Orchard cultivator

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR HOEING ABOUT TREES, COMPRISING: A FIRST HORIZONTAL MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE MOVABLY MOUNTED AT THE REAR OF A FRM TRACTOR, SAID FIRST MEMBER BEING EXTENDED OUTWARDLY AT ONE SIDE THEREOF; A SECOND HORIZONTAL MEMBER SECURED TO SAID FIRST MEMBER AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFORM; A THIRD HORIZONTAL MEMBER CONNECTED TO THE OUTER EXTREMITIES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THESE CONNECTIONS AT AN ANGLE RELATIVE TO BOTH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS A SHAFT ROTATABLY NOURNALLED ON SID THIRD MEMBER ABOUT A VERTICLE AXIS LOCATED ADJACENT THE FORWARD END OF SAID THIRD MEMBER, SAID SHAFT EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID THIRD MEMBER; A HOE FIXED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID SHAFT INCLUDING A FLAT CIRCULAR GORUND ENGAGING DISK BOUNDED BY A CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL RIM EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY THEREFORM, AND PLURALITY OF DOWNWARDLY PROTRUDING LUGS FIXED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE DISK; AND DRIVE MEANS MOUNTED ONS AID THIRD MEMBER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SIAD SHAFT ADAPTED TO REMOTE SAID SHAFT ABOUT ITS AXIS, COMPRISING: A TRANSMISSION MOUNTED ON SAID THIRD MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE POWERED BY A TRACTOR POWER TAKE-OFF, THE OUTPUT OF SAID TRANSMISSION BEING A PULLEY MOUNTED ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS; A PULLEY IDENTICAL TO SAID FIRST-NAMED PULLEY AND SPACED THEREFORM ON SAID THIRD MEMBER; A BELT DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SAID TWO PULLEYS; A FIRST SPROCKET FIXED TO SAID SHAFT; A SECOND SPROCKET FIXED RELATIVE TO THE SECOND OF SAID PULLEYS; AND A CHAIN DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SID FIRST AND SECOND SPROKET.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR HOEING ABOUT TREES, COMPRISING: A FIRST HORIZONTAL MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE MOVABLY MOUNTED AT THE REAR OF A FRM TRACTOR, SAID FIRST MEMBER BEING EXTENDED OUTWARDLY AT ONE SIDE THEREOF; A SECOND HORIZONTAL MEMBER SECURED TO SAID FIRST MEMBER AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFORM; A THIRD HORIZONTAL MEMBER CONNECTED TO THE OUTER EXTREMITIES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THESE CONNECTIONS AT AN ANGLE RELATIVE TO BOTH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS A SHAFT ROTATABLY NOURNALLED ON SID THIRD MEMBER ABOUT A VERTICLE AXIS LOCATED ADJACENT THE FORWARD END OF SAID THIRD MEMBER, SAID SHAFT EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID THIRD MEMBER; A HOE FIXED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID SHAFT INCLUDING A FLAT CIRCULAR GORUND ENGAGING DISK BOUNDED BY A CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL RIM EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY THEREFORM, AND PLURALITY OF DOWNWARDLY PROTRUDING LUGS FIXED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE DISK; AND DRIVE MEANS MOUNTED ONS AID THIRD MEMBER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SIAD SHAFT ADAPTED TO REMOTE SAID SHAFT ABOUT ITS AXIS, COMPRISING: A TRANSMISSION MOUNTED ON SAID THIRD MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE POWERED BY A TRACTOR POWER TAKE-OFF, THE OUTPUT OF SAID TRANSMISSION BEING A PULLEY MOUNTED ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS; A PULLEY IDENTICAL TO SAID FIRST-NAMED PULLEY AND SPACED THEREFORM ON SAID THIRD MEMBER; A BELT DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SAID TWO PULLEYS; A FIRST SPROCKET FIXED TO SAID SHAFT; A SECOND SPROCKET FIXED RELATIVE TO THE SECOND OF SAID PULLEYS; AND A CHAIN DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SID FIRST AND SECOND SPROKET.