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Combination disc harrow and tooth drag attachment

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1959-12-15
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Granted: 1963-05-21
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Expires: 1979-12-15
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Robert J Hotchkiss

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 04:42
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01B; A01B21/00; A01B21/08; A01B49/00; A01B49/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 309 words
THE COMBINATION WITH A DISC HARROW INCLUDING A FRAME HAVING A FORWARD END AND A REARWARD END, A PAIR OF TRANSPORTING WHEELS POSITIONED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FRAME BETWEEN THE FORWARD AND REARWARD ENDS THEREOF AND NORMALLY SPACED ABOVE A GROUND SURFACE, A WHEELCARRYING ELEMENT CONNECTING SAID WHEELS TOGETHER, MEANS ROTATIVELY CONNECTING SAID ELEMENT TO SAID FRAME ABOUT A TRANSVERSE HORIZONTAL AXIS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID WHEELS FROM THE NORMAL POSITION TO A POSITION IN WHICH SAID WHEELS ARE IN A TRANSPORTIN POSITION ON SAID GROUND SURFACE, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ELEMENT FOR EFFECTING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID WHEELS FROM THE NORMAL POSITION TO THE TRANSPORTING POSITION, AND A CROSS FRAME MEMBER ON THE REARWARD END OF SAID HARROW FRAME, OF A TOOTH DRUG ATTACHMENT INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO DRAWBARS AND A TOOTH UNIT INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO TOOTH-CARRYING BARS EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF TEETH ARRANGED IN SPACED RELATION THEREALONG AND DEPENDING THEREFROM, SAID TOOTH UNIT BEING DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF THE REARWARD END OF SAID FRAME WITH THE DRAWBARS DISPOSED SO AS TO EXTEND HORIZONTALLY OVER THE FRAME AND BEAR INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS UPON SAID CROSS FRAME MEMBER AND HAVING ONE OF THE COMPLEMENTAL ENDS ADJACENT SAID WHEEL-CARRYING ELEMENT AND HAVING THE OTHER OF THE COMPLEMENTAL ENDS OVERHANGING THE REARWARD END OF SAID FRAME AND ADJACENT SAID TOOTH UNIT, MEANS ECCENTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID ONE COMPLEMENTAL ENDS OE SAID DRAWBARS TO SAID WHEEL-CARRYING ELEMENT FOR FORE-AND-AFT SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID ONE COMPLEMENTAL ENDS ABOUT SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS, AND MEANS CONNECTING THE OTHER OF THE COMPLEMENTAL ENDS OF SAID DRAWBARS TO SAID TOOTH UNIT FOR MOVEMENT WITH SAID DRAWBARS, WHEREBY SAID DRAWBARS IN THE COURSE OF MOVEMENT OF TH WHEELS FROM THE NORMAL POSITION TO THE TRANSPORTING POSITION WILL FULCRUM ABOUT SAID CROSS FRAME MEMBER TO THEREBY ELEVATE SAID TOOTH UNIT WITH RESPECT TO THE DISC OF SAID HARROW.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 309 words
THE COMBINATION WITH A DISC HARROW INCLUDING A FRAME HAVING A FORWARD END AND A REARWARD END, A PAIR OF TRANSPORTING WHEELS POSITIONED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FRAME BETWEEN THE FORWARD AND REARWARD ENDS THEREOF AND NORMALLY SPACED ABOVE A GROUND SURFACE, A WHEELCARRYING ELEMENT CONNECTING SAID WHEELS TOGETHER, MEANS ROTATIVELY CONNECTING SAID ELEMENT TO SAID FRAME ABOUT A TRANSVERSE HORIZONTAL AXIS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID WHEELS FROM THE NORMAL POSITION TO A POSITION IN WHICH SAID WHEELS ARE IN A TRANSPORTIN POSITION ON SAID GROUND SURFACE, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ELEMENT FOR EFFECTING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID WHEELS FROM THE NORMAL POSITION TO THE TRANSPORTING POSITION, AND A CROSS FRAME MEMBER ON THE REARWARD END OF SAID HARROW FRAME, OF A TOOTH DRUG ATTACHMENT INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO DRAWBARS AND A TOOTH UNIT INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO TOOTH-CARRYING BARS EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF TEETH ARRANGED IN SPACED RELATION THEREALONG AND DEPENDING THEREFROM, SAID TOOTH UNIT BEING DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF THE REARWARD END OF SAID FRAME WITH THE DRAWBARS DISPOSED SO AS TO EXTEND HORIZONTALLY OVER THE FRAME AND BEAR INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS UPON SAID CROSS FRAME MEMBER AND HAVING ONE OF THE COMPLEMENTAL ENDS ADJACENT SAID WHEEL-CARRYING ELEMENT AND HAVING THE OTHER OF THE COMPLEMENTAL ENDS OVERHANGING THE REARWARD END OF SAID FRAME AND ADJACENT SAID TOOTH UNIT, MEANS ECCENTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID ONE COMPLEMENTAL ENDS OE SAID DRAWBARS TO SAID WHEEL-CARRYING ELEMENT FOR FORE-AND-AFT SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID ONE COMPLEMENTAL ENDS ABOUT SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS, AND MEANS CONNECTING THE OTHER OF THE COMPLEMENTAL ENDS OF SAID DRAWBARS TO SAID TOOTH UNIT FOR MOVEMENT WITH SAID DRAWBARS, WHEREBY SAID DRAWBARS IN THE COURSE OF MOVEMENT OF TH WHEELS FROM THE NORMAL POSITION TO THE TRANSPORTING POSITION WILL FULCRUM ABOUT SAID CROSS FRAME MEMBER TO THEREBY ELEVATE SAID TOOTH UNIT WITH RESPECT TO THE DISC OF SAID HARROW.

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