Patent ID: 8596375

Claim:
A row cleaner for cleaning a row in the soil, comprising: a wheel mount, a spaced pair of hubs mounted on said wheel mount, and a finger wheel rotatably mounted on each said hub, said finger wheels each having a plurality of spaced, elongated, radially projecting fingers, said fingers each having a straight first edge at a first angle of about 28 degrees to a radius from the center of said finger wheel to the outer end of said first edge, a straight second edge extending from said first edge at a second angle of about 137 degrees, and a straight third edge extending at a third angle of about 58 degrees from said second edge, with said first edge facing forwardly and said second edge facing upwardly when said finger is pointing upwardly and with the sum of said second and third angles being greater than 180 degrees, whereby said finger tapers radially outwardly, and said first edge contacts the soil first.