(under subclass 84) Apparatus which include a separating digger having at least a portion having digging elements disposed generally in a plane which is inclined at an acute angle with respect to a vertical plane extending longitudinally along the path traversed by said portion in such manner as to deliver recovered objects at the edge of said path.
(1) Note. Included herein are diggers or portions of diggers arranged in pairs which diverge either forwardly or rearwardly with respect to the direction of traverse to deliver the separated objects centrally or laterally, respectively, or the pair.
(2) Note. Included herein are patents which claim a series of separate, laterally staggered diggers which shift recovered objects laterally in a succession of steps.
(3) Note. Driven or rolling diggers which meet the above definition are cross- referenced here when claimed details of the moving digger require classification higher in the schedule.
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19, for similar rakes or lateral deflectors which operate adjacent and above the surface of the ground to laterally shift surface material. 83, for laterally-deflecting separator surfaces adapted to comb through the earth to unearth objects and which are provided with plows or earth cutting blades at their leading ends.
