Abstract: A press wheel comprises an outer, circular tyre element, for an agricultural sowing machine, wherein ribs enclosed by an elastic filler material ensure improved radial and lateral guidance and suspension for the press wheel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tine support (10) for a crop collecting device for connecting at least two tines (12) to a shaft (50), one tine (12, 32) having a securing region (18). The invention is characterized in that the tine support (10, 30) comprises at least two support elements (14A, 14B, 34A, 34B) on which the securing region (18) of at least one tine (12, 32) can be secured. Furthermore, the support element (14A, 14B, 34A, 34B) has a connection region (24) via which a rotationally fixed connection to the shaft (50) can be produced, and the tine support (10, 30) has a clamping element (26, 38) which clamps the support elements (14A, 14B, 34A, 34B) in a removable manner with respect to the shaft (50).

Abstract: A soil working apparatus comprises a farm implement including: a first structure moveable above a soil surface along a travel direction; and a plurality of housings, each supporting at least one rotary hoe for forming a furrow in the soil along the travel direction. The housing has a mounting structure for pivotally mounting to the first structure, a radially extending support member having a rotary hoe at the distal end thereof. The rotary hoe mounting structure has a pivot member extending in a plane at right angles to the shaft and the rotary hoe is pivotally mounted to the pivot member for limited composite angular movement relative to a vertical plane and the direction of travel. The rotary hoe may have a star shape including: a central hub, a plurality of spaced apart, radially extending prongs extending from the hub in a common plane, and the prongs each being independently mounted to the hub but interlocked with each other when mounted on the hub.

Abstract: A flange for securing a rotary blade to a shaft that includes a solid plate with: an axially oriented shaft hole substantially in the center of the plate; two or more additional blade holes for securing a blade to the flange; an embossment around the shaft hole, providing a profile for stopping blade rotation about the blade hole; and a depression on the back face of the plate opposite the embossment, which provides a welding surface to secure the plate to a shaft passing through the shaft hole. Also are assemblages that include a flange, such as a blade assembly system for attaching two or more blades to a shaft, a bladed shaft, an attachable farm implement including a bladed shaft, and a powered machine, which includes a bladed shaft.

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: An agricultural disk gang includes an elongated disk gang bolt having a threaded end with an externally threaded surface. A plurality of cultivating disks are supported on the disk gang bolt. A nut is threadably engaged with the externally threaded surface. The nut has a first side facing the disks and a second side facing away from the disks. The nut is disposed to axially compress the disks together on the disk gang bolt when tightened. A tensioning structure is mounted on the disk gang bolt outside of the nut. The tensioning structure has a plurality of threaded through holes. A plurality of threaded fasteners are threadably engaged with the threaded through holes and are disposed to axially compress the disks when the plurality of threaded fasteners are tightened, thereby permitting the nut to be further tightened.

Abstract: An agricultural implement for tilling at least a strip of soil to be planted includes a tillage device for penetrating and tilling a strip of soil and displacing soil and residue upwardly, the tillage device including at least one coulter wheel mounted for rotation about a first axis of rotation and positioned at least in part below the soil, when tilling the strip of soil, such that the coulter wheel is able to cut a slit in the soil, and a depth control device laterally offset from the centerline of the strip of soil and mounted for rotation about a second axis of rotation located rearwardly of the trailing end of the tillage device. The depth control device is positioned to intercept soil and residue displaced upwardly by the tillage device. Multiple tines made of a polymeric material are mounted on the depth control device, extending laterally away from only one side of the depth control device toward the centerline to intercept a portion of the soil and residue displaced upwardly by the tillage device.

Abstract: An agricultural implement for tilling at least a strip of soil to be planted includes a tillage device for penetrating and tilling a strip of soil and displacing soil and residue upwardly, and a depth control device laterally offset from the centerline of the strip of soil and mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation located rearwardly of the tillage device and positioned to intercept soil and residue displaced upwardly by the tillage device. Multiple tines mounted on the depth control device extend laterally away from the depth control device toward the centerline to intercept a portion of the soil and residue displaced upwardly by the tillage device. The tines are attached to the depth control device only at one end of each tine, and the free ends of the tines terminate laterally short of the centerline and vertically between the elevations of the upper and lower edges of the depth control device.

Abstract: An agricultural implement for tilling at least a strip of soil to be planted includes a tillage device for penetrating and tilling a strip of soil and displacing soil and residue upwardly, and a depth control device laterally offset from the centerline of the strip of soil and mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation located rearwardly of the tillage device and positioned to intercept soil and residue displaced upwardly by the tillage device. Multiple tines mounted on the depth control device extend laterally away from the depth control device toward the centerline to intercept a portion of the soil and residue displaced upwardly by the tillage device. The tines are attached to the depth control device only at one end of each tine, and the free ends of the tines terminate laterally short of the centerline and vertically between the elevations of the upper and lower edges of the depth control device.

Abstract: A hub-bearing assembly serves to rotatably mount a soil-working disc (D) on a supporting axle (A) of an agricultural machine. The assembly comprises a hub-bearing unit (10) and a sealing device (20). The a hub-bearing unit has a radially outer, rotatable outer race (11) from one side of which a flange (12) radially extends for mounting a disc (D). The sealing device (20) is mounted on a side of the hub-bearing unit opposite to the side of the flange (12).

Abstract: A row cleaner includes a wheel mount, a pair of hubs on the wheel mount and a finger wheel on each hub. The hubs are offset relative to each other in the direction of travel, and angled downwardly and inwardly. The finger wheels are concave and have equally spaced fingers. Each finger has three straight edges at selected angles to provide tapering fingers with a specific shape.

Abstract: A ground clearing machine including a mobile frame with a vertically adjustable support frame mounted thereon and mounting a ground clearing implement for vertical adjustment therewith, the implement including shaft mounted rotatable tines within a semi-circular drum with a downwardly opening mouth for both receiving and discharging debris with the debris pulverized within the drum between the intake and discharge thereof.

Abstract: A soil aeration tine having a nose or apex end for soil penetration with a set of soil fracture faces carried thereon to fracture a portion of the soil in engagement with the soil aeration tine and a cutting tube positioned on the soil aeration tine with the soil cutting tube cutting a soil plug free of a further portion of the soil with the soil penetration tine having a lateral face for scooping out soil as the soil aeration tine is removed from the soil.

Abstract: A tine assembly for a cultivator includes a first tine member having a plurality of radially extending non-planar tines. At least two tines on each tine member differ in shape from the remaining tines. The tine assembly may include a second tine member which is shaped like a mirror-image of the first tine member. When assembled on a shaft, the second tine member is off-set from the first tine member so that tines on alternating tine members contact the ground as the shaft rotates.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a ground-driven residue management wheel attachment for seeding equipment comprising of a fingered wheel, inner ring, and spring-loaded arm. The fingered wheel and inner ring pin crop residue to the ground surface and prevent residue from lodging on the farrow-opening device of the seeding unit. The fingered wheel and inner ring also act as a shield and prevent soil disturbed by the furrow-opening device from being thrown out of the seed furrow. The adjustable spring-loaded arm is able to pivot about the vertical and horizontal axes and provides downpressure to keep the fingered wheel in contact with the ground surface.

Abstract: An earthworking wheel for closing a seed trench made by a planter has an annular low friction body having circumferentially spaced outwardly directed teeth. A pair of hubs clamped onto opposite sides of the body accommodate a bearing for rotatably supporting the wheel on an axle.

Abstract: A unique aerator wheel assembly has a hub and four equally spaced, outwardly projecting, curved tines. The tines are uniquely shaped and configured so that as one tine begins to pierce the ground, the previous tine, which is fully submerged in the ground, is lifted vertically up and out of the ground through the action of the entering tine. This unique configuration provides an aerator wheel assembly that is small and lightweight enough to be pulled behind a common lawn mower.

Abstract: An improved row cleaning apparatus to selectively clean away residue from conservation tilled fields without cultivation of the soil. When mounted on tractor-drawn implements, including planters, the cleaning action of the present invention improves depth control and planting speed of the planter unit while retaining the residue between crop rows for erosion control and yield enhancement. The row cleaner comprises a pair of toothed wheels rotatably operating in lateral opposition to one another and journalled for rotation each on an axis disposed obliquely to the path of travel of the apparatus. The wheels are mounted asymmetrically relative to each other, the teeth being curved downwardly and forwardly toward the path of movement to drive the wheels in rotation, thereby untangling and selectively clearing residue and other mulch from the path of the trailing planter unit.

Abstract: The residue wheel has a plurality of multiply bent spring-steel tines that project outwardly from their central hub at such angles that straight foot portions of the tines engage and lie flatly against the ground as the tines sweep residue rearwardly and outwardly during rotation of the wheel about an axis oblique to the path of travel of the planting machine. The tines are equally spaced about the wheel but are arranged in pairs, comprising individual legs of a generally U-shaped, integral unit having a bight at the inner ends of the the legs that joins the legs together and serves as a means by which the unit can be clamped between opposed, flat plates of the hub. Short downturned driving prongs at the outer ends of the legs provide traction for the wheel during use.

Abstract: A seed drill includes a conventional single or double disc blade soil opener for creating seed trenches for the deposition of seeds by a seeder. A scraper/soil firming assembly is attached to the outside of each disc blade axle. The scraper/soil firming assembly includes a bracket for mounting a scraper/soil firming blade and a locking plate for locking the mounting bracket and blade at a selected angle relative to the disc blade axle. The scraper/soil firming blade is a flat bar extending downward and rearward from the respective disc blade and positioned alongside the disc blade and to act both as a blade scraper and as a soil firmer.

Abstract: A compact lawn aerator comprises a rigid frame having a hitch for releasibly fastening the frame to the back of a self-propelled mower. An elongated axle is secured to the under side of the frame and a set of aerator wheels are rotatably mounted at spaced intervals along the axle. Each of the aerator wheels has a generally disk-shaped hub from the periphery of which four spikes radiate. Each spike initially projects from the hub along a radius but curves along its length in the direction of rotation of the wheel. The spikes are tapered to a sharpened point and their curve is determined so that, as the wheel rotates, the ends of the spikes pierce the soil at substantially right angles and the shank of the spikes slip into the ground progressively through the pierce point. This greatly reduces the force needed to drive the spikes into the ground, thus reducing the weight and size of the device.

Abstract: An active rotary harrow is towed with its longitudinal horizontal axis at an acute angle relative to a line perpendicular to the direction of travel. A plurality of unitary tines are mounted by bolts or rivets on mounting plates which are secured to a shaft aligned along the horizontal axis. Each tine is made from spring steel which is flattened on one end, the flattened portion being mounted directly on the mounting plate by two or more fasteners. The tines are curved such that the outer end of the tine, being rounded in shape, is directed towards the trailing end of the harrow when in operation. The tines, and to a lesser extent, the mounting plates, are resilient in nature and can be deflected towards the trailing end of the harrow, when obstacles such as rocks are encountered. The tines are also capable of some pivotal deflection, to a lesser extent.

Abstract: An improvement for no-till rotary hoes to prevent trash from accumulating around a bearing of the rotary hoes thus destroying the bearing. An elongated axle mounts a hoe wheel distant from its corresponding support arm and in close proximity to an adjacent support arm, and the axle is protected by a spring-loaded protective sleeve which is spring loaded to provide a frictional seal against the bearing of the hoe wheel.

Abstract: A rotary soil working tool comprising a rotatable support member having an engaging portion and a plurality of soil working elements each comprising an elongated member with a waisted portion. Each soil working element is detachably secured to the engaging portion such that the element extends outwardly of the support member. Preferably the support member is adapted to be rotabably supported on a hub.

Abstract: A combination tillage and incorporating implement having widely spaced sweeps in several rows at the forward portion of the main frame with tow trailing rows of angled spider wheels supported in pairs, for ground contour following ability and ease and flexibility of manufacture, by rockable arms extending rearwardly from the frame. Spray nozzles or the like, positioned rearwardly of the sweeps and forwardly of the spider wheels, apply material to the soil loosened and leveled by the sweeps to eliminate banding and uneven application otherwise causded by sweeps parting the soil or by material being deposited on rough ground surfaces. The rotational axes of the wheels of each row are parallel and angled with respect to the transverse direction with the rear row of wheels being angled in the opposite direction to that of the leading row to provide aggressive mixing and smooth uninterrupted soil flow across the width of the implement.

Abstract: An aerator for lawns and the like has spiders formed of four identically formed members. Each member has a tine on each end, so four members provide eight tines for the spider. The members are relatively narrow, and filler members at each side of the tine members provide stability to the spider. The spiders are carried by a frame, and the frame carries a weight-receiving tray for carrying weight to assure penetration of the tines. Springs carry the tray on the frame so the springs will absorb the energy if the tines engage an impenetrable object.

Abstract: A rolling hoe apparatus having a hub, shaft, bearings and a plurality of cultivating teeth, arranged into at least one hoe wheel and suspended from a bearing structure such that the axis (15) of rotation of the hoe-body (3) encloses an angle with the normal to the ground-surface in a range of 0.degree.-75.degree.when viewed in the plane of direction of advance (19), while the lateral tilting of the hoe-wheel with respect to the plane perpendicular to the direction of advance (19) lies in the range between 3.degree. and 75.degree.

Abstract: The farm machine 1 for working the soil comprises tools 21 each of which consists of a concave disk 47 provided with a plurality of spades 48 at its periphery. The concavity of the concave disk 47 is directed toward the forward end 12 of the rotor 16, considering the work direction 3 of the farm machine 1. A lateral stabilizing element 41 comprising at least one share 43 extends behind the rearward lateral end 11 of the frame 9 of said farm machine 1. The farm machine 1 also comprises support wheels 36, 38, one 36 of which extends in front of the forward lateral end 12 of said frame 9.

Abstract: A rotary hoe tool of the type wherein one or more of such rotary hoe tools are mounted for rotation on one or more axles supported by a frame assembly for cutting and digging into the ground as they are rotated. A plurality of elongated teeth or cutting tools are pivotally mounted for limited pivotal movement on a rotatable hub, so when each tooth or cutting tool begins to dig into the ground as the hub rotates it to that position, the tooth or cutting tool itself pivots rearwardly a permitted limited distance against the pressure and resistance of the ground. Such pivotal movement compresses a wedge shaped resilient and compressible member interposed between each pair of adjacent teeth or cutting tools, which limits the rearward pivotal movement of such tooth or cutting tool and which then propels it forward as the initial pressure or resistance dissipates and the compressible member expands back to its non-compressed state.

Abstract: A tine assembly for use with a rotary tiller comprising a selectively rotatable tine shaft and a plurality of pivotally mounted tines. The tines each include stop surfaces associated with an innermost end of the tine whereby the tine pivots to one position when the tine shaft is rotated in a clockwise direction and automatically pivots to a second position when the tine shaft is rotated in a counterclockwise direction. The angle of pivot between the two positions is such that the leading edge of the ground engaging portion of the tine sweeps a larger radius than the following portion of the tine when the tine shaft is rotated in either the clockwise or counterclockwise directions.

Abstract: An implement for levelling the surface of an agricultural field, a so-called furrow-smoother, comprises a plurality of rings of rotary knives to throw the surface earth laterally away from the higher areas. The rings of knives are journalled in bearings which are suspended from a carrier frame by means of arms that extend below the bearings and substantially tangentially therefrom so as not to catch plant remains (straw, stem, and root material) carried along by the two knife rings sweeping on either side of the bearing arm.

Abstract: A rotary incorporator for one pass incorporation of chemicals or small grains in previously tilled soil. The incorporator includes two rows of aggressive, large diameter spider wheels supported from a toolbar for rotation in the soil about axes offset at an acute angle to the transverse direction. The spider wheels, arranged to balance the forces transmitted to the toolbar, are angled in opposite directions on each half portion of the implement, with the wheels of the trailing row angled in opposite direction to and offset transversely with respect to the forwardly adjacent wheels in the forward row. The innermost wheels of each of the two rows are more widely spaced and smaller in diameter than most of the remaining wheels, and two additional smaller diameter spider wheels are centrally located between the innermost wheels and cooperate therewith to provide good incorporation and a smooth seed bed without hilling or chemical banding.

Abstract: The invention relates to an agricultural implement provided with rotary blades (3) which are secured in a changeable manner to at least one blade-carrying flange (2) of a shaft (1). In order to reduce the work and the time for changing the blades, each blade (3) which adheres against one side of the blade-carrying flange (2) is secured to same by means of one single locking bolt (5, 6) and presents a locking shank (203) which passes through a corresponding opening (4) of the blade-carrying flange (2) and adheres against the other side of same.

Abstract: A soil perforator comprises a lightweight spiked rotor carried in a wheeled rectangular box-like frame with a handle secured to the rotor for manually pushing the assembled frame and rotor along the ground to provide soil aeration by perforation of the ground by the rotor spikes. The rotor may be vertically adjusted in the frame to vary the degree of spike penetration and to move the spikes out of ground engagement. The perforator further includes a detachable weight box to be mounted at one end of the frame opposite the handle, the weight box providing effective soil penetration by the spikes when the device is hitched by the handle to a vehicle and towed over the ground in the direction opposite to which it is manually pushed. Adjustable spring rake assemblies are provided at the opposite ends of the frame.

Abstract: A tine assembly for a tiller, comprising a plate (12 or 20) mounted on a rotative shaft (11) and a plurality of tines (13 or 21) connected by a pivotal connection (14 or 22) to the plate so as to swing outwardly of the plate to engage the soil upon rotation of the plate, and limiting means comprising bolts (15 or 24) in arcuate slots (13D or 23) whereby the tines are angled or positioned for proper soil working action depending on the rotative direction of the plate with the shaft.

Abstract: A soil cultivating implement or machine has a tined rotor mounted on a frame for rotation about an axis transverse to the intended direction of movement of the implement, and with the tines penetrating the ground in use. The tines are arranged to enter the ground in the same sense as the forward movement of a vehicle driving the implement. The rotor is connected to a second tined rotor which rotates faster than the first rotor which rotates in the same direction as the wheels of the vehicle but at a lower peripheral speed than the speed of movement of the implement over to the ground. The ratio of the rotational speeds of the two rotors is between 2:1 and 4:1. Each rotor has a rotor shaft with a plurality of axially spaced mounting flanges, the tines being bolted to the flanges and extending generally tangentially of the rotor shaft.

Abstract: An improved tine has a bevel on the outer side and a smooth hard surface on the inner side and, together with an improved split tine hub, provides an improved multiple tine and hub assembly with increased durability and power efficiency.

Abstract: A soil working machine has a working member with element blades and a scraping member that releases clods cut out by the working member so that the clods drop to the ground. Both of the members can be positively driven in the same direction about horizontal axes, but the scraping member can also be rotated by contact with the ground. Preferably, the blades are secured to support discs and extend axially of the working member. Scraping elements on arms of the scraping member project between the blades of adjacent support discs and have vanes which also extend almost axially. During rotation, the vanes are moved to intersect the paths of the blades and to remove the clods. Other forms of scraping members are described. The scraping member ensures that soil is wiped from the blades, to avoiding clogging of the working member and a consequent increased power requirement. Also, the cut clods are preferably replaced upside down by the action of the members.

Abstract: This invention consists of a device by means of which worn out spoons on the teeth of the wheels of rotary hoes can be easily replaced. It consists of individual spoons which replace the worn out spoons, and portable fixtures which guide and hold the new spoons in the proper position for welding them to the existing teeth.

Abstract: A wheel that has an alternating tooth structure for improved entry into the soil and movement therethrough for efficient soil lifting and flow, self cleaning and balanced operation. The wheel includes a central hub, four equally spaced spokes extending radially therefrom to a circular flange from which radially extending rearwardly curved, from the direction of travel, teeth extend to work the soil. A tooth of the teeth has a rearward surface that is tapered from one lateral surface to the other and rearwardly to move the soil to one side of the wheel and the adjacent tooth has a rearward surface that is similarly but, oppositely tapered but also rearwardly, to move the soil to the other side of the wheel with the teeth alternating in this sequence around the circumference of the flange.

Abstract: Tilling apparatus disclosed has a rotor shaft with axially spaced multiple tine and hub assemblies having hoe portions of adjacent tines overlapping one another. The apparatus is constructed as a central section and has wing sections pivotally connected to the central section. A first pivot axis for each wing section is the same horizontal plane as the rotor shaft. A first link connects at its lower end to the wing section at the first pivot axis and at its upper end to the central section at a second pivot axis. A thrust link driven by a two-way cylinder moves the wing section about the first pivot axis and then about the second pivot axis. Each tine hub is made in two half-bodies supporting two tines at 90 degrees, with a recess to turn adjacent hubs 30 degrees to one another. Each tine has a bevel on the outer side and a smooth hard surface on the inner side.

Abstract: A tool for an earthworking machine in which the machine has a rotor with one or more support plates mounted in an axially distributed relation with each plate carrying one or more earthworking tools in circumferentially distributed relation. Each tool extends radially outwardly from the respective plate and at the outer end has an earthworking portion extending transversely to the plane in which the tool rotates. The forward working portion comprises a foremost impact region and a cutting edge that slopes rearwardly from the direction of rotation as the edges extend away from the impact region.

Abstract: A rotary hoe implement includes upstanding spacer members for connection to a tool bar for drafting by a tractor. A rotary hoe supporting arm is pivotally connected to a lower end of the spacer member and an elongate adjustment rod extends from a rear end of the rotary hoe supporting arm to an upper end of the spacer member. A spring member is sleeved on the adjustment rod and cooperates with spring length adjusters on the rod to bias the rotary hoe downwardly into ground engagement and control the up and down movement thereof as the hoe travels over the earth surface. The rotary hoe implements are constructed or ganged together as units and are selectively mountable along the length of the tool bar for operator control.

Abstract: A finger wheel for use in an agricultural implement having a substantially circular unitary backing plate with a plurality of bosses disposed in a circle concentric to the backing plate adjacent to the periphery thereof and projecting axially therefrom and with a plurality of anchors disposed in a circle concentric to the backing plate centrally of the bosses and spaced between alternate pairs of bosses; a plurality of bifurcated substantially identical finger elements each of continuous wire material individually related to the anchors, each having a pair of helical coils individually slidably fitted in circumscribing relation to the bosses adjacent to their respective anchor, a return bend connecting the pair of coils, and a pair of fingers individually extending from the coils radially outwardly from the backing plate; and arcuate clamping plates releasably mounted on the backing plate overlaying the bosses and the anchors and capturing the finger elements thereon.

Abstract: A rotary tiller tine assembly in which a main shift has an end key and a shaft extension has at one end an end socket coupled to the main shaft key and at its other end a socket which receives a plug key with which outboard tines are interlockingly engaged.

Abstract: A replaceable tool for attachment to the periphery of an agricultural disc is formed of an inverted U-shaped investment casting which can be fitted over the marginal edge portion of the disc to present parallel leading and trailing faces connecting side surfaces which converge outwardly of the disc, being inclined at different angles relative to the plane of the disc so as to present on one side of said disc a side surface providing clearance for the disc on that side of the disc and the other side surface being at a greater angle which reduces the areas of the end faces of the tool to reduce resistance to passage of the tool through the ground.