Patent ID: 6945333
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
1. A rear-tine roto-tiller, comprising: (a) a chassis having a forward end, and a rearward end; (b) at least one pair of ground-engaging wheels supporting the chassis, the wheels rotating about a first axis; (c) a plurality of tines disposed on the chassis at the rearward end for working soil, the tines having a leading edge and a trailing edge and being mounted for rotation about a tine shaft substantially parallel to the first axis, wherein the leading edge penetrates the soil before the trailing edge; (d) the direction of rotation of the tines being changeable between forward and reverse rotation; and (e) wherein the tine shaft is rotatable in a substantially horizontal plane about a substantially vertical axis to change the direction of rotation of the tines.