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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry K Orthman, Lexington, NE (US);
Assignee:
Orthman Manufacturing, Inc., Lexington, NE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
171 62 ; 171 24 ; 171 64 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for uprooting and shredding cotton plants after harvest includes a below ground cutting blade having a forward cutting edge inclined rearwardly and to one side of the implement, which blade cooperates with an oppositely inclined above ground trash bar to uproot cotton plants and deposit them on the ground transversely of the direction of travel of the apparatus.