Abrégé

A soil conditioner apparatus and method condition soil for compaction. The soil conditioner apparatus creates a heated stream of air directed toward the ground as the conditioner moves along the ground. A mixer on the conditioner mixes soil in the path of the heated air to dry the soil. Some embodiments of the mixer will propel the soil into the air in the stream of heated air. The conditioner can decrease moisture in the soil in the location where the soil will be compacted. The mixer can also mix added soil and other additives to the soil in location. The soil conditioner apparatus may take the form of an apparatus towed by another vehicle, a set of towed apparatuses, an apparatus carried by another vehicle, or a self propelled vehicle having the operational elements of the soil conditioner.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01B 49/02 - Machines combinées à plusieurs outils de travail de la terre de nature différente
• A01B 47/00 - Travail de la terre par application d'une différence de potentiel électrique entre les outils et le sol
• A01B 49/00 - Machines combinées
• A01B 49/04 - Combinaisons d'outils de travail de la terre et d'outils non destinés au travail de la terre, tels que des plantoirs
• A01G 11/00 - Stérilisation du sol par la vapeur