Disc cultivator with curved spacer structure
OwnerPercy Boyd-Dunlopinventor
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Abstract
A cultivator comprises a handle at one end of which is a plurality of dished discs, the dishing of the discs being opposed about a center point. The shaft on which the discs are mounted is bent through an angle at substantially a mid point such that by running the discs through soil, the discs cultivate the soil. The discs are mounted in two groups of two discs each. The groups are separated from each other by a curved spacer mounted on the shaft over the angled portion thereof.
Claims6
A cultivator comprising:
- an arched bracket;
- a handle connected to the arched bracket at the mid-point thereof and extending away therefrom;
- shaft means extending between the two arms of the bracket, said shaft means comprising two shaft portions joined together at an angle at the mid-point of the shaft means;
- two groups of discs, each group having a plurality of discs therein, the two groups of discs being mounted to rotate about the two shaft portions respectively, each said plurality of discs being mounted rigidly upon a spacer sleeve which maintains the discs of that group in spaced relation, the two spacer sleeves of the two groups being mounted on the two shaft portions respectively, an additional spacer sleeve being provided on the shaft means between each group of discs and the adjacent arm of the arched bracket;
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- a curved spacer provided on the shaft means between the two groups of discs, the curved portion of said spacer being positioned over the angle at the mid-point of the shaft means, said spacer being curved to substantially the same degree and in the same direction as the shaft means is angled, said curved spacer acting to maintain spacing between said groups of discs, said arched bracket constituting the sole connection between the shaft means and the handle.
A cultivator as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein said shaft means is affixed to said bracket in a manner such that the plane containing said shaft means is at an angle to the plane containing said bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.