Cultivators

Claim 1

A cultivator attachment comprising a main frame beam and coupling means at the forward side of said beam, for direct and close connection to the rear of a prime mover, a plurality of rotatable soil-working members journalled on said frame beam, said soil-working members each being mounted on a rotary shaft and being in driving connection with driving means including a gear box positioned on said beam, the rotary shafts of said soil-working members extending in a row transverse to the direction of travel and said driving means including a driving shaft which in its entirety is located to the rear of a vertical plane that passes through said rotary shafts, said main beam being an elongated hollow member extending transverse to the direction of travel and housing meshed pinion gears of said driving means, each of said rotary shafts being secured to one of said pinion gears and one of said rotary shafts having its upper end in driving connection with said driving shaft, said driving shaft being connectable to a power take off of the prime mover, whereby said cultivator can be attached a minimum distance to the rear of the prime mover to improve maneuvering during operation and reduce stress during inoperative transport, said driving shaft being operatively connected to a branch shaft and the latter extending rearwardly and substantially horizontal for connection to another implement at the rear of said gear box placing same in driving connection with the same power take off that drives said soil-working members, said branch shaft projecting through an aperture in said gear box, the front of said beam being solely supported from the ground by said coupling means attached to the prime mover.