Cultivator sweep assembly
AssigneeGEN Manufacturing Ltd.
InventorHenry John Bergen
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Abstract
A cultivator sweep secured to a sweep holder that is attached to a cultivator implement for shearing surface soil. The cultivator sweep includes a body member having a front nose portion, a rear portion and a pair of laterally outwardly extending wing members. The rear portion includes a slot. The sweep holder includes an insertion member and at least two flanges. The insertion member is received within the slot and the at least two flanges extend outwardly from the insertion member and define grooves to receive the body member. An interference fit is created between the body member of the cultivator sweep and the at least two flanges of the sweep holder to securely retain the cultivator sweep with respect to the sweep holder.
Claims11
A cultivator sweep assembly that is capable of being attached to a cultivator implement for shearing surface soil, comprising:
- a cultivator sweep including a body member having a front nose portion, a rear portion having a rear edge and a pair of laterally outwardly extending wing members, said body member having a slot extending through said rear edge toward said front nose portion;
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- a vertically extending sweep holder including an insertion member having a front, back and opposing sides and at least two flanges extending laterally outwardly from each side and defining a groove, wherein said insertion member is received within said slot of said body member and said body member of said cultivator sweep is received between said at least two flanges, wherein at least one of said body member and said at least two flanges are contoured to create an interference fit between said body member and said at least two flanges of said sweep holder to securely retain said cultivator sweep with respect to said sweep holder.
A cultivator sweep assembly that is capable of being attached to a cultivator implement for shearing surface soil, comprising:
- a cultivator sweep including a body member having a front nose portion, a rear portion and a pair of laterally outwardly extending wing members, said body member having a slot extending through said rear portion toward said front nose portion;
- and a vertically extending sweep holder including an insertion member having a front, back and opposing sides and at least two flanges extending laterally outwardly from each side and defining a groove, wherein said insertion member is received within said slot of said body member and sail body member of said cultivator sweep is received between said at least two flanges, wherein at least one of said body member and said at least two flanges are contoured to create an interference fit between said body member and said at least two flanges of said sweep holder to securely retain said cultivator sweep with respect to said sweep holder, wherein said at least two flanges are contoured to provide an interference fit with said body member.
A cultivator sweep assembly that is capable of being attached to a cultivator implement for shearing surface soil, comprising:
- a cultivator sweep including a body member having a front nose portion, a rear portion and a pair of laterally outwardly extending wing members, said body member having a slot extending through said rear portion toward said front nose portion;
- and a vertically extending sweep holder including an insertion member having a front, back and opposing sides and at least two flanges extending laterally outwardly from each side and defining a groove, wherein said insertion member is received within said slot of said body member and said body member of said cultivator sweep is received between said at least two flanges, wherein at least one of said body member and said at least two flanges are contoured to create an interference fit between said body member and said at least two flanges of said sweep holder to securely retain said cultivator sweep with respect to said sweep holder, wherein said slot is a rectangular shaped slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.