Rotary weeder

Claim 1

STRUCTURE AS DESCRIBED COMPRISING: PARALLEL, HORIZONTAL SPACED BARS, A WHEEL AT THE REAR END OF EACH BAR ELEVATING SAID BAR TO A PREDETERMINED POSITION, MEANS AT THE FRONT ENDS OF SAID BARS FOR CONNECTION TO A PULLING IMPLEMENT, AND MULCHING UNITS MOUNTED ON SAID BARS, TURNABLE ABOUT AN AXIS INCLINED TO THE VERTICAL, EACH MULCHING UNIT HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED, DOWNWARDLY, AND OUTWARDLY, RADIALLY DIVERGING MEMBERS, THE OUTER ENDS OF WHICH ARE ADAPTED TO SUCCESSIVELY PENETRATE THE GROUND OVER WHICH DRAWN AND WITHDRAW THEREFROM AS THE BARS ON WHICH CARRIED ARE DRAWN IN A FORWARD DIRECTION, THE FREE ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS ON THE MULCHING UNIT ON OPPOSITE BARS PENETRATING THE GROUND AT SHORT DISTANCES FROM EACH OTHER, AND WEEDING UNITS ON SAID BARS SPACED FROM THE MULCHING UNITS MOUNTED TO TURN ABOUT AXES FORWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY INCLINED IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION TO THE VERTICAL, EACH WEEDING UNIT HAVING ROTATING MEANS ADAPTED TO PENETRATE THE GROUND, AND SPACED, RADIALLY DIVERGING DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLEXIBLE MEMBERS ADAPTED TO SUCCESSIVELY PENETRATE THE GROUND TO A LESSER EXTENT THAN THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE MULCHING UNIT, THE FREE END PORTIONS OF SAID FLEXIBLE MEMBERS OF OPPOSITE WEEDING UNITS INTERMESHING AND EXTENDING ESSENTIALLY INTO THE PLANT ROW UPON ENGAGING THE GROUND.