Harrow attachment and mud cleaner for grain drills

Claim 1

A harrow and mud cleaner for mounting behind a grain drill having a plurality of spaced rotatably leveling wheels rotatably mounted to a horizontal shaft, said harrow and mud cleaner comprising a pole adapted to be attached across the rearward end of the grain drill, a pair of arms pivotally mounted to the pole, a pair of levers for each arm with the upper ends of the levers pivotally mounted to the arms, sleeves fixed to the lower ends of the levers, a pair of harrow teeth support poles mounted in the sleeves, a plurality of harrow teeth mounted to the support poles, said arms being pivotally mounted to pivot upward and forward against the rear of the grain drill, with the upward movement of the arms causing the levers to pivot downward to place the harrow teeth out of the way when not in use, a plurality of V-shaped channel members forming mud cleaners, said V-shaped channel members extending forward and downward in length between the leveling wheels with their rearward ends attached to said pole and with their forward ends abutting the underside of the horizontal shaft, and with the apex of the V-shaped mud cleaners extending downward, whereby as the leveling wheels rotate relative to the mud cleaners, the mud cleaners will engage any mud lodged between the leveling wheels to remove the mud between the leveling wheels.