Earth working – Rolling – rotating or orbitally moving tool
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-29
2005-11-29
Pezzuto, Robert E (Department: 3671)
Earth working
Rolling, rotating or orbitally moving tool
Reexamination Certificate
active
06968907
ABSTRACT:
Cover crops may be rolled and crimped using an apparatus which may be rolled across a field at a relatively high speed without excessive vibration. The apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical drum which has a plurality of rows of outwardly extending blades projecting therefrom. The blades may be wave-shaped, curved, substantially straight and discontinuous, blades paired with a plurality of spaced apart outwardly extending rings, or combinations thereof. In use as the apparatus is rolled across a field having a crop thereon, the blades contact and crimp the stalks of the crop, effectively killing the plant.
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Raper Randy L.
Simionescu Petru-Aurelian
Auburn University
Deck Randall E.
Fado John D.
Pezzuto Robert E
Shaw Lesley
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