TURF TREATMENT IMPLEMENT

• US 20150282420A1
• Filed: 10/23/2013
• Published: 10/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Richard Campey Ltd
• Original Assignee: Richard Campey Ltd
• Inventors: Campey, Richard John, Gumbrill, Simon Jonathan, De Kort, Johannes Wilhelmus Herman
• Granted Patent: US 9,820,422 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 45/026 Scarifiers comprising a knife reel actively driven around a substantially horizontal shaft
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 34/53 Helically shaped cutting members

Abstract

A cylindrical turf treatment rotor (10) adapted to be driven in rotation about a horizontal axis (10a), and provided with wear-resistant teeth (13) extending along one or more helical tracks (14a-14d) on the rotor, the teeth being individually attacked to the rotor so as to be capable of individual removal for replacement or refurbishing or for reconfiguring the rotor.

Claims

1. A cylindrical turf treatment rotor adapted to be driven in rotation about a horizontal axis, and provided with wear-resistant teeth extending along one or more helical tracks on the rotor, the teeth being individually attached to the rotor so as to be capable of individual removal for replacement or refurbishing or for reconfiguring the rotor.

2. A cylindrical turf treatment rotor according to claim 1, in which the teeth are removably attached to blades fixed on the rotor.

3. A cylindrical turf treatment rotor according to claim 2, in which the teeth are bolted on to the blades.

4. A cylindrical turf treatment rotor according to claim 3, in which the teeth are attached by a single bolt, the blades having recesses or being so arranged in relation to adjacent blades as to define a recess into which the teeth fit so as to be held securely in position by a single bolt.

5. A cylindrical turf treatment rotor according to claim 2, in which the blades are fixed in slots, which may be laser-cut, in the rotor, and may be welded in the slots.

6. A rotor according to claim 1, in which the teeth extend up to 200 mm above the cylindrical surface of the rotor.

7. A rotor according to claim 1, in which the teeth extend on four equally spaced helical tracks.

8. A rotor according to claim 1, in which the teeth are of wear resistant material or at least tipped with wear resistant material such as tungsten carbide.