly facing side of the first sheet. Then, a second one of the pre-cut sheets is applied to the gel and the adhesive layer. Then a heated heating plate is pressed for some time on the top sheet of the pad formed this way.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for pruning pepper plants. In particular, pepper plants are pruned to a specific branch-architecture, whereby seed yield is increased.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for obtaining plants that exhibit useful traits by perturbation of organellar function in plants. Methods for identifying genetic loci that provide for useful traits in plants and plants produced with those loci are also provided. In addition, plants and grafted plants that exhibit, contain, or harbor the useful traits, parts of the plants including seeds, and products of the plants are provided as well as methods of using the plants. Recombinant DNA vectors and transgenic plants comprising those vectors that provide for organellar perturbation are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to intergeneric hybrid plants of Zinnia elegans and Tagetes erecta and methods for making the same. The invention further relates to methods for producing intergeneric hybrid plants of Z. elegans and T. erecta containing in their genetic material one or more transgenes and the intergeneric hybrid plants produced by that method. The invention also relates to transferring desirable characteristics from one genera to the other, as well as creation of new unique characteristics not found in either of the parent genera alone. The invention further relates to methods for producing intergeneric hybrid plants of Z. elegans and T. erecta derived from intergeneric hybrid plants of Z. elegans and T. erecta and to the plants produced by the method.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SV8643PB and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SV8643PB and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid DR4167TC. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DR4167TC and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid DR0147TX and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DR0147TX and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-479 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-479 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-479 RZ.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-366 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-366 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-366 RZ.

Abstract: A milking robot for completely automatically performing a teat-related action on a dairy animal. The robot includes a frame with a movable arm structure and a robot arm and actuators, a teat cup, a flexible connecting means connected between the teat cup and the arm structure, a retracting device for pulling the teat cup back onto the arm structure by means of the connecting means, a vacuum device for applying a milking vacuum to the teat cup, and a control unit for controlling the milking robot. The robot further includes at least one of an arm structure position-determining device for determining a measured value relating to an arm structure position, and an arm structure acceleration-determining device for determining an arm structure acceleration. The control unit is configured to control the retracting device and/or the vacuum device, if the determined measured value satisfies a predetermined measured value criterion.

Abstract: Provided is a carrier material and its use in animal litter, where the carrier material exhibits reduced dust formation during handling. The carrier material comprises: bentonite clay; and a dust suppression agent coated on the bentonite clay, wherein the dust suppression agent is one or more alkoxylate materials of formula (I): R—O-(AO)2—H, wherein R is H, aryl (e.g., phenyl), or linear or branched C4-C24 alkyl; AO at each occurrence is independently ethyleneoxy, propyleneoxy, butyleneoxy, or random or block mixtures thereof; and z represents average number of moles of AO and ranges from 1 to 80.

Abstract: A reusable cat litter and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method includes a raw material pretreatment step: providing a shell powder performed with a calcination treatment, the calcination treatment being performed at a temperature range of 500-1200° C.; and a mixing and granulation step: mixing and granulating 70-90 parts by weight of the shell powder and 10-30 parts by weight of a non-adhesive powder to form the cat litter. Wherein, the shell powder has a particle size of 80-8000 mesh. The cat litter has a better deodorization effect and will not clump and can be reused after cleaning.

Abstract: A feeding bowl securement apparatus is provided to secure pet feeding bowls to an underlying surface by action of a suction cup base portion settable to maintain a partial vacuum thereunder. The suction cup is may be disengaged by manual action at a protuberant tab portion disposed upwardly projected from the suction cup base portion. A top portion is devised to sealably fit to at least a portion of an existing pet feeding dish. In one embodiment the top portion encapsulates the existing feeding bowl and includes a frustoconical wall section and an upper rim into which the rim of the to existing feeding bowl seats. The feeding bowl securement apparatus therefore enables securement of a pet feeding bowl to an underlying surface to prevent tipping and displacement thereupon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for throwing a feed having the form of a pellet to supply the feed to a pet and a device for supplying a feed using the same. The device for throwing the feed includes: a throw part comprising a throw arm rotating within a limited angle and a throw container coupled to the throw arm to allow the pellet feed to be seated thereon; a fixing support part coupled to a rotational center of the throw arm to fix the throw part; and an elastic driving part rotating between a seating position at which the feed is seated and a throwing position at which the feed is thrown. Therefore, the pet may feel the fun and eat the feed, the feed may be regularly supplied even when the user is absent, and the quantity of exercise of the pet may be improved.

Abstract: A feeder for animals. The feeder includes a housing with a front side, a back side opposite the front side, and two lateral sides. The front side, the back side, and the two lateral sides define an interior of the housing. The feeder also includes an open region positioned beneath the interior of the housing. The open region is partially defined by the two lateral sides. The feeder further includes a feed distribution member that defines a base of the interior of the housing and includes a plurality of openings. The feed distribution member is at least partially positioned in the open region. The feed distribution member is configured to retain and provide animals access to feed for animal consumption.

Abstract: The device for supplying the pellet includes: a body part having a fixed hole, through which a feed is discharged, in a bottom surface of an inner space in which the feed having the form of the pellet is stored; a rotation plate part disposed in the inner space and having one or more rotation holes, the rotation plate part rotating so that, when the rotation holes rotate, the pellet feed seated in each of the rotation holes is discharged through the fixed hole from a discharge position at which the rotation hole and the fixed hole meet each other; and a rotation plate driving part rotating the rotation plate part. Therefore, the feed may be supplied in the form of the pellet so that the pet sufficiently chews the feed to help the digestion of the pet.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically delivering a substance to an animal including a positioning system that positions each animal singularly, a sensor that detects the location of a predetermined targeted area on the animal and an image processor. The system further includes a delivery device having a plurality of delivery outlets for delivering a substance to the targeted area. The sensor, image processor and delivery device are in communication with a computer processor. The sensor activates the image processor which takes at least one image of the animal positioned singularly. The image is communicated to the computer processor and analyzed. The computer processor activates the delivery outlet proximate the predetermined target area on the animal which delivers an effective dosage of substance to the predetermined targeted area.

Abstract: A method and system that incorporates spraying logic onto a sensor mat to detect and apply various liquids onto the feet of an animal. Each sensor in the sensor mat activates at least one predetermined spray nozzle application of the medicinal fluid. The system is designated so that each hoof triggers at least two sensors, with each sensor activating at least one spray nozzle. All of the electronic components are located away from the mat and a controller control spaying and timing. Stop bars prevent the mat from compressing beyond a predetermined distance to prevent sensor failure. The sensors have a triple moisture prevention configuration.