Agricultural implement with a scraper internal to a rolling basket
AssigneeSummers Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorTravis Erlin WESTLIND
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Abstract
An agricultural implement having a rolling basket is disclosed. A stationary blade is disposed inside an inner chamber of the rolling basket and attached at ends of the rolling basket near the bearings that are connected to the rolling basket. The rolling basket rotates around its major axis via the bearings, while the blade is held stationary. The stationary blade has sleeves at the ends, and each of the sleeves is connected to a post of a support arm and locked into the posts via a pin.
Claims8
An agricultural implement with a rolling basket for breaking and mixing a soil surface, comprising:
- a basket structure including a plurality of blades extending from one end to an opposing end along a major axis of the basket structure, wherein the plurality of blades define an inner chamber of the basket structure, the inner chamber being accessible via a plurality of openings provided between portions of the blades, the basket structure configured to rotate around the major axis;
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- a scraping edge disposed in the inner chamber of the basket structure for breaking up a material from the inner chamber as the basket structure is rotated around the major axis, wherein the material is removed from the inner chamber of the basket structure via at least one of the plurality of openings.
An agricultural implement with a rolling basket structure for breaking and mixing a soil surface, said implement comprising a rolling basket with an inner chamber having outer ring plates at each end of the inner chamber and a scraping assembly for being disposed in the inner chamber, said implement further comprising:
- supporting arms supporting said rolling basket;
- an elongated scraping edge having a first end and an opposing end, said scraping edge extending between the ends of the inner chamber;
- sleeves disposed at the ends of the inner chamber and fixedly connecting the ends of the scraping edge to the supporting arms;
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- bearings disposed between the supporting arms and the outer ring plates, wherein the bearings are configured to connect to the ends of the rolling basket to allow the rolling basket to rotate around with respect to the elongated scraping edge.
A method for making an agricultural implement with a rolling basket structure for breaking and mixing a soil surface, said implement comprising a rolling basket with an inner chamber having outer ring plates at each end of the inner chamber and a scraping assembly for being disposed in the inner chamber, said implement further comprising supporting arms supporting said rolling basket, an elongated scraping edge having a first end and an opposing end, said scraping edge extending between the ends of the inner chamber, sleeves connected to the ends of the scraping edge and disposed at the ends of the inner chamber and fixedly connecting the ends of the scraping edge to the supporting arms, and bearings disposed between the supporting arms and the outer ring plates, wherein the bearings are configured to connect to the ends of the rolling basket to allow the rolling basket to rotate around with respect to the elongated scraping edge, said method comprising:
- providing the scraping edge with sleeves and the rolling basket with outer ring plates having central openings with at least one central opening having a notch therein;
- inserting the scraping edge to the inner chamber of the rolling basket through one of the central openings and notch;
- connecting the bearings and the sleeves to the supporting arms;
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- connecting the bearings to the outer ring plates, wherein the rolling basket is configured to rotate around and with respect to the scraping edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.