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US 5,507,351 AGranted
Cleaner for tined wheels
OwnerHoward Martininventor
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This invention provides an improved apparatus for maintaining tooth rotating wheels, which are used to penetrate the soil either as a cultivating apparatus, a row cleaning apparatus, or as closing apparatus for row planters free of mulch, trash, dirt and/or rocks. By removing the debris from the space between the teeth on the wheel, the wheel can penetrate the soil to a controlled or desired depth as set by the operator. Debris between the wheels can limit the depth of penetration by the formation of a solid or semi-solid mass generally resembling of variable rim diameter. The wheels may be driven by a power mechanism or may be rotated by the penetration in the ground and the forward motion of a propulsion unit. The toothed wheel is kept clean of debris, thereby allowing accurate depth penetration as determined by conditions and requirements.
A cleaning device for removing debris from the teeth of a wheel having a plurality of spaced apart teeth on the periphery, the wheel mounted on a framework on an axis to permit rotation of said wheel during forward movement of said framework so that the teeth penetrate the soil as the wheel rotates comprising:
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