Earth working – Sod cutter
Patent
1996-04-19
1998-08-18
Melius, Terry Lee
Earth working
Sod cutter
172 42, 172 93, 172 95, A01B 4504
Patent
active
057947082
ABSTRACT:
A sod cutting machine in combination with turf cutting mechanism for cutting a longitudinally elongated trench in turf that has a trench bottom transversely inclined relative to the slope of the soil transverse to the direction of the trench elongation. The sod cutting machine has mounting arms mounted to the machine frame to extend vertically downwardly in a turf cutting position the same distance. The turf cutting mechanism includes first and second vertical knives that each has a rear shank portion joined to the lower end of the respective arm, a generally horizontal bottom edge portion and a front inclined sharpened edge that intersects with the bottom edge portion. A transverse bottom cutting knife extends between and is joined to the first and second vertical knives with one end portion vertically more remote from one of the arms than the other cutting knife end portion from the other one of the arms.
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Melius Terry Lee
Novosad Christopher J.
Turfco Manufacturing Incorporated
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