Sod cutter
OwnerClyde Rockwell Hokeinventor
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Abstract
Sod cutting apparatus for attachment to an excavating machine such as a backhoe wherein an elongate blade for cutting a surface layer from the earth is positioned substantially parallel to the surface of the earth and at a controlled depth by an appropriate depth control. A cross bar spans the elongated blade and is pivotally connected thereto. The crossbar is detachably connected with a portion of an excavating machine whereby movement of the excavating machine adjacent the surface of the earth moves the depth control across the surface and the blade means through the earth so as to cut a surface layer from the earth. A sheet dispensing mechanism is provided for dispensing sheet material in interposition between the earth and the severed surface layer.
Claims10
Sod cutting apparatus for attachment to an excavating machine such as a backhoe and comprising elongate blade means for cutting a surface layer from the earth, depth control means operatively connected with said blade means for positioning the same substantially parallel to the surface of the earth, and mounting means operatively connected with said blade means and said depth control means for detachable engagement with a portion of an excavating machine and comprising crossbar means spanning said blade means and pivotally connected thereto for accommodating varying angulations of the excavating machine with respect to the surface of the earth whereby movement of the excavating machine adjacent the surface of the earth moves said depth control means across the surface and said blade means through the earth and cuts a surface layer therefrom.
Sod cutting apparatus for attachment to a backhoe bucket and comprising widthwise elongate blade means for cutting a substantially horizontal surface layer from the earth, depth control means operatively connected with said blade means adjacent widthwise terminal ends thereof for positioning said blade means substantially parallel to the surface of the earth, crossbar means spanning and pivotally connected with said blade means and said depth control means, and clamp means mounted medially of said crossbar means for detachable engagement with a backhoe bucket whereby movement of the bucket adjacent the surface of the earth moves said blade means through the earth and cuts a surface layer therefrom.
Sod cutting apparatus adapted for use as an attachment to an excavating machine such as a backhoe and comprising:
- elongate blade means for cutting a surface layer from the earth,
- depth control means substantially rigidly connected with said blade means for positioning the same substantially parallel to the surface of the earth and for gauging the thickness of the layer cut from the earth, and
- mounting means for detachable engagement with a transverse lip portion of an excavating machine and pivotally connected with said blade means and said depth control means for positioning said blade means substantially parallel to said transverse lip portion while accommodating varying angulations of the excavating machine with respect to the earth during engagement of said blade means and said depth control means with the earth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.