Roller assembly for smoothing granular media

A roller assembly for smoothing an expanse of granular media, said roller assembly comprising:

• at least one roller having first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis, said roller having a plurality of media contacting surfaces that revolve around said longitudinal axis;
• a plurality of plowing members adjacent to said at least one roller, said plowing members for breaking up the granular media;
• said roller for smoothing said broken up granular media;
• said plurality of media contacting surfaces for flinging at least some of the granular media outwardly from said roller;
• at least a portion of said plurality of media contacting surfaces are inwardly movable from a first position to a compressed position, wherein said compressed position is closer to said longitudinal axis than said first position, said compressed position resulting from forces due to contact with the granular media;
• wherein when one of said plurality of media contacting surfaces is in said compressed position, said media contacting surface returns to said first position with sufficient force and speed to fling at least some of the granular media outwardly of said roller.

A roller assembly for smoothing an expanse of granular media, said roller assembly comprising:

• at least one roller having first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis, said roller having a plurality of media contacting surfaces that revolve around said longitudinal axis;
• a plurality of plowing members adjacent to said at least one roller, said plowing members for breaking up the granular media;
• said roller for smoothing said broken up granular media;
• said plurality of media contacting surfaces for flinging at least some of the granular media outwardly from said roller;
• said plurality of media contacting surfaces is comprised of a plurality of wires having a first end proximate said first end of said roller and having a second end proximate said second end of said roller.