Abstract: The invention relates to an edge guard for a road milling machine and to a runner segment for such an edge guard. According to the present invention, the runner segment comprises an insertion projection that can be inserted into an insertion receptacle of the edge guard.

Abstract: The invention relates to an edge guard for a road milling machine and to a runner segment for such an edge guard. According to the present invention, the runner segment comprises an insertion projection that can be inserted into an insertion receptacle of the edge guard.

Abstract: A scraper system to remove and deflect debris and soil from a disc gang mounted on an agricultural implement is provided. The scraper system includes a mounting bracket member supported at a common axle in support of the disc gang. The mounting bracket member is aligned generally parallel to and located forward of the common axle, and is mounted at a forward end of an elongated carry member supported from the common axle. The elongated carry member is generally aligned perpendicular relative to the common axle. A scraper blade is supported by a scraper arm mounted at the mounting bracket member and is located above the common axle. The location of the scrapper blade and the scraper arm allows a deflector plate to be located at the rearward end of the carry member.

Abstract: Structure for protecting landfill compactor machines against damage during operation is provided. In one aspect, deflector structure is provided for deflecting debris away from the cab of the machine. In another aspect, a rear bumper is provided for protecting the radiator and engine of the machine and for providing a catwalk for a worker to walk across the rear of the machine.

Abstract: A snow plow blade includes a selectively extendable barrier attachment. The barrier attachment includes a base pivotally secured to the plow blade and secured to one end of each of a number of flexible members that are also engaged by a retraction mechanism for the barrier attachment that is disposed on the blade. The retraction mechanism is used to automatically retract and extend the flexible members as the base is pivoted between a retracted position and a deployed position on the blade. In the deployed position, the flexible members form a wall that prevents snow collected or diverted by the plow blade from passing through the barrier attachment. The barrier attachment may also include a separate deployment mechanism that operates to move the base between the retracted and deployed positions, and a brace used to hold the barrier attachment in position when in the deployed position.

Abstract: A soil-working machine comprising a chassis, a rotor connected to the chassis, driven in rotation during work about a substantially horizontal axis directed transversely to a direction of forward travel of the machine, at least one guard connected to the chassis with an articulation of pivot type, the axis of which is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor, and at least one adjustable retaining device which limits, downward only, the angular travel of the guard about the articulation. The soil-working machine additionally includes at least one locking device which limits, upward, during transport, the angular travel of the guard so as to keep the latter in the position defined by the setting of the retaining device.

Abstract: A soil tiller assembly for plowing multiple independent rows of soil includes a frame and attached thereto a coulter, a pair of tiller discs, a pair of secondary coulters, and a tilling assembly including a tiller wheel. The perimeter of the tiller wheel has a plurality of blades attached thereto, and the blades are rotated in the direction opposite each of the other blades described above. The soil tiller assembly is used to build up separate rows of plowed soil, which will prevent overtilling of the soil. Furthermore, the preferred method of operation allows the operator to build multiple rows of soil, delay contact of the soil for several months, and then plant seed in the rows of soil, such that the soil will receive required nutrients during the period of delay while further limiting erosion.

Abstract: A trench filler having a generally synclinal front section having a solid top and generally downwardly extending sidewalls, a rear section of unitary construction with the front section, the rear section having a solid top and generally downwardly extending sidewalls that are generally longitudinally parallel to each other, and integral running skids beneath the sidewalls that extend forwardly beyond the front section and having upwardly curled ends wherein dirt located beside a trench is gathered by the front section and released through the rear section back into the trench without substantially disturbing the turf located about the trench.

Abstract: A mud flap support for a tractor allows the wheels to be steered while maintaining the attitude of the mud flap constant. The support has three elements with a preloaded spring between the axle and one of the elements of the support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fender assemblies for use with road graders and the like that prevent mud, dust, snow, or other substances on the ground or road surface from being thrown up by the grader tires. The fenders are arranged to follow any vertical movement of the grader wheels, are low cost, and easily removable and light-weight so that maintenance and servicing can be performed on the grader easily.

Abstract: A wheel shield for a self-propelled sprayer includes a double wall plastic body with a profile designed to protect plants and provide smooth surfaces that resist build up of debris. A support and aligning rod assembly extending upwardly from the wheel hub includes locating pins to receive and initially support the plastic body so that mounting holes on the body sidewalls can be easily aligned with mating structure bracket structure on the wheel support. The inside wall of the body is connected to a bracket fixed to the wheel hub. A bearing is fixed to the outside wall of the body, and a mating hub mounting member is connected to the wheel hub. A bolt placed through the bearing and threaded into a nut fixed to the hub mounting member provides support for the body from the wheel hub without need for metal frames or similar supporting structure.

Abstract: A multi-row agricultural field cultivator for row crops having a row cultivator shovel sized and configured to penetrate soil adjacent a crop row to a depth of between one and three inches, a substantially flat soil deflector plate and a deflector plate attachment structure for attaching the deflector plate to the cultivator structure in a horizontal position above the local ground surface adjacent the cultivator shovel. The deflector plate downwardly deflects soil thrown up by the cultivator shovel during cultivating operations to achieve minimal crop damage at increase cultivator operating speeds.

Abstract: A mechanism for mounting the front fender for an agricultural tractor wherein the support structure includes an arcuate mounting bracket connected to the front wheel to be pivotally moveable therewith, an arcuate support bracket detachably connected to the mounting bracket and slidable over top thereof, and a stanchion interconnecting the support bracket and the fender to locate the fender adjacent the circumference of the front tire. The mounting bracket is provided with a plurality of slotted openings alignable with holes in the support bracket to permit fasteners to extend therethrough for detachably connecting the support bracket to the mounting bracket. Both the mounting bracket and support bracket have a center of curvature coinciding with the axis of rotation of the corresponding tire such that a slidable movement of the support bracket over the surface of the mounting bracket can adjustably position the fender around the circumference of the corresponding tire.

Abstract: Shield assemblies that are designed to be used with cultivators are disclosed. Shields are mounted to the assembly such that they are laterally rigid but vertically retractable. The shield assembly includes a paralleogram linkage system with a torque bar, to add stability, and slotted top links as well as a spring across the top and bottom link to facilitate pivotal movement of the shields. Each shield is mounted to at least two support portions; a first substantially vertical portion and a second portion which crosses the shield's main portion diagonally, thereby virtually eliminating rotation about either axis of the plane of the shield.

Abstract: Agricultural tilling implements are described. In some embodiments the implements are adapted for deep tilling of soil between growing row crops, in which embodiments a horizontal shield member is detachably secured to a depending shank. The front edge of the shield is sloped upwardly. The shield prevents soil from being thrown upwardly and onto the top of growing row crops during tilling between the rows. The shield also guides loosened soil around the base of growing crops in the rows. In one embodiment the implement includes downwardly depending plate members beneath the shield to urge soil outwardly from the shank to the row crops to form a hill in each row without covering the crops. In another embodiment a V-shaped ditcher is disposed beneath the shield for forming a trench or ditch between adjacent rows of crops. Both embodiments include adjustable wing members or deflectors at the trailing edge of each plate member to control the amount of loosened soil which is urged outwardly to the row crops.

Abstract: A tillage system includes forward and rear sets of widely spaced discs and a set of plow points. The discs in the forward set are mounted at spaced intervals so as to leave alternate strips of worked and unworked soil of substantially equal width. Each disc of the rear set is mounted in a strip of soil left unworked by the forward set to complete the working of the top soil. The plow points are located in the furrows of one of the sets of discs (preferably the rear set) to permit some deep plowing. The working depths of the points and discs are independently adjustable. The system is designed for operation at high speed to provide complete coverage of the soil with minimal double working by the discs. It permits deeper penetration by the discs and a controlled amount of deeper plowing by the points while leaving a finished contour which is substantially free of ridges and furrows.

Abstract: A soil cultivating implement having an elongated frame portion which extends substantially horizontally perpendicular to the direction of travel of the implement mounts a side plate at each lateral end. The frame portion carries a row of rotary tined soil working members and the side plates can move upwardly and downwardly to cooperate with the adjacent soil working members and a rear supporting roller. In order to prevent the formation of the stream of soil produced by this cooperation into a ridge, the side plate comprises a rim having a lower substantially horizontal ground-engaging portion and also comprises a rear surface that is bent over inwardly towards the center of the implement to deflect the stream of soil towards the neighboring end of the following ground roller when the implement is in operation.

Abstract: The system includes a pull-type frame with a forward line of disc blades widely spaced to part the trash, mix it with soil and displace most of the mixture laterally on top of previously undisturbed soil, thereby creating strips of ground which are alternately cleared and windrowed. At least a second line of disc blades, also widely spaced, is placed to the rear of the first line; and these blades are offset laterally from, and located in the windrows formed by, the discs of the first row, to part and return at least some of the previously cleared trash and previously undisturbed soil back onto the cleared strips while still leaving strips of undisturbed soil with an accumulation of cleared trash on top. Cooperating with the discs are novel plow points located in the undisturbed strips having accumulated layers of cleared trash.

Abstract: Through adaptation of and improvement upon secondary, minimum tillage techniques, there is provided a single pass, seedbed method and agricultural machine, utilizing reduction, incorporation, aeration and other procedures, capable of effectively handling all types of adverse field conditions, ground compositions and soil makeup in such manner as to quickly, easily and inexpensively convert all materials and substances therein contained or to be added thereto from a state generally unsuited for seeding and satisfactory plant development to a finished condition wherein any desired seed type may be thereupon planted, sowed or set thereinto without difficulty and with an assurance of good germination and strong, healthy crop growth unimpaired by wind and soil erosion, ineffective moisture retention and other impediments which otherwise normally reduce or destroy profitable harvesting results.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a pull-type frame carried by support wheels. The frame is vertically adjustable relative to the support wheels. A first gang of discs is mounted in a forward position on the frame. The discs are widely spaced relative to each other to leave alternate strips of tilled and untilled soil. The strips of untilled soil are of substantial width, approximately equal to the width of the tilled strips. The support wheels are preferably located behind the first gang of discs in the strips of untilled soil. A second gang of discs is mounted on the frame behind the first gang. Disc blades on the second gang are located to work in the untilled strips left by the first gang; and these discs are oriented to displace soil in a lateral direction opposite to that in which the first gang displaces soil. Under high speed operation, the soil dug by each disc is thrown over the adjacent strip to fill the row formed by the adjacent disc in the forward direction.

Abstract: A harrow has an elongated frame beam supporting a row of rotatable soil-working members mounted side-by-side on upwardly extending shafts. The frame beam and row of soil-working members extend transverse to the direction of travel of the harrow. At each lateral end of the row, a screening plate is positioned and pivoted to the frame beam. Each screening plate extends in a substantially vertical plane in the general direction of travel. Also, each plate has a lower support portion that rides over the ground and side edges that are inclined upwardly. The screening plates are supported on arms that can be pivoted to relocate the plates 180 degrees so they can rest in inverted positions on top of the frame beam during transport. A roller is pivoted to the frame and positioned to the rear of the soil working members and the screening plates are located between the roller and the members, when seen from the side.

Abstract: A method and implement for facilitating and fostering the germination and sprouting of seeds of row crops, particularly under encrusted soil conditions, and eliminating the need for using herbicide for most common weeds in growing row crops by covering the rows of seeds with a layer of loose soil after the seeds have been sown in cultivated soil and prior to sprouting and emergence of the crop through the soil. Preferably each layer of loose soil has a generally convex cross-section with a slight depression directly over the row of seeds. The implement for forming the convex layer of loose soil has a pair of laterally spaced apart discs which break up into fine particles at least a portion of the soil on each side of the row of sown seeds and propel a portion thereof onto a deflector shield received between the discs and overlying the row of sown seeds which directs such particles into a layer of loose soil overlying the row of sown seeds.

Abstract: A harrow has an elongated frame beam supporting a row of rotatable soil-working members mounted side-by-side on upwardly extending shafts. The frame beam and row of soil-working members extend transverse to the direction of travel of the harrow. At each lateral end of the row, a screening plate is positioned and pivoted to the frame beam. Each screening plate extends in a substantially vertical plane in the general direction of travel. Also, each plate has a lower support portion that rides over the ground and side edges that are inclined upwardly. The screening plates are supported on arms that can be pivoted to relocate the plates 180 degrees so they can rest in inverted positions on top of the frame beam during transport.

Abstract: A row-crop cultivator for tilling the soil between adjacent rows of crops is connected to a prime mover. The cultivator includes a drawbar connected to the prime mover and a plurality of laterally adjacent cultivating gang assemblies for tilling the soil between adjacent crop rows, each is connected to the drawbar so that it travels on the ground under its own weight and moves independently in a vertical direction relative to an adjacent gang assembly.

Abstract: A cultivator including a plow in which a pair of sweeps extend outwardly and downwardly from a plow shank for pushing soil outward from the center of the plow has at least one of the sweeps provided with a vertical vane at an outer end portion thereof for preventing any weed seeded soil from being placed on a herbicide banded area adjacent the path of the cultivator. Where each sweep is provided with a vertical vane, a rigidifying brace may be provided extending between the vanes.

Abstract: A dirt shield for a rotary digger such as a roto tiller includes a shield member mounted outwardly of a rotary earthworking member rotatably mounted on the digger for keeping dirt away from plants adjacent the digger and enabling rows in a field or plot to be planted closer together. The shield member is mounted on a framework supported from the shaft of the digger and anchored to the frame of the digger by a suitable supporting element. In the conventional arrangement of a rotary digger with two or more earthworking members, a pair of shield members will be provided, one to each transverse side of the digger.

Abstract: A tractor drawn cultivator comprises a frame extending transversely to the direction of movement of the tractor. A plurality of spaced apart vertical axis rotary driven cultivator members comprising downwardly extending tines are supported from the frame. Surrounding each cultivating member and suspended from the frame is a screen having two spaced apart side walls and an interconnecting rear wall. The side walls have forwardly and outwardly diverging front parts with rearwardly and downwardly extending leading edges. At least a portion of the rear wall is vertically adjustable to control the rate of soil release from the screen. A tool bar to the rear of the main frame may support a plurality of ridging bodies, one behind each cultivator member.