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Abstract

A smoothing/sifting rake, fork, pitchfork, or similar forked hand tool or attachment or tool head for mechanized machinery has specially welded tines. The tines each have a lower section located on the backbone of the tool head and a working section extending outwardly from the backbone. Each tine also has two longitudinally extending lateral surfaces and a transversely extending back edge surface therebetween. In one embodiment, welds extend the full longitudinal length of one of the lateral surfaces, the full transverse length of the back edge surface, but only partially along the longitudinal length of the second lateral surface. For heavy duty applications, welds are not applied to the back edge surface. The tool and machinery attachments with tines welded in this manner, in accordance with the unique method of welding, provides for increased strength of the tine to backbone juncture, thereby eliminating total separation of the tine from the backbone and preventing premature fracture of the tine along the leading edge of the backbone. The tines have elongated fracture lines and the resulting tool or attachment is much stronger and far less prone to breakage.

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