Patent ID: 8857531

Claim:
A soil working tool for an agricultural machine, comprising: a carrier including a cutting region, the carrier including a front side facing in an advance direction and a rear side facing oppositely from the front side, the cutting region of the carrier including an end face separating the front side of the carrier from the rear side of the carrier, one or more hard-material elements arranged in the cutting region, the hard material element being harder than the carrier, wherein the hard-material element is an L-shape cutting element having a cross section defined in an L-shape having a longer leg and a shorter leg, the longer leg defining mounting piece extending over and bonded by material attachment to the front side of the carrier and including a flat front facing defection surface, and the shorter leg defining an extension formed on the mounting piece and protruding away from the front side of the carrier; wherein the extension of the cutting element is includes a support surface supported by and bonded by material attachment to the end face of the carrier, and the extension includes an exposed surface extending at an acute angle to the flat front facing deflection surface of the mounting piece; and wherein the cutting element includes a cutting edge joining the front facing deflection surface of the mounting piece and the exposed surface of the extension.