Patent ID: 6014835
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A flame cultivator, comprising:a wheeled trailer including ground wheels attached to and supporting a frame, and a hitch extending forward of the frame to attach to a towing vehicle;a fuel tank supported on the frame;a boom arm attached to the frame and disposed to extend from a lateral side of the trailer; wherein the first boom arm includes a second boom section telescopically received into a first boom section and the first boom arm is pivotally attached to the frame; is selectively movable between an upwardly extending transport position and a laterally disposed working position, and the second boom section includes a resiliently yielding means for absorbing an impact from contact with a vertical obstruction such that one end of the second boom section will be rearwardly displaced in a horizontal plane relative to the other end of the second boom section;a torch assembly attached to an outer end of the first boom arm;a fuel line disposed to interconnect the fuel tank and the torch;a valve disposed within the fuel line; anda control mounted on the towing vehicle in proximity to a towing vehicle operator and being electrically connected to the valve, wherein the operator of the towing vehicle can selectively activate the torch from the towing vehicle.