Patent ID: 9374938
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A01B

Claim Text:
1. A soil spreading scraper device comprising: a frame supported for movement along the ground in a forward working direction; an impeller member supported on the frame for rotation about an impeller axis within a plane of rotation lying generally perpendicularly to the impeller axis, the plane of rotation extending generally upward and rearward at an angle between 45 degrees and 75 degrees from horizontal; a cutting blade supported on the frame forwardly and downwardly relative the impeller member and arranged to cut a top layer of soil from the ground as the frame is displaced in the forward working direction; and a kicker supported on the frame for rotation about a kicker axis spanning above the cutting blade transversely to the forward working direction and arranged to propel soil generally rearward onto the impeller member; the impeller member comprising a plurality of impeller blades arranged to spread soil deposited on the impeller member generally radially outward from the impeller axis as the impeller member is rotated; the cutting blade projecting downwardly and forwardly to a forward cutting edge at a front end of the cutting blade at an angle from horizontal which is less than an angle from horizontal of the plane of rotation of the impeller member; and the forward cutting edge at the front end of the cutting blade being positioned rearwardly of the kicker axis.