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US 2026/0174073 A1Published application
Generating and applying steam to soil
AssigneeHigh Degree, Inc.
InventorsAustin Bowie, Steven Alan Fennimore
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Abstract
Devices and methods for inserting steam into agricultural soil via probes, bars and otherwise are disclosed. These are rotated and dragged through the soil. Bed shapers in conjunction with that are disclosed.
Claims22
A device for preparing agricultural planting beds, comprising:
- A bed shaper comprising a left surface, a right surface and a top surface inboard of the left and right surfaces and collectively defining a rear-elevation profile adapted for shaping a soil bed above and between furrows outside the left and right surfaces as the bed shaper is advanced in a soil field a first direction;
- A steam delivery system adapted to be connected to a steam source;
- The steam delivery system comprising one or more conduits to deliver steam from the steam source to a plurality of steam exit openings,
- The steam exit openings being positioned below the soil surface for steam delivery into the soil,
- The steam exit openings being positioned ahead of at least a portion of said bed shaper.
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A device for preparing agricultural planting beds, comprising:
- A steam delivery system adapted to be connected to a steam source;
- The steam delivery system comprising one or more conduits to deliver steam from the steam source to a plurality of steam exit openings,
- The steam exit openings being positionable below the soil surface for steam delivery into the soil,
- A rotary member rotating about a first axis of rotation that is generally horizontal and generally perpendicular to the first direction, the rotary member causing probes having the steam exit openings to repetitively inject into the soil and then out of the soil as the device advances in the first direction.
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A method of preparing for planting crops, comprising the acts of:
- tilling a soil field into a substantially flat surface;
- thereafter pulling a device in the field that has a steam inserter below the surface of the soil;
- pulling a bed shaper at least partially behind said steam inserter that shapes the substantially flat soil into soil beds between furrows.
A method of preparing for planting crops, comprising the acts of:
- tilling a soil field;
- thereafter pulling a bed shaper that shapes the soil into soil beds between furrows;
- thereafter pulling a steamer having probes to insert into the bed to inject steam into the bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.