Earthworking implement and row guide apparatus
AssigneeAlloway Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorFred W. Eisenhardt
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Abstract
An earthworking implement mounted on a three-point hitch of a draft vehicle with a hitch assembly. The hitch assembly has L-shaped members mounted in clamps secured to a main transverse beam. A plurality of parallel linkages movably connect a transverse tool bar to the beam. Row guide units having longitudinally aligned guide wheels and furrowing tools are mounted with clamps to the tool bar. Earthworking tools are mounted with clamps to the tool bar. In one form, the earthworking tool is a blade sequentially moved into and out of the soil with a lifting wheel to dig water and snow holding basins or trenches in the soil.
Claims35
An earthworking implement mountable on a draft vehicle comprising:
- a transverse beam, hitch means for connecting the beam to the draft vehicle, transverse tool bar means located rearwardly of the beam, linkage means connecting the tool bar means to the beam, and row guide means mounted on the tool bar means for guiding the implement along a furrow in the ground, said row guide means including a rotatable resilient wheel having convex side walls joined to a circular center section surrounding an annular chamber, first support means mounting the wheel on the tool bar means, a furrowing tool located behind the wheel, and second support means mounting the furrowing tool on the tool bar means behind the wheel and in general longitudinal alignment with the wheel.
An earthworking implement mountable on a draft vehicle comprising:
- a transverse beam, hitch means for connecting the beam to the draft vehicle, transverse tool bar means located rearwardly of the beam, linkage means connecting the tool bar means to the beam, earthworking means mounted on the tool bar means to work soil between rows of crops, and row guide means mounted on the tool bar means for guiding the earthworking means along the rows of crops, said row guide means including a rotatable wheel having convex curved side walls joined to a circular center section adapted to follow a longitudinal furrow in the soil, first support means mounting the wheel on the tool bar means, a furrowing tool located behind the wheel, and second support means mounting the furrowing tool on the tool bar means behind the wheel and in general longitudinal alignment with the wheel.
An earthworking implement mountable on a draft vehicle comprising:
- transverse tool bar means located rearwardly of the draft vehicle, means for connecting the tool bar means to the draft vehicle, earthworking tool means mounted on the tool bar means for working the soil between longitudinal rows of crops, row guide means mounted on the tool bar means for guiding the earthworking tool means along the sides of rows of crops, said row guide means including a plurality of row guide assemblies mounted on separate portions of the tool bar means, each assembly having a rotatable wheel having convex curved side walls joined to a circular center section, first support means mounting the wheel on the tool bar means, said first support means including an L-shaped member having a forwardly directed leg, means rotatably mounting the wheel to a forward section of the leg, clamp means mounting the L-shaped member on the tool bar means, a furrowing tool located behind the wheel, and second support means mounting the furrowing tool on the tool bar means behind the wheel and in general longitudinal alignment with the wheel.
A draft vehicle and earthworking implement for working the soil between longitudinal rows of crops comprising:
- said draft vehicle having front steering wheels operable to follow longitudinal furrows in the soil located between the rows of crops, said steering wheels having convex curved side walls, said implement having a transverse beam, hitch means connecting the beam to the draft vehicle, a transverse tool bar means located rearwardly of the beam, linkage means connecting the tool bar means to the beam, earthworking tool means mounted on the tool bar means for working the soil between the longitudinal rows of crops, a plurality of row guide assemblies mounted on separate portions of the tool bar means for guiding the earthworking tool means along the sides of the rows of crops, each row guide assembly having a rotatable wheel rotatable along a longitudinal furrow in the soil between the rows of crops, said wheel having convex curved side walls joined to a circular center section, first support means mounting the wheel on the tool bar means whereby the wheel is aligned with a longitudinal furrow in the soil, a furrowing tool located behind the wheel, and second support means mounting the furrowing tools on the toor bar means behind the wheel and in general longitudinal alignment with the wheel whereby the furrowing tool, on forward movement of the draft vehicle, forms a longitudinal furrow in the soil forming a guide furrow between the rows of crops.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.