Patent ID: 6726264
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
A weed extractor tool comprising:a top end and a bottom end and a longitudinal axis between said top and said bottom end; a soil penetration blade at said bottom end, the blade having a blade upper end and a blade lower end; a cleaning mechanism movably connected to said bottom end of the tool and being movable from near said blade upper end to near said blade lower end for cleaning soil off of the blade, wherein, when the blade is pushed into the ground, the cleaning mechanism moves up the blade to near the blade upper end; and a biasing mechanism connected to the cleaning mechanism adapted to bias the cleaning mechanism toward the blade lower end so that, when the blade is removed from the ground, the biasing mechanism forces the cleaning mechanism toward the blade lower end to remove soil from the blade; wherein the blade has a generally-V-shaped front surface, and said cleaning mechanism comprises a cleaning plate that slides along said front surface when said cleaning mechanism is forced by said biasing mechanism toward the blade lower end; and wherein said cleaning plate has a generally flat lower surface perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tool, and a scraping portion with generally V-shaped outer perimeter edge that slides along the V-shaped front surface of the blade for said removing of the soil from the blade.