Patent ID: 7980318

Claim:
A tillage implement for tilling soil comprising: (a) a cultivator frame having a right side, a left side, a front side and a back side; (b) a plurality of horizontal longitudinally spaced apart coulter bars selectively spaced between said left side of said cultivator frame and said right side of said cultivator frame; (c) a plurality of cross horizontal coulter bars selectively spaced between said plurality of horizontal longitudinally spaced apart coulter bars and being spaced from said front side of said cultivator frame toward said back side of said cultivator frame; (d) a plurality of individual spaced apart coulter wheels selectively mounted on said horizontal longitudinally spaced apart coulter bars; and (e) means for pre-fracturing the soil mounted at the front of said cultivator frame in front of the foremost cross horizontal coulter bar comprising: (a) a plurality of mounting brackets having a first end affixed to a first horizontal coulter bar at the front side of said cultivator frame and a second end rigidly disposed downwardly from said horizontal coulter bar toward the soil; (b) a penetrator bar; (c) means for rotatably mating said penetrator bar with said second end of said mounting brackets; (d) a least one hydraulic cylinder; (e) a plurality of S-tines; and (f) means for mounting said S-tines to said penetrator bar; wherein said S-tines are positioned to pre-fracture the soil at positions midway between said plurality of individual spaced-apart coulter wheels, and wherein, said plurality of S-tines are fixedly secured to said penetrator bar and wherein said hydraulic cylinder is affixed to said penetrator bar to effect selected rotation of said penetrator bar to thereby position said S-tines secured on said penetrator bar for engagement with the soil, said plurality of S-tines having a first end affixed to said penetrator bar and a second end extending downwardly to pre-fracture the soil, said second end having a detachable foot, whereby the soil is disrupted upwardly and outwardly and laterally by said foot of said S-tines such that the soil is dispersed upwardly and outwardly and impacts said coulter wheels to achieve improved cultivation of the soil.