Floating carrier

Claim 1

In a floating carrier, the combination of a frame, means for hitching said frame to a tractor, and said frame supporting a plurality of bars, each of said bars being individually spring loaded, each of said bars supporting a rotary hoe, said springloaded bars each letting said rotary hoe to perform its full function of breaking up earth crust, said frame comprising a rectangular member having a pair of parallel spaced-apart front and rear beams made of angle iron, the opposite ends of said angle irons being enjoined to a pair of side flat irons welded there to, and said means for hitching to said tractor comprising a pair of forwardly extending angle irons supporting a pair of flat irons so to form a hitch extending forwardly of said rectangular frame, each one of said bars comprising one of a pair of bars forming a set, a space between said sets that is larger than a space between said bars within each set, said framesupporting a plurality of said sets, each of said bars being attached pivotally free at its one end to a transverse extending pin supported between a pair of blocks affixed to said forward beam of said frame, said beam extending diagonally rearwardly down from said supporting pin, a rear end of said bar having an opening transversely there through for securement of said rotary hoe there to, and an intermediate portion of said bar having a pin secured there to, said pin being fitted into a bushing supported at a lower end of a rod provided with an eye at the lower end thereof, said rod extending vertically upwardly through an opening through said rear beam, a compression coil spring being positioned under said rear beam and fitted around said rod so that an upper end of said spring bears against the under side of said rear beam, a lower end of said spring bearing against a lower collar secured by a setscrew around said rod, and an upper collar being secured by a set screw to an upper portion of said rod extending upwardly of said rear beam.