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Trash farming means and method

  • US 4,562,780 A
  • Filed: 05/05/1983
  • Issued: 01/07/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A trash farming implement adapted to travel in a given direction, comprising:

  • frame means;

    generally horizontally disposed rotatable tillage means supported on said frame means inclined with respect to the ground so that as said tillage means is moved along the ground, the lowermost peripheral portion thereof is in contact with the ground, said lowermost portion being disposed forwardly and to one lateral side of the central region of the tillage means, with respect to said given direction of travel, whereby said tillage means, in operation, displaces soil in a first direction rearwardly and laterally toward said one side of said tillage means;

    generally vertically disposed soil replacement plate means;

    means mounting said soil replacement plate means on said frame means for movement along the ground, said soil replacement plate means being positioned such that the lowermost portion of the periphery thereof is adapted to contact the soil displaced by said tillage means adjacent the periphery of said tillage means at a location on said one side rearwardly of said lowermost peripheral portion of the latter, whereby soil displaced by said tillage means is displaced in said first direction toward said soil replacement means and is redirected by the latter in a direction so as to generally replace the soil in substantially its original position.

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