Patent ID: 6364030
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
A blade assembly for use with a tilling mechanism, comprising:a first blade disk; a second blade disk coaxially mounted to rotate with said first blade disk and positioned in a spaced apart generally parallel fashion relative to said first blade disk, said first blade disk and said second blade disk being rotatable in a first rotation direction; a first plurality of teeth disposed on said first blade disk, each of said first plurality of teeth having a first leading edge which extends generally radialy outwardly from said first blade disk, said first plurality of teeth comprising at-least-two-first-disk-S-teeth and at-least-two-first-disk-bolo-teeth, said at-least-two-first-disk-S-teeth and said at-least-two-first-disk-bolo-teeth being individually arranged in an alternating fashion about said first blade disk; and a second plurality of teeth disposed on said second blade disk, each of said second plurality of teeth having a second leading edge which extends generally linearly outwardly from said second blade disk in a direction counter to said first rotation direction, said second leading edge forming an obtuse angle as measured relative to a line extending in said first direction tangent to said second blade disk.