Abstract: A grooming apparatus, for sloping, aerating and fluffing bedding material in livestock free stalls, is attached to a vehicle such as a skid steer. The grooming apparatus includes a rotary arm, having grooming members, and connected to the vehicle by a boom. The rotary arm, when viewed across the stalls, is angled at a slope. The grooming members contact the bedding material to fluff and aerate it, and arrange it according to the slope. The rotary arm, when viewed from the end of a stall, may be pitched forward or rearward. These pitches and angles permit the grooming members to more effectively move the bedding material within each stall to create the slope. Such a slope is beneficial for livestock that prefers a sloped bed. Using the boom, the rotary arm can be moved up and/or out of the way when the vehicle is moved through doorways and the like.

Abstract: Device for a soil cultivating machine, comprising a rotor. A plurality of tools are mounted on the rotor. At least one tool of the plurality comprises a fixing end, a soil engaging portion, and a connecting portion which connects the fixing end to the soil engaging portion. The at least one tool is movably mounted to the rotor.

Abstract: Soil cultivating apparatus which includes at least one rotary cutting assembly having a plurality of earth working implements (25, 26) spaced around a peripheral region of a rotary support member (18) mounted for rotation about a central upright axis of rotation. The implements (25, 26) depend downwardly from the support member (18) and are in first and second sets. Implements (25) of the first set each have a primary cutting edge extending upwardly, rearwardly and outwardly from a lower soil engaging extremity. Implements (26) of the second set each have a primary cutting edge extending upwardly rearwardly and inwardly from a lower soil engaging extremity. The lower soil engaging extremities of implements (25) of the first set are at a radial distance from the axis less than the radial distance of the extremities of the implements (26) of the second set.

Abstract: A subsurface weed tool which makes use of a variety of different detachable blade attachments to cut the roots of and other plants. The tool can be provided with a variety of different attachments, permitting it to be used for other purposes such as aeration of the soil, removal of sod strips and lawn and garden edging. The tool comprises an elongate hollow supporting member having an upper end on which is mounted a motor. An elongate drive shaft or rod is operatively connected to the motor and extends through the supporting member to the latter's lower end. A reciprocating drive unit is mounted on this lower end and includes a drive conversion mechanism connected to the bottom end of the drive shaft and capable of converting rotary motion to a reciprocating linear motion in a certain direction. A blade attachment is connectible to the conversion mechanism and can include a planar blade member with a forward cutting edge.

Abstract: An oscillating harrow having a pair of harrow rings which can be raised and folded easily for transport. Each ring includes a pair of opposed, central segments which are disposed below a ground-travelling frame, and a pair of opposed side segments which are mounted on the central segments for swinging between positions extending laterally and upwardly with respect to the frame. A pair of wing members attached to opposed sides of the frame, adjacent opposed side segments, are shiftable between operative and transport positions. The wing members are coupled to associated side segments through cables which are slack when the members are in their operative positions. As the wing members are swung from their operative to their transport positions, slack in the cables is taken up, causing the side segments to be drawn toward the associated wing members.

Abstract: A cultivating attachment mounted on a tractor is driven by the power take-off drive of the tractor to simulate the customary action of a hoe when it is manually manipulated. The desired effect is achieved by providing a pair of ground engaging rotatable cutting elements at the ends of an arm mounted on a chassis which is connected to the tractor frame. Shafts are connected to the ends of the arm and also eccentrically connected to plates which are rotated by a drive connected to the power take-off of the tractor. Movement of the eccentrics imparts an oscillating and vertical movement to the arm and the cutting elements connected thereto as the cutting elements engage the ground being cultivated.

Abstract: A soil cultivating machine has a frame beam with a forward supporting member and a rear supporting member. The frame beam and the supporting members are all elongated and extend transverse to the direction of travel. The opposite lateral ends of one supporting member are linked to the corresponding ends of the other member by curved coupling members and both supporting members are movable about substantially vertical axes in directions transverse to the normal direction of travel of the machine. Tined cultivating members are mounted on each of the supporting and coupling members for free rotation about upwardly extending axes.

Abstract: A portable, power operated, hand cultivator comprising a frame having a motor supported thereon which, through a transmission, oscillates two or more generally vertically disposed cultivator tines extending downwardly from the frame. A handle is provided for easy control and manipulation of the device.

Abstract: A cultivator for attachment to the rear of a prime mover has a frame with a plurality of side-by-side soil-working members rotatably mounted on vertical shafts journalled in said frame. A power take off connection drives a crank mechanism and connecting rods interconnect the crank mechanism with arms on the shafts to oscillate the soil-working members in operation. Each connecting rod is connected to alternate soil-working members so that neighboring soil-working members oscillate in different directions. Each soil-working member preferably has four tines in cruciform configuration and a roller is adjustably mounted to the rear of the soil-working members to regulate the latter's working depth.

Abstract: An agricultural implement combination has a forward cultivator with soil working blades that rotate about a horizontal axis extending transverse to the direction of travel and a rear harrow having tined soil working members that rotate about upwardly extending shafts positioned in a row also extending transverse to the direction of travel. The cultivator and harrow each have a coupling member and their coupling members are linked by pairs of arms that cross one another when the implement is viewed from the side. A driving system includes a separate transmisson with change speed gearing for the cultivator and the harrow and the input shaft of the cultivator is connectable to a prime mover p.t.o. A telescope shaft connection bridges the two transmissions so that the blades of the cultivator and the tined members of the harrow can be driven from a single p.t.o. The harrow preferably has a supporting roller at the rear to smooth the soil worked first by the cultivator and then by the harrow.

Abstract: A soil cultivator has a beamed frame with a coupling member to be attached to a tractor. A plurality of rotatable tined soil working members are mounted in a row that extends transverse to the direction of travel. The soil working members are power driven by driving means to rotate about upwardly extending axes and work overlapping strips of ground. The action of the tines breaks up soil, even heavy soil, and a roller is connected to trail the soil working members. The roller has annular plates the outer peripheries of which are formed by horizontally extending elongated elements that engage and smooth the ground behind the tines. The roller is adjustably pivoted to the frame by arms to support the weight of the cultivator. By moving the arms about pivots, the working depths of the tines and the amount of weight borne by the roller can each be regulated to a significant extent.