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US 2020/0137965 A1Published application
Steam Shank Rotor Assembly
OwnerWilliam L. Registerinventor
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Abstract
A steam shank rotor assembly having rigid teeth connected to a hollow shaft via teeth mounts which collectively allow steam to circulate from the hollow shaft to the nozzles located near the working end of the teeth, and then into the soil. This invention provides an agricultural apparatus that simultaneously tills and disinfects soil with the use of steam.
Claims15
A steam shank rotor to be operatively connected to a piece of farming equipment comprising:
- a hollow shaft operatively connected to the piece of farming equipment to cause said hollow shaft to rotate;
- at least one tooth mount fluidly connected to said hollow shaft, said tooth mount being rigidly connected to said hollow shaft to rotate about the rotational axis of said hollow shaft upon rotation of said hollow shaft;
- a tooth including a tooth fluid passageway fluidly connected to said tooth mount, said tooth being rigidly connected to said tooth mount;
- a nozzle fluidly including a nozzle fluid passageway fluidly connected to said tooth, said nozzle being rigidly connected to said tooth,
- whereby, upon injection of a fluid into said hollow shaft, the fluid is directed to flow through said hollow shaft, through said at least one tooth, through said tooth and out said nozzle.
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A system of farming equipment used to sterilize and till soil, comprising in combination:
- a hollow shaft operatively connected to the piece of farming equipment to cause said hollow shaft to rotate, at least one tooth mount fluidly connected to said hollow shaft, said tooth mount being rigidly connected to said hollow shaft to rotate about the rotational axis of said hollow shaft upon rotation of said hollow shaft, a tooth including a tooth fluid passageway fluidly connected to said tooth mount, said tooth being rigidly connected to said tooth mount, a nozzle fluidly including a nozzle fluid passageway fluidly connected to said tooth, said nozzle being rigidly connected to said tooth, whereby, upon injection of a fluid into said hollow shaft, said fluid is directed to flow through said hollow shaft, through said at least one tooth, through said tooth and out said nozzle.
- said hollow shaft operatively connected to a steam hose;
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- said steam hose further operatively connected to a boiler.
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A method of sterilizing and tilling a piece of soil comprising the steps of:
- positioning a steam shank rotor assembly comprising a hollow shaft operatively connected to the piece of farming equipment to cause said hollow shaft to rotate, at least one tooth mount fluidly connected to said hollow shaft, said tooth mount being rigidly connected to said hollow shaft to rotate about the rotational axis of said hollow shaft upon rotation of said hollow shaft, a tooth including a tooth fluid passageway fluidly connected to said tooth mount, said tooth being rigidly connected to said tooth mount, a nozzle fluidly including a nozzle fluid passageway fluidly connected to said tooth, said nozzle being rigidly connected to said tooth to extend into the piece of soil, said steam shank rotor, whereby, upon injection of a fluid into said hollow shaft, said fluid is directed to flow through said hollow shaft, through said at least one tooth, through said tooth and out said nozzle, said hollow shaft operatively connected to a steam hose, said steam hose further operatively connected to a boiler;
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- operating the steam shank rotor by engaging the boiler, the boiler being operatively connected to a steam hose, the steam hose being operatively connected to the hollow shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.