Patent ID: 6253858
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
A soil core collector adapted to be supported from a prime mover, the collector comprising a structure including a canopy having a top and a back with two laterally spaced sides each adapted for pivotal connection to the prime mover, a sole plate extending between the two sides, the sole plate in a collecting mode resting on the ground with a bottom of each side of the canopy and in an emptying mode the canopy is raised causing the sole plate to be raised, the sole plate comprising a series of contiguous platelets connected such that, in use, the sole plate conforms to a contour of the ground over which the sole plate passes, the sole plate has a connecting link arrangement to the back of the canopy is loosely connected to the top of the canopy whereby in the emptying mode, the sole plate moves about its connecting link arrangement while being held by its top connection.