Apparatus and method for land clearing and preparation
OwnerJeffrey T. Stanley, Steven K. Watsoninventors
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Abstract
A land preparation tool. The land preparation tool can include a tool body, and the tool body can include a cutting surface, a mounting interface disposed along a side of the body opposite the cutting surface, a first angled surface that sweeps backward from the cutting surface toward the mounting interface, and a second angled surface that is disposed on a side of the cutting surface opposite the first angled surface and sweeps backward from the cutting surface toward the mounting interface. The tool can also include a blade disposed on the same side of the tool body as the cutting surface and a channel disposed into the mounting interface and extending into the tool body. The mounting interface can include a nonplanar profile.
Claims20
A land preparation tool comprising:
- a tool body having a longitudinal axis, the tool body comprising a first imaginary plane and a second imaginary plane, the first and second imaginary planes intersecting orthogonally at the longitudinal axis, wherein the tool body comprises:
- a cutting surface, the cutting surface comprising a first concave surface, the first concave surface being symmetric about the first imaginary plane and comprising a first cutting blade at a first distal end and a second cutting blade at a second distal end;
- a mounting interface disposed on the tool body opposite the cutting surface, the mounting interface comprising a second concave surface being symmetric about the second imaginary plane;
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- the tool body defining a channel extending into the tool body.
A land preparation tool comprising:
- a tool body having a longitudinal axis, the tool body comprising a first imaginary plane and a second imaginary plane, the first and second imaginary planes intersecting orthogonally at the longitudinal axis, wherein the tool body comprises:
- a concave cutting surface, the cutting surface comprising a blade;
- a mounting interface disposed on the tool body opposite the cutting surface, wherein the mounting interface comprises a non-planar profile selected from the group consisting of concave, U-shaped, and combinations thereof;
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- the tool body defining a channel extending through the tool body.
A land preparation apparatus, comprising:
- a rotatable drum;
- a plurality of tool holders arranged on the drum, wherein each tool holder comprises a connection interface;
- a plurality of land preparation tools, wherein each land preparation tool is configured to connect with a tool holder of the plurality of tool holders and wherein at least one land preparation tool comprises a tool body having a longitudinal axis, the tool body comprising a first imaginary plane and a second imaginary plane, the first and second imaginary planes intersecting orthogonally along the longitudinal axis, wherein the tool body comprises:
- a cutting surface, the cutting surface comprising a first concave surface, the first concave surface being symmetric about the first imaginary plane and comprising a first cutting blade at a first distal end and a second cutting blade at a second distal end;
- a mounting interface disposed on the tool body opposite the cutting surface, the mounting interface comprising a second concave surface being symmetric about the second imaginary plane;
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- the tool body defining a channel extending into the tool body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.