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US 12,376,509 B2Granted
Rolling soil probe
OwnerJeffrey L Royerinventor
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Abstract
A rolling soil probe which may be pulled by a tractor or a truck or mounted on a trailer. The rolling soil probe includes a rotatable square wheel having four sides, each of which has a soil probe extending outwardly therefrom.
Claims20
A wheel for a rolling soil probe, comprising:
- a hub member configured to rotate about an axis, the axis extending in an axial direction;
- a plurality of planar plates coupled to a periphery of the hub member and extending in the axial direction such that the plurality of planar plates and the hub member define a cavity and an opening to the cavity that is distal from the hub member, wherein the plurality of planar plates define a rim configured for rolling on a ground surface, wherein each planar plate is coupled directly adjacent to another planar plate among the plurality of planar plates;
- at least one elongated soil probe coupled to at least one planar plate among the plurality of planar plates, the at least one elongated soil probe having a first end and a second end, the at least one elongated soil probe configured to receive a soil sample at the first end and configured to discharge the soil sample at the second end.
A wheel for a rolling soil probe, comprising:
- a hub member configured to rotate about an axis, the axis extending in an axial direction;
- a set of four planar plates coupled to a periphery of the hub member and extending in the axial direction such that the set of four planar plates and the hub member define a cavity and an opening to the cavity that is distal from the hub member, wherein the set of four planar plates define a rim configured for rolling on a ground surface, wherein each planar plate is coupled directly adjacent to another planar plate among the set of four planar plates;
- a set of four elongated soil probes coupled respectively to the set of four planar plates, the set of four elongated soil probes each having a first end and a second end, the set of our elongated soil probes each configured to receive a soil sample at the first end and configured to discharge the soil sample at the second end.
A wheel for a rolling soil probe, comprising:
- a hub member configured to rotate about an axis, the axis extending in an axial direction;
- a rim coupled to the periphery of the hub member configured for rolling on a ground surface, the rim defining a radius extending from the axis to an outer periphery of the rim, the rim partially defined by at least one planar plate that extends in the axial direction and extending between two points, each point at the radius of the outer periphery of the rim so that the at least one planar plate of the rim between the two points defines a flat surface that strikes the ground surface during rotation of the wheel to thereby discharge the soil sample from the elongated soil probe, wherein the rim and the hub member define a cavity and an opening to the cavity that is distal from the hub member;
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- at least one elongated soil probe coupled to the rim and opposite across the wheel from the at least one planar plate, the at least one elongated soil probe having a first end and a second end, the at least one elongated soil probe configured to receive a soil sample at the first end and configured to discharge the soil sample at the second end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.