Patent ID: 7308946

Claim:
A method of cleaning hole diggers and spot cultivators comprising: moving a hole digger or a spot cultivator having at least one digging or tilling shaft and having at least one cleaning blade positioned close to the shaft while the shaft is being lifted or rolled out of the soil with a mud and/or a debris adhered thereto, cleaning the mud and/or debris from said at least one digging or tilling shaft with said at least one cleaning blade; maintaining said at least cleaning blade above the ground after the at least one digging or tilling shaft is lowered to dig the soil; controlling the place of the at least one cleaning blade to be close to the at least one digging or tilling shaft to clean it from mud and/or debris while being lifted or rolled out of the soil, and when the at least one digging or tilling shaft is lowered to dig the soil, moving said at least one cleaning blade away from said digging or tilling shaft, lift and maintain said at least cleaning blade above the soil.