Symmetrical brush pattern groomer with integrated spring tine rake
AssigneeGreensGroomer WorldWide, Inc.
InventorsMichael E. Davis, James R. Hanson
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Abstract
An integrated brush-tine vehicle for brushing top dressing material between grass blades. The vehicle employs at least four brushes to contact each blade of grass located beneath the brush pattern of the vehicle. The vehicle includes adjustable tines to cooperatively work with the brushes to move the top dressing material down between grass blades.
Claims16
An integrated brush-tine groomer connectable to a three-point hitch of a towing vehicle for moving said groomer across a surface and working top dressing material into grass blades extending therefrom comprising:
- a main frame having a front end and a rear end with a longitudinal axis of movement extending from said front end to said rear end, said frame movable across a surface along said longitudinal axis of movement;
- and,
- brushes mounted to said frame and including bristles extending downward to work top dressing material between grass blades extending from said surface as said frame is moved across the grass blades, and wherein:
- said brushes are arranged in a first pattern extending on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis of movement which is an axis of symmetry of said first pattern with half of the brushes located on one side of said longitudinal axis of movement being arranged as a mirror image of the remaining half of brushes located on a side of said longitudinal axis of movement opposite of said one side, and,
- tines mounted to said frame to contact said grass blades and cooperatively with said brushes work top dressing material between said blades.
An integrated brush-tine groomer for working top dressing material into a surface having grass blades extending upwardly therefrom comprising:
- a frame with a pair of side frame portions and a front frame portion and rear frame portion connected together in a rectangular pattern, said frame movable across a supporting surface with a longitudinal axis of movement;
- brushes mounted to said frame and including bristles extending downward to work top dressing material between grass blades extending from said surface as said frame is moved across the grass blades, said brushes are located between said side frame portions and said front frame portion and said rear frame portion, said brushes are arranged in a first pattern extending on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis of movement which is an axis of symmetry of said first pattern with half of the brushes located on one side of said longitudinal axis of movement being arranged as a mirror image of the remaining half of brushes located on a side of said longitudinal axis of movement opposite of said one side;
- and,
- a tine assembly mounted to said frame and located between said side frame portions and said front frame portion and said rear frame portion, said tine assembly including multiple rods extending transverse to said axis of movement and movably mounted to and between said side frame portions, said tine assembly further including tines mounted to said multiple rods and extendible downwardly therefrom to penetrate into said grass blades, said tine assembly further including a tine positioner connected to said rods to simultaneous rotate said rods and simultaneous move said tines relative to said grass blades the desired amount of penetration.
An integrated brush-tine vehicle for moving across a golf green and working top dressing material into blades extending upwardly from said green comprising:
- a frame having an axis of movement and movable across a golf green along said axis, said frame includes a pair of spaced apart side portions, a front frame portion, and a rear frame portion fixedly connected together forming a rectangular interior;
- tines movably mounted to said frame within said rectangular interior and extending downwardly therefrom to engage blades and move said blades to extend upwardly therefrom;
- means mounted to said frame and connected to said tines being operable to move said tines to and from said blades to control penetration of said tines relative to said blades;
- and,
- brushes depending from said frame from within said rectangular interior to brush top dressing material into blades extending upwardly from said golf green, said brushes are arranged along an axis of movement of said frame and are arranged in symmetrical patterns on either side of said axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.