Adjustable Tooth Or Blade Patents (Class 172/109)
  • Publication number: 20090014189
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present apparatus comprise a land preparation apparatus that includes a rotatable drum, a plurality of tool holders arranged on the drum, wherein each tool holder comprises a first connection interface, a plurality of land preparation tools, wherein each land preparation tool is configured to connect with a tool holder and wherein each land preparation tool comprises a second connection interface, a plurality of removable connectors, wherein the connectors comprise a material different from that of the tool holders and the land preparation tools, wherein each connector is removable from the tool and the tool holder, and wherein each connector is configured to mate with a first connection interface of a tool holder and with a second connection interface of a land preparation tool. The apparatus further includes a land preparation vehicle comprising an attachment connection device configured to mate with the rotatable drum, wherein the vehicle is configured to drive the rotatable drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: FECON, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stanley, Robert Hentz
  • Patent number: 5237761
    Abstract: A rotary ditcher has a flywheel type rotor carrying impeller blades that pick up and throw soil to the side of the rotor as the rotor is advanced into a body of soil in the direction of its axis of rotation. In advance of the rotor are two ripper blades that loosen the soil to be picked up and discharged by the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Rotary Ditchers Ltd.
    Inventors: Gilbert M. Nadeau, Jeff P. Nicolajsen, Russel P. Nicolajsen
  • Patent number: 4958449
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for covering drilling mud returns in a drilling mud pit. A soil-projecting apparatus which is attachable to the rear of a conventional farm tractor comprises a plurality of scoop-like members connected to a drive shaft member which is operably associated with the power take-off of the tractor, independently adjustable blade membes placed forward of the scoop-like members for displacing soil toward the scoop-like members, and a protective partial enclosure of the scoop-like members. A method for covering drilling mud returns comprises placing a first, supporting layer of a material adjacent the returns and placing a layer of topsoil adjacent the first, supporting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Inventor: Paul L. Prater