Causal Analysis of Tine sharpness

is Blunt
Number of Tines
is High

Rake “leakage” .01 sq inches 14 Tines

Tine Spacing is Tine Spacing is Total Tine Area

Wide Narrow is High

A tines

1 inch .5 inch .14 sq inches

Range of Motion Soil Adhesive Debris depth is

Area of Amount of Debris Path of Wind is
is Low Forces are High deep
Positioning is in Bush or Tree Poor
Poor is High

5 inches 0.5 inches 0.5 inches

. . .

F=kx

Flexibility of Flexibility of Downward Force

Debris Exists Soil
Tines is Stiff Tines is Flexible Person is Low Tines
Plants A different function of
Air / Handle
rakes is in removing
Holds
Pushes Pushes embedded debris
Position
Positions

Debris
Tines Soil
Debris
Debris 2000 lb/inch 2 lb/inch 10 lbs Average
.

P=F/A

Ground Yield Extraction Debris Holding

Strength is High Pressure is Low Force is High
Amount of Debris Debris Size is Debris Flow Area Tine Height is Tine Height is Amount of Debris Amount of Debris Amount of Debris Unevenness of Tines
is High Small is High High Low being Pushed by being Pushed by is High Ground is High
the Rake is High
A different function of
the Rake is Low
Arrange rakes is arranging soil
and earth

Earth
200 psi 71 psi 15 psi
. . 3 sq in 2.5 inches 1 inch . . . .

Movement of
Earth and Rocks
is Difficult
Tines / Rake Do Tines / Rake Tines Soil
Tines
not Exist (no Exist (Are Tines Tines Tines
longer required) Required)
The smaller debris
tends to slip through Constrains
The debris is pushed Collects
into the depressions Position
Constrains the tines. Collects Extract
by the act of raking
Debris Debris 0 movement
Debris
Debris Debris Debris
. .

Flow = f( flow area, debris size, debris amount)

Amount of Debris Conformity to Debris Extraction

Leakage Over Number of Piles
??? in Depressions is Ground is Poor is Poor
Top is High is High
High

Collects

Debris
. . 10 % of possible
Every Few Inches
10 % per pull

Debris Texture Debris Exists Debris Color

Different than Different than Ground
Landscape Landscape
The debris is
captured in the
Constrains uneven surface of the
ground and goes
under the tines
Debris
. . .
Leakage
Through is High
L through ~ 100 A ( W tines – D debris)

10 % per pull Leakage Under

Debris
is High

Displeases

Beholder

10 % per pull

Beholder is
Displeased

. L total = L through + L under

Debris Leakage
is High

20 % per pull

Extra Effort is
High

20 % Extra Work