Soil cultivating implements
OwnerCornelis van der Lelyinventor
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Abstract
A cultivating implement has side-by-side soil working members journalled in a hollow frame portion. Each member includes a support with hub that is connected to the lower end of a corresponding shaft. The shafts of the soil working members have meshed pinions on their upper ends that are housed in an upper chamber of the frame portion. The support and hub are housed substantially in their entireties within the frame portion and the lower side of each hub has apertured tags with pins that comprise quick release fastenings for downwardly extending tines.
Claims14
A soil-cultivating implement comprising a frame and at least one soil-working member supported on a hollow portion of said frame, said portion comprising three vertically spaced apart plates that define upper and lower chambers between a top and a central plate and between said central plate and a bottom plate, respectively, said soil-working member being rotatable about an upwardly extending shaft and driving means connected to said shaft to rotate same, said shaft being journalled within said portion and tool support means being connected to the shaft's lower portion, said support means including a hub that is substantially positioned entirely within the lower chamber, downwardly extending tool means connected to said support means and the lower side of said support means being flanged and fitted with minimal clearance in a hole in said bottom plate to exclude soil, said lower side being positioned at substantially the same level as the bottom plate and having connecting means fastened to at least one downwardly extending tine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.