US PATENT SUBCLASS 171 / 128
.~.~.~ Rotary cylinder with radially extending separating elements

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171 /   HD   UNEARTHING PLANTS OR BURIED OBJECTS

111  DF  EARTH REMOVAL AND SEPARATION {8}
124  DF  .~ Moving conveyer, digger or separator {3}
126  DF  .~.~ Moving open separator or separating conveyer {7}
128.~.~.~ Rotary cylinder with radially extending separating elements

DEFINITION

Classification: 171/128

(under subclass 126) Apparatus which includes a rotary, cylindrical member having an axially extending reticulated or interstitial separating surface projecting outwardly and generally radially from the peripheral surface thereof, said separating surface being adapted to receive a mass of excavated earth having buried objects entrained therein in such fashion as to support said objects while allowing said earth to sift through said separating surface and thus separate from said objects.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

92, 93, 95+, for similar separating diggers.

129, for rotary drum-type separators.