Plow apparatus and method using acoustics
AssigneeBilly R. King
InventorsBilly R. King, Walter F. Rausch
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Abstract
The plow apparatus has plow blades to break up the soil in the plowed field. The broken up soil is scooped up with scooper blades by the forward motion of the plow apparatus and then conveyed to rotating tillers. The tillers break up the soil into smaller clumps. The tilled soil is then exposed to acoustical energy provided by acoustical transducers. The acoustical energy is of a sufficiently high intensity so as to kill or destroy weed seeds and insect larvae in the soil. The soil is then returned to the ground.
Claims7
A plow apparatus, comprising:
- a) a frame having front and rear ends, said frame having rotatable wheels mounted thereto, said wheels allowing said plow apparatus to move over ground, said frame being adapted to couple said plow apparatus to a towing vehicle;
- b) plow blade means for breaking up soil when said plow apparatus is moved along the ground, said plow blade means being coupled to said frame;
- c) acoustical transducer means for producing acoustical energy of a sufficiently high intensity so as to cause cellular disruption of biological life forms in said soil, wherein weed seeds and insect larvae are disrupted, said acoustical transducer means being coupled to said frame and being located rearwardly of said plow blade means so as to expose said broken up soil to said acoustical energy;
- d) an enclosure, said enclosure comprising an acoustical chamber which acoustical chamber contains said acoustical transducer means, said enclosure having openings for allowing said broken up soil to be exposed to said acoustical energy produced by said acoustical transducer means.
A plow apparatus, comprising:
- a) a frame having front and rear ends, said frame having rotatable wheels mounted thereto, said wheels allowing said plow apparatus to move over ground, said frame being adapted to couple said plow apparatus to a towing vehicle;
- b) plow blade means for breaking up soil when said plow apparatus is moved along the ground, said plow blade means being coupled to said frame;
- c) acoustical transducer means for producing acoustical energy of a sufficiently high intensity so as to cause cellular disruption of biological life forms in said soil, wherein weed seeds and insect larvae are disrupted, said acoustical transducer means being coupled to said frame and being located rearwardly of said pow blade means so as to expose said broken up soil to said acoustical energy;
- d) an enclosure, said enclosure comprising an acoustical chamber which acoustical chamber contains said acoustical transducer means, said enclosure having openings for allowing said broken up soil to be exposed to said acoustical energy produced by said acoustical transducer means;
- e) conveyance means for conveying said soil that has been broken up by said plow blade means into said enclosure.
A method of preparing a field, comprising the steps of:
- a) plowing soil in said field so as to break up said soil;
- b) after plowing said soil, scooping up said plowed soil;
- c) conveying said scooped soil to tilling means;
- d) tilling said plowed soil with said tilling means into smaller particles;
- e) exposing said tilled soil to high intensity acoustical energy so as to kill or destroy weed seeds and insect larvae in said soil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.