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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert M Gancarz, Chicopee, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 166 ; 563281 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for retrieving objects from the ground has a ground-engageable drum rotatably mounted on an axle extending between opposite side plates, the drum having a plurality of drum fingers extending radially outwardly from the drum for piercing the objects as the drum is pushed over the ground, and a slotted comb oriented for the in seriatim passage of the drum fingers through respective slots of the comb as the drum is rotated for dislodging the objects as the drum fingers are pulled away therefrom.