We claim:
1. A combination grapple rake and subsoiling implement adapted for pivotal attachment to an excavating machine, comprising:
(a) a frame;
(b) a rake securely attached to said frame; and
(c) at least one shank socket affixed to said frame, said socket adapted to receive and secure a subsoiling shank having a substantially pointed earth-working end, and wherein said socket is further adapted to orient said shank in an operating position when the rake is substantially parallel to the ground.
2. The grapple rake of claim 1, wherein said shank socket is adapted to receive at least one removable fastener for securing said subsoiling shank within said socket.
3. The grapple rake of claim 1 having two of said shank sockets.
4. The grapple rake of claim 1 and further comprising a coulter blade adjacent to said shank socket.
5. The grapple rake of claim 1, and further comprising a subsoiling shank secured within said shank socket.
6. The grapple rake of claim 5, wherein said subsoiling shank lies substantially in a plane and comprises at least one wing perpendicular to said plane.
7. The grapple rake of claim 5 and further comprising a coulter blade adjacent to said shank socket and positioned between said subsoiler shank and said rake.
8. A method for conducting dissimilar soil management activities above and beneath the surface of the soil, comprising:
a. providing a combination grapple rake and subsoiler implement comprising a grapple rake and a subsoiler shank having an earth-working end, wherein said grapple rake and said earth-working end are disposed with respect to one another such that when the grapple rake is in an operable position for conducting a grapple rake activity, then the earthworking end for conducting a subsoiling activity is in an idle position, and vice versa;
b. operating said implement to employ said subsoiler shank to penetrate the soil to a predetermined depth and moving the earth-working end through said soil along a path in a plane beneath, and generally parallel to, the soil surface to thereby loosen the soil beneath said surface; and
c. operating said implement to employ said rake to move material over the surface of said loosened soil.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein said plane is below a zone of soil compaction.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein said material is organic material.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein said combination grapple rake and subsoiler implement further comprises a coulter blade, and the method includes operating said implement against organic debris so as to shear said debris with said coulter blade.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein said soil has a zone of hardpan or other compaction and said path is at a depth below said zone.
13. A method for preparing an area having soil compaction for reforestation in a single pass of heavy equipment over said area with an implement, comprising the steps of:
a. providing a combination grapple rake and subsoiler implement comprising a grapple rake and a subsoiler shank having an earth-working end, wherein said grapple rake and said earth-working end are disposed with respect to one another such that when the grapple rake is in an operable position for conducting a grapple rake activity, then the earthworking end is in an idle position for conducting a subsoiling activity, and vice versa;
b. operating said implement to employ said subsoiler shank to penetrate the soil in said area to a predetermined depth and moving the earth-working end through said soil along a path in a plane beneath, and generally parallel to, the soil surface to thereby loosen the soil beneath said surface; and
c. operating said implement to employ said rake in said area to move material over the surface of said loosened soil.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein said area of reforestation is selected from the group consisting of a road, a temporary road, a skid trail, a landing and a legacy compaction area.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A heart rate monitor assembly comprising:
a data processing unit having a case in which a data processor and a power supply device are received therein, the case including two L-shaped holes defined in a top surface and an end thereof;
a belt having two connection ends and each connection end including a conductive portion and an outer layer, a connector connected to each of the connection ends, the conductive portion adapted to be in contact with a user’s skin, and
two conductive plates connected to the data processor and located in the two L-shaped holes, the connectors of the two connection ends being L-shaped connectors so as to be removably inserted into the two L-shaped holes to be in contact with the conductive plates.
2. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the case includes a chamber defined in a rear side thereof and the processor is accessible from the chamber, the power supply device is received in the chamber which is sealed by a cover.
3. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the belt has two end members .on two distal ends thereof and the two connectors respectively extend from the two end members, each end member includes a boss extending from an end surface thereof, the case includes two notches defined in the two ends thereof such that the two bosses are engaged with the two notches when the two connectors are inserted into the two L-shaped holes of the case.
4. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two conductive plates each are an L-shaped plate which has a first end fixed to the data processor by bolts and a second end of each L-shaped conductive plate extends into the L-shaped hole corresponding thereto.
5. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein each L-shaped hole is composed of a first hole communicating with one of the two ends of the case and a second hole communicating with the top surface of the case, the two conductive plates each are an L-shaped plate, which has a first end fixed to the data processor by bolts and a second end of each L-shaped conductive plate extends into the second hole of the L-shaped hole corresponding thereto, each of the L-shaped connectors is composed of a first section and a second section, the first section is engaged with the first hole and second section is engaged with the second hole, the second end of each conductive plate is located at an inside of the second hole and close to the end of the case so as to be in contact with the second section of the connector.