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8160783 |
Digging control system
A digging control system for use with a machine having a work implement is disclosed. The digging control system may have a sensing system configured to generate a signal indicative of a loading of...
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8113295 |
Conservation tillage implement, system and method
A conservation tillage implement having three or more rows of individual coulter wheel assemblies laterally spaced apart and removably mounted on a cultivator frame, a coulter wheel assembly in a...
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8100192 |
Adjustable packer wheel seeding system and method
In one embodiment, a seeding implement includes a frame configured to couple to a tool bar, a parallel linkage coupled to the frame, and a ground engaging tool extending from a shank, wherein the...
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7921930 |
Method and apparatus for installing a shank within a ripper assembly of a tractor/crawler involving a rotating shank installer
An apparatus and method of installing a shank onto a ripper assembly of a tractor or crawler. A rotating shank installer (RSI) is welded onto a front face of a ripper assembly of a tractor, e.g.,...
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7899598 |
Method for controlling a surface-modifying machine
The invention relates to a method for controlling a surface-modifying machine, wherein information on the desired condition and on the actual condition of ground to be prepared is provided and is...
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7743841 |
Aeration device
A soil aeration device may include a plurality of arcuate blades mounted to an assembly adapted to rotate and translate the blades proximate a ground surface, thereby forming aeration pockets in...
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7640994 |
Arcuate aeration tine
A soil aeration device may include a plurality of arcuate blades mounted to an assembly adapted to rotate and translate the blades proximate a ground surface, thereby forming aeration pockets in...
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7581597 |
System for and method of moving an agricultural implement between a folded, inoperative position and an extended, operative position
A method of and system for moving an agricultural implement between a folded, inoperative system for transport and an extended, field position is provided. The method includes the steps of...
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7549483 |
Furrow/ditch cleaner apparatus
A furrow/ditch cleaner has a rotating wheel with elongate blades that contact the obstructing matter in the eye of the furrow and move the obstruction to the side of a field row. The blades are...
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7520337 |
Method and system for shaping furrows in soil
A method of shaping furrows in soil includes the steps of: determining existing elevation profiles for a plurality of existing furrows in a geographic unit; establishing a target elevation profile...
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7481278 |
System and method for a disc opener with gauge wheel depth adjustment assembly
A disc opener system for attachment to an agricultural vehicle for opening a seed trench. The system includes a main arm, a disc opener mounted to the main arm, a gauge wheel mounted about a pivot...
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7469648 |
Front fold planter lift and fold hydraulic control system
A hydraulic control system for use with a front fold planter is configured to move the tool bar of the planter between a first height corresponding to a planting position, a second height...
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7458428 |
Towed scraper blade control method
A towed scraper control system automatically lowers the scraper blade to a working position at the start of a scraping operation according to a certain method. The method includes sensing a ground...
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7324880 |
Method for detecting an abnormal lifting cycle and work machine using same
An abnormal lifting cycle of a work machine lift component can be indicative of operator error and/or a fault within a lift component coupler. The present disclosure includes a method of detecting...
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7308946 |
Method of cleaning hole diggers and spot cultivators and hole digger cleaning device
A travelling rolling digger (1) for sequential hole drilling or for producing sequential cultivated spots in soil. The travelling rolling digger (1) includes at least one drilling shaft which is...
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7178605 |
Agricultural toolbar float system
A ground engaging agricultural toolbar for accommodating uneven terrain. The toolbar is provided with a plurality of long arms with multiple articulations, actuated and controlled by hydraulic...
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7066276 |
Method and apparatus for excavating earth to a desired depth
A system and method of facilitating excavating a below grade opening at a construction site in a parcel of land includes a first vehicle having a motor operably connected to at least a pair of...
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7021393 |
Landscape tiller
An implement and method of assembly, wherein the implement comprises a housing having a first-side portion and a second-side portion, at least one element having a weight, the element being...
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6996507 |
Computer-implemented method and system for designing transportation routes
A computer-implemented method and system for designing transportation routes, wherein design criteria to be met in respect of at least one of said transportation routes are supplied and route...
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6983806 |
Aeration device
A soil aeration tine having a nose or apex end for soil penetration with a set of soil fracture faces carried thereon to fracture a portion of the soil in engagement with the soil aeration tine and...
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6736216 |
Laser-guided construction equipment
A construction apparatus (12) and method of controlling a construction apparatus from a laser source (38) made up of a substantially non-rotating beam (56). The construction apparatus includes a...
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6691791 |
Soil aeration tine
A soil aeration tine having a nose or apex end for soil penetration with a set of soil fracture faces carried thereon to fracture a portion of the soil in engagement with the soil aeration tine and...
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6666279 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a tractor/implement combination
A method of controlling the combination of a tractor and an attached implement includes the calibration of a tractor/implement combination to allow for variations in prevailing slip-pull data at...
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6533044 |
Lift control valve and feedback system
A control valve and feedback system has three operating states including a lifting state, a neutral state, and a lowering state. The feedback control system comprises a cylinder, a pump, a...
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6516894 |
Levee builder
A process for and a machine which builds levees in gumbo with moldboards which have knives welded to a blade which makes strips and then lumps of a sheet of gumbo. The machine is attached to a...
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6371214 |
Methods for automating work machine functions
A control system implements several methods for automating work functions of a machine. Single activation of an operator switch generates a command to automatically perform a desired work function....
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6364028 |
Control and method for positioning a tool of a construction apparatus
A control system for establishing grade and elevation control for a tool of a construction apparatus for maintaining the vertical position of the tool relative to a reference includes a first...
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6296063 |
Sod harvester
A method and an automatic sod harvester for on-the-go cutting, rolling and storing of sod with the sod harvester including a sod cutter for freeing a section of sod from a sod field, a sod roller...
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6223830 |
Method of harvesting sod
A method of harvesting sod using a sod harvester involves the formation of a series of defined slabs of sod that are positioned end-to-end, and conveyed up a conveyor that is driven at ground speed...
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6164384 |
Method for producing a plurality of cultivated spots for planting of trees and a rolling spot cultivator
A method and apparatus for producing a plurality of spaced apart cultivated spots in soil. A spot cultivator (1) is moved across the soil in a direction in which the spaced apart cultivated spots...
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6152237 |
Method for automatically controlling the articulation angle of a motor grader
A method for automatically rotating a motor grader to a predetermined articulation angle. The method includes the steps of: providing an electronic controller, a displacement sensor, articulation...
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6028270 |
Noninvasive mass determination stockpiled materials
The mass of stockpiled materials is determined from detailed measurements of the elevation of the pile surface at many points and the measurement of the gravitational field along several profile...
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5984017 |
Multi-function tillage apparatus and method
In a tillage device having first and second plow assemblies mounted in parallel relation on a main frame to thereby cut furrows in the soil creating soil strips in so doing and depositing the soil...
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5896929 |
Method and apparatus for displaying information along compliant ground
Method and apparatus for displaying information along an extended area of compliant ground, such as along a sandy beach, the method and apparatus temporarily displaying a series of repetitive...
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5464066 |
Method and a machine for repairing a ground area planted with grass for example a turfed racecourse or equestrian training ground
A method and apparatus for filling holes which have been made in the ground, by causing a machine which includes a rotary rake at its extreme front end to pass over the ground. In the case in which...
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5449254 |
Compost aeration tool
A cylindrical bit is made from an elongated shaft with a spiral blunt pointed cutting element secured to one end by welding or molding. The upper end of the shaft is held in the chuck of a...
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5316292 |
Method of installing putting hole liner and collar
A simple, brightly colored, plastic collar is disclosed for greatly enhancing the visibility of the golf hole for players, spectator and televised golf events. The collar has a diameter essentially...
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5287818 |
Method for killing soil pathogens with micro-wave energy
A method of killing soil pathogens to improve the agricultural production of a field comprises the steps of moving a plurality of agricultural tools through the soil and during this movement...
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5271470 |
Plow apparatus and method using acoustics
The plow apparatus has plow blades to break up the soil in the plowed field. The broken up soil is scooped up with scooper blades by the forward motion of the plow apparatus and then conveyed to...
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5259327 |
Process for killing soil pathogens
A process for killing soil pathogens to improve agricultural production includes the steps of treating a field with a soil conditioning agent to reduce the clods in the soil to microaggregates. Hot...
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5215150 |
Winged subsoil plow
A subsoil plowing implement having winged subsoil plows that break and lift the soil thereby loosening said soil. The plows are mounted so that an upper surface of the wing of the plow may be...
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5141059 |
Method and apparatus for controlling agricultural pests in soil
A method and apparatus for controlling agricultural pests in soil by the use of microwave energy. By using an agricultural-type implement for the controlled application of microwave energy to the...
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5107932 |
Method and apparatus for controlling the blade of a motorgrader
A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling the cross slope angle cut by the blade of an articulated frame motorgrader being steered through a turn, operated in a straight frame mode, in a...
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5094299 |
Tool, tool assembly, and methods
Equipment for attachment to a vehicle having a three-point hitch. The disclosure discloses a novel implement, and an interface adapted to be interposed between the implement and the hitch. The...
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5078214 |
Method of amelioration of soil for tree planting
A method of preparing land for tree planting includes the step of ameliorating small zones of the land required for planting. These zones may be between the rows of stumps after tree felling and...
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5063999 |
Moldboard plow apparatus for switching soil strips from one furrow to another
A moldboard plow apparatus having alternate and cooperating moldboards or so-called "scoops". The first of the moldboards digs out and lifts a first soil section from a ground surface thereby...
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5062488 |
Small terrace generating machine with lateral dammers
An apparatus is disclosed to perform a method of tilling the soil on a crop field that: will hold rainwater where it falls, increase the percolation rate of this water into the soil, and provide...
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5054560 |
Transporting caster wheels
Lift arms on a gang of implements support transport wheels which are movable from a raised field-working position to a lowered endwise towing position. Several of the wheels at the forward and aft...
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5048615 |
Weed and grass trimmer
An apparatus for trimming weeds and grass employs a prime mover to power a rotating cutting head. Three wheels are used to support the weight of the trimmer, and the prime mover is uniquely mounted...
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5044446 |
Constant pressure regulation of grader blades
By providing the work blade of a grader with a hydraulic regulation system where pressure limiting valves (14, 15, 16, 17) guide pressure reducing valves (10, 11, 12, 13) a constant pressure...
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