Rotary hoe
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of support means adapted for attachment to a tool bar for supporting earth working implements wherein there is at least one earthworking implement mounted on each support means, said implements being arranged into at least one row; and
a cutter mounted on at least selected ones of the support means adjacent an implement supported on an adjacent support means for cutting trash caught in the implement of the adjacent support means as trash carried by the implement is moved across the cutter.
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Abstract
A no-till rotary hoe includes trash cutters for cutting field trash carried by the earthworking implements. The rotary hoe also has a walking beam mounted on a support arm with rotary hoe wheels mounted on forward and rear ends of the walking beam. The walking beam is connected to the arm about a pivot positioned to reduce the tendency of the walking beam to pivot excessively in use. A spring is used to aid in maintaining the walking beam properly oriented.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of support means adapted for attachment to a tool bar for supporting earth working implements wherein there is at least one earthworking implement mounted on each support means, said implements being arranged into at least one row; and a cutter mounted on at least selected ones of the support means adjacent an implement supported on an adjacent support means for cutting trash caught in the implement of the adjacent support means as trash carried by the implement is moved across the cutter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. An improvement for rotating earthworking implements carried by a tool bar and arranged into rows having a first row in advance of a second row, support means for rotatably supporting at least one implement for working, an elongated axle between each implement and a corresponding support means, each elongated axle laterally spacing the implements in the first row nearer an adjacent support means for the first row than its corresponding support means for the first row and laterally spacing each implement in the second row nearer an adjacent support means for the second row than its corresponding support means for the second row, the support means comprising a walking beam and a support arm wherein the walking beam is pivotally mounted to an end of the support arm and another end of the support arm is attached to the tool bar.
- 17. An improvement for rotating earthworking implements carried by a tool bar and arranged into rows having a first row in advance of a second row, support means for rotatably supporting a pair of rotary earthworking implements for working soil, wherein the support means comprises a support arm pivotally mounted to the tool bar at one end and a walking beam is pivotally mounted to a second end of the support arm about a pivot, the pivot between the walking beam and the support arm being forwardly of the mid-point between the axes of mounting of the earthworking implements, and means biasing the walking beam relative to the support arm to tend to pivot the forward end of the walking beam upwardly.
- 19. An apparatus comprising a plurality of support arms adapted for attachment to a tool bar, at least one rotating earthworking implement mounted on each support arm, said implements being arranged into at least one row, a sharpened cutting blade mounted on at least selected ones of the support arms adjacent an implement supported on an adjacent support arm for cutting trash caught in an implement as trash carried by the implement is moved across the cutting blade on an adjacent support arm.
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