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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2008
Ted S. Kornecki, Aubum, AL (US);
Ted S. Kornecki, Aubum, AL (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The rotary crimper for elevated crop beds is designed to crimp and mulch a field of crops with an elevated bed-type structure. The rotary crimper has a tubular inner roller and a plurality of crimping members extending from the inner roller. The crimping members have at least two projecting portions and at least one non-projecting portion. Structural support braces are disposed between the crimping members and crimping plates extend from the support braces. Additional crimping structures also extend the length of the inner tubular roller between the crimping members. In operation, the non-projecting portions of the crimping members and the crimping structures crimp the crops on the elevated portion of the beds, and the crimping member projecting portions and the crimping plates crimp the crops in the furrows between the elevated beds.