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US 6,681,867 B2Granted
Oscillating ground engaging tool
OwnerRonald L. Satzlerinventor
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Abstract
A ground engaging tool that oscillates in a motion, relative to the ground, that is substantially vertically upward, and then downward and forward in a direction in which the apparatus is moved.
Claims19
A tilling apparatus, comprising:
- a ground engaging tool that oscillates in a motion, relative to the ground, that is substantially vertically upward, and then downward and forward in a direction in which the apparatus is moved.
In a vehicle having a tilling apparatus movably associated with said vehicle, the tilling apparatus comprising:
- a ground engaging tool;
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- a linkage assembly operatively connected to said ground engaging tool, said linkage assembly causing said ground engaging tool to oscillate in a motion, relative to the ground, that is substantially vertically upward, and then downward and forward in a direction in which said vehicle is moved.
A method for tilling using a tilling apparatus having a ground engaging tool, comprising:
- repeatedly moving the ground engaging tool of the tilling apparatus in a motion, relative to the ground, that is substantially vertically upward, and then downward and forward in a direction in which the apparatus is moved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.