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Ground working sweep

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CA1231266A
CA1231266A CA 536962 CA536962A CA1231266A CA 1231266 A CA1231266 A CA 1231266A CA 536962 CA536962 CA 536962 CA 536962 A CA536962 A CA 536962A CA 1231266 A CA1231266 A CA 1231266A
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sweep
cutting edge
point
earth
edge
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Gerald J. Anderson
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Bourgault Industries Ltd
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FP Bourgault Industries Cultivator Division Ltd
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01BSOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL
    • A01B15/00Elements, tools, or details of ploughs
    • A01B15/02Plough blades; Fixing the blades
    • A01B15/025Plough blades; Fixing the blades specially adapted for working subsoil
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01BSOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL
    • A01B35/00Other machines for working soil not specially adapted for working soil on which crops are growing
    • A01B35/02Other machines for working soil not specially adapted for working soil on which crops are growing with non-rotating tools
    • A01B35/04Other machines for working soil not specially adapted for working soil on which crops are growing with non-rotating tools drawn by animal or tractor or man-power
    • A01B35/08Other machines for working soil not specially adapted for working soil on which crops are growing with non-rotating tools drawn by animal or tractor or man-power with rigid tools

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Soil Sciences (AREA)
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  • Soil Working Implements (AREA)
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Abstract

"GROUND WORKING SWEEP"
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A ground working sweep comprises a flange for supporting the sweep body and provides two cutting edges lying in a horizontal plane extending rearwardly and outwardly from a central point at the front of the sweep.
The point lies forwardly and below the flange and the point and edges lie in a horizontal plane. In comparison with the conventional sweep, a pair of wings are added at the rear ends of the cutting edges so as to provide an additional cutting edge having a sharp change of direction relative to the outward direction of the first cutting edge. The outermost point of the cutting edge lies on an edge extending rearwardly from the cutting edge. The change in direction in the cutting edge acts to cut weeds running back along the cutting edge and the wings reduce the tendency of wear to decrease the working width of the sweep.

Description

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" GROUND WORK ING SWEEP "
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to ground working sweeps of the type which can be attached to a cultivator or deep tillage apparatus for working the ground. Conventional sweeps are well known and widely used and comprise an arrow-shaped head with a flange centrally of the sweep inclined upwardly and rearwardly for attachment to the conventional tine. The edges of the sweep lie in a generally horizontal plane when the sweep is positioned for use and are inclined rearwardly and sidewardly from a central point so as to cut through the ground beneath the surface. The edges of the sweep are generally sharpened so as to provide cutting edges which reduce the power required to draw the sweep through the ground.
Careful observations and study ky the present inventor have revealed that firstly the sweeps tend to wear at the rearmost corner of the cutting edge as the earth brushes past the rearmost corner, thus gradually reducing the working width of the sweep. Furthermore and more importantly, the sweep tends to be ineffective in that it merely tends to push aside weeds under the soil surface rather than to cut the weeds as intended.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
_ It is one object of the present invention therefore to provide an improved sweep which can be manufactured simply and cheaply similar to the construction of the present or conventional sweep and yet provides a modified shape which improves performance.
Accordingly the invention provides a ground working sweep comprising a metal body having a means for attachment of the body to a support tine whereby the sweep can be drawn through the earth, a cutting edge of the sweep projected forwardly from the tine for engaging the ~3~
,, earth as the sweep is moved through the earth, the cutting edge having a forwardmost central point and two side edges which extend from the point and each of which includes a first substantially straight portion inclined sidewardly and rearwardly away from the point relative to a longitudinal axis central to the sweep and a second substantially straight portion contiguous with the first and substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis.
In another aspect, the invention provides a ground working sweep comprising a metal body having means for attachment of the body to a support tine whereby the sweep can be drawn through the earth, a generally V-shaped cutting edge of the sweep projected forwardly from the body for engaging the earth as the sweep is moved through the earth, the cutting edge comprising a forwardmost central point and two side edges which extend from the point and are inclined sidewardly and rearwardly away from the point relative to the longitudinal axis central to the sweep, wherein outer edges of the sweep intersecting the side edges lie substantially parallel to the axis.
s with the conventional sweeps, the cutting edges preferably lie in a horizontal plane so that the edge cuts through the soil beneath the surface.
Thus the cutting edges provide a pair of wings which extend outwardly from the sides of the sweep to ensure that weeds contacted by the sweep are cut by the cutwardly extending wings rather than merely brushing past the outside edges of the sweep. In addition the outwardly extending surfaces reduce the tendency of wear of the edges to reduce the working width of the sweep, thus providing a sweep which will last for increased numbers of working hours.
ith the foregoing in view, and other advantages as will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention relates as this specification proceeds, the invention is herein described by reference ~LZ3~66 to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, which includes a description of the best mode known to the applicant and of the preferred typical embodiment of the principles of the present invention, in which:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure l is a plan view of a ground working sweep according to the invention.
Figure 2 is an isometric view showing the sweep of Figure 1 attached to a support tine and trip mechanism of a cultivatorD
Figure 3 is a cross sectional view along the lines 3-3 of Figure l.
Figure 4 is a plan view of a conventional cultivator sweep.
In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Turning firstly to Figure 4 there is shown a conventional cultivator sweep of the type which i9 widely used in the industry. The shape of the sweep has become almost universally accepted and any differences between competing models are hardly discernible. As shown the shape is substantially in the form of an arrow with two side edges 11 and 12 of the sweep 10 leading from a point 13. The edges 11 and 12 and the point 13 thus form the ground working surfaces and are sharpened at 16 to assist in working the soil and in cutting subsurface weed structures.
Turning now to the present invention which is illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the sweep is illustrated at 20 attached to a tine 21 which is supported on a trip mechanism 22 of conventional form. The tine is substantially rigid so as to hold the sweep in constant position beneath the surface of the soil except when tripped by contact with a stone or other solid object.

~1.23~;~66 The sweep itself is formed of a unitary integral body and includes a flange 23 which is inclined upwardly and rearwardly relative to the cutting edges of the sweep for engagement with the downwardly depending shank 21.
From the flange 23, the central upper surface of the sweep curves downwardly as at 2~ toward a point 25 at the forwardmost position of the sweep. The point 25 also comprises the lowermost position on the sweep with the cutting edges indicated at 26 and 27 extending rearwardly and sidewardly from the point and lying in substantially the same horizontal plane so that the cutting edges on the point cut through the soil in a continuous horizontal plane.
The side edges of the flange indicated at 28 extend down toward the rear of the blade portion of the sweep to a rear edge 29 of the blade, which rear edge lies in a plane higher than the cutting edge to provide an upper surface of the blade which extends generally upwardly and rearwardly from the cutting edge 26 back toward the rear edge 29.
The wings are therefore slightly curved upwardly and rearwardly from the front edge 262 to the rear edge 29 to increase suction behind the sweep and to assist in throwing cut weeds upwardly to the surfaceO
The rear edge 29 includes a first portion 291 parallel to the front edge 262, and a second portion 292 extending forwardly and inwardly therefrom to the base of the flange 23. The portion 292 is substantially parallel to the edge 261 and is spaced therefrom by a distance substantially equal to the spacing between the edges 262 and 291. In this way, wear occurring on the edges 26 and 262 tends to eat into the body of the sweep to approach the edges 291, 292 respectively at the same time so that thP sweep is fully worn when little material is left at the edges 291, 292.
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As shown in best detail in Figure 1, the edges 26, 27 include a first portion which is substantially straight and extends rearwardly and outwardly from the point 25 and indicated at 261, and a second portion 262 which lies at an angle to the first portion and projects generally directly outwardly from or at right angles to a central axis passing through the point 25. The change of direction between the two portions 261, 262, is substantially immediate so that any weeds running back along the edge 261 contact the edge 262 and are cut by that edge rather than tending to curve away past the outermost portion of the edge 262. The edges 262 and 272 are shown in Figure 1 as lying at right angles to the axis 30 but it will be apparent that this direction can be modified provided that there is a change of direction from the portion 261 so as to extend more sharply outwardly so that weeds contact the edges 262 and 272.
The edges 262, 272 thus efectively form wings which are additional to the conventional accepted form of the sweep shown in Figure 3. These additional wings provide additional material adjacent the outermost edges of the sweep so that wear does not initially cause a reduction in the working width of the sweep but tends merely to curve the outer point indicated at 263 of the edge 262 and the rear point 26~ of the outer straight edge 265 of the wing portion. This straight edge 265 is different from the conventional sweep and lies generally parallel to the direction and motion oE the sweep whereas the outermost portion of the conventional sweep comprises merely a point indicated at 14, 15 where the edge turns immediately back toward the axis.
In one example, the length of the edge 265 is of the order of three inches and the rear end thereof is 3/4 inch higher than the front end thereof giving an inclination of the order of 20D. The length of the edges
3~66 262 and 272 is of the order of 3/4 inch and this dimension can be used in sweeps of different overall size.
The method of attachment using a flange with two holes can be modified in accordance with the requirements to accommodate conventional variations in the shank 21.
The sweep can be effectively planar if required, whereby the center line 24 lies in the same plane as the edges 26 and 27.
Since various modifications can be made in my invention as hereinabove described, and many apparently widely different embodiments of same made within the spirit and scope of the claims without departing from such spirit and scope, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Claims (14)

1. A ground working sweep comprising a metal body having a means for attachment of the body to a support tine whereby the sweep can be drawn through the earth, a cutting edge of the sweep projected forwardly from the tine for engaging the earth as the sweep is moved through the earth, the cutting edge having a forwardmost central point on two side edges which extend from the point and each of which includes a first substantially straight portion inclined sidewardly and rearwardly away from the point relative to a longitudinal axis central to the sweep and a second substantially straight portion contiguous with the first and substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis.
2. A sweep according to Claim 1 wherein the cutting edge is substantially planar and is arranged relative to the attachment means so as to lie in a horizontal plane in use.
3. A sweep according to Claim 1 wherein there is a sharp change of direction between the first and second portions of the side edge.
4. A sweep according to Claim 1 wherein the outermost edges thereof intersecting the second portion of the cutting edge lie substantially parallel to the axis.
5. A sweep according to Claim 1 wherein the second portion of the cutting edge is provided as the front edge of a plate portion which is inclined upwardly and rearwardly relative to the cutting edge.
6. A sweep according to Claim 1 formed as a unitary integral body.
7. A sweep according to Claim 1 wherein a rear edge of the sweep includes a first rear portion substantially parallel to said second portion and a second rear portion inclined inwardly and forwardly so as to lie substantially parallel to said first portion, the spacing between said second rear portion and said first portion being substantially equal to the spacing between said first rear portion and said second portion.
8. A ground working sweep comprising a unitary integral metal body having a means for attachment of the body to a support tine whereby the sweep can be drawn through the earth, a cutting edge of the sweep projected forwardly from the tine for engaging the earth as the sweep is moved through the earth, the cutting edge having a forwardmost central point and two side edges which extend from the point in a substantially horizontal plane including the point and each of which includes a first substantially straight portion inclined sidewardly and rearwardly away from the point relative to a longitudinal axis central to the sweep and a second substantially straight portion at an angle to the first such that the angle of the second portion relative to the axis is greater than that of the first portion.
9. A sweep according to Claim 8 wherein there is a sharp change of direction between the first and second portion of the side edge.
10. A sweep according to Claim 8 wherein the second portion is substantially at right angles to the axis.
11. A sweep according to Claim 8 wherein the outermost edges thereof intersecting the second portion of the cutting edge lie substantially parallel to the axis.
12. A sweep according to Claim 8 wherein the second portion of the cutting edge is provided as the front edge of a plate portion which is inclined upwardly and rearwardly relative to the cutting edge.
13. A sweep according to Claim 8 wherein a rear edge of the sweep includes a first rear portion substantially parallel to said second portion and a second rear portion inclined inwardly and forwardly so as to lie substantially parallel to said first portion, the spacing between said second rear portion and said first portion being substantially equal to the spacing between said first rear portion and said second portion.
14. A ground working sweep comprising a metal body having means for attachment of the body to a support tine whereby the sweep can be drawn through the earth, a generally V-shaped cutting edge of the sweep projected forwardly from the body for engaging the earth as the sweep is moved through the earth, the cutting edge comprising a forwardmost central point and two side edges which extend from the point and are inclined sidewardly and rearwardly away from the point relative to the longitudinal axis central to the sweep, wherein outer edges of the sweep intersecting the side edges lie substantially parallel to the axis.
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