Turf cutting and rolling apparatus
OwnerMervyn L. Evansinventor
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Abstract
Tractor-mounted apparatus for cutting, rolling and laying turf has parallel side cutters in front of a horizontal bottom cutter for cutting a strip of turf as the tractor advances, the turf strip being wound on a roller on a roller carrier behind the tractor and mounted on a lift frame for oscillation about an upright axis. A completed turf roll on the roller can be elevated by the lift frame and, by swinging the roller carrier, can be moved back through a right angle for unloading onto a platform, or swung through a further right angle and lowered to the ground for laying the turf as the tractor advances.
Claims4
Apparatus for cutting, rolling and laying turf, of the type including a vehicle with a wheel-mounted main frame, and a pair of upright side cutters and a transverse bottom cutter mounted on said main frame and adapted to cut a turf strip as said vehicle advances, wherein:
- a lift frame is mounted on said main frame,
- a roller is mounted on said lift frame for pivotal movement about a substantially upright axis,
- said roller being adapted to be pivoted on and lowered by said lift frame to a turf rolling position lying on and engaging said turf strip and winding said turf strip on it as said vehicle advances,
- said roller being further adapted to be raised by and pivoted on said lift frame to an unloading position extending rearwardly of said vehicle,
- said roller being further adapted to be pivoted on and lowered by said lift frame to a turf laying position displaced 180.degree. from said turf rolling position, and, as said vehicle advances, to lay said turf roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.