Trash clearing assembly for farm implements

Claim 1

In a farm implement, a pair of independent units for clearing trash ahead of the implement and laterally in opposite directions, each unit comprising: a ground-engageable disc having a sharpened, circular periphery, a convex inner surface and an opposed, outwardly facing concave surface; an elongated bracket having a forward and a rear end; an axle mounting the disc on the bracket at its forward end for rotation about the central axis of disc, said axis being disposed at an angle with respect to the path of travel of the implement, the bracket extending rearwardly from said axle; an elongated, normally vertical support rigidly secured at its lowermost end directly to the bracket at the rear end of the bracket rearwardly of the axle and extending upwardly from the bracket; and a mount on the support having means for releasably attaching the same to the implement, said discs diverging as the supports are approached with one disc leading the other disc, said brackets, axles, supports and mounts being laterally spaced and disposed above the level of said ground rendering the units separately removable from the implement upon detachment of said releasable means.