Agricultural implement with a scraper internal to a rolling basket
AssigneeSummers Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorTravis Erlin Westlind
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Abstract
An agricultural implement having a rolling basket. A stationary blade is disposed inside an inner chamber of the rolling basket and attached at ends of the rolling basket near the bearings that are connected to the rolling basket. The rolling basket rotates around its major axis via the bearings, while the blade is held stationary. The stationary blade has sleeves at the ends, and each of the sleeves is connected to a post of a support arm and locked into the posts via a pin.
Claims18
An agricultural implement for breaking and mixing a soil surface, comprising:
- a rolling basket comprising a plurality of blades arranged in a substantially cylindrical shape, wherein the rolling basket is adapted to rotate around a major axis of rotation of the rolling basket, wherein the plurality of blades define an inner chamber of the rolling basket;
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- an internal scraper disposed in the inner chamber of the rolling basket adapted for breaking up a material from the inner chamber as the rolling basket is rotated around the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket, wherein the internal scraper is stationary relative to the rolling basket as the rolling basket rotates;
- wherein the internal scraper comprises an elongated member having an upper edge and a lower edge;
- wherein the internal scraper extends in an upward direction with respect to the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket;
- wherein the upper edge of the internal scraper is distally spaced away from the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket;
- wherein the upper edge of the internal scraper is positioned above the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket;
- wherein the lower edge of the internal scraper is distally spaced away from the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket;
- wherein the lower edge of the internal scraper is positioned above the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket;
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- wherein the upper edge of the internal scraper is positioned above the lower edge of the internal scraper.
An agricultural implement for breaking and mixing a soil surface, comprising:
- a rolling basket comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the rolling basket comprises a plurality of blades arranged in a substantially cylindrical shape, wherein the rolling basket is adapted to rotate around a major axis of rotation of the rolling basket, wherein the plurality of blades define an inner chamber of the rolling basket;
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- an internal scraper disposed in the inner chamber of the rolling basket adapted for breaking up a material from the inner chamber as the rolling basket is rotated around the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket, wherein the internal scraper comprises an elongated member having an upper edge and a lower edge, wherein the internal scraper extends in an upward direction with respect to the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket, wherein the internal scraper is stationary relative to the rolling basket as the rolling basket rotates, wherein the internal scraper extends between the first end and the second end of the rolling basket, wherein the internal scraper extends along an axis which is offset with respect to the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket, wherein the upper edge of the scraper is distally spaced away from the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket, the upper edge of the internal scraper is positioned near an inner edge of the plurality of blades, wherein the upper edge of the internal scraper is positioned above the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket, wherein the lower edge of the internal scraper is distally spaced away from the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket, wherein the lower edge of the internal scraper is positioned above the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket, and wherein the upper edge of the internal scraper is positioned above the lower edge of the internal scraper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.