Compact ground preparing roller

Claim 1

A compact ground working machine of the rigidly mounted type for obtaining in a single operation at least the breaking and the rolling of the ground comprising a roller frame extending in a direction transverse to the direction of travel having a roller mounted thereon; said roller frame having at least one support column mounted perpendicular to said roller frame at one of its ends, said roller having a ground bearing surface of open mesh expanded metal; a harrow frame located adjacent said roller frame and having two parallel parts with teeth mounted thereon for transverse reciprocating movement, and a leveling deflector means mounted at the front of said harrow frame; a vertically slidable adjusting means to displace said harrow frame upwardly and downwardly in a direction perpendicular to the ground near said roller, mounted on said support column over said roller, and a jack connected to said adjusting means to move said adjusting means in relation to said roller frame; a connecting member between said adjusting means and said harrow frame of a short length and angled downwardly from said adjusting means toward said harrow frame so as to place said harrow teeth immediately adjacent said roller whereby the machine is confined within a short length.