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Assignee: Great Plains Manufacturing, Incorporated


Location: Assaria, KS
No. of patents: 15

NumberTitleIssue Date
5676429Seed firming wheel for grain drills and the like
A seed firming wheel attachment is disposed behind the paired discs of an opener to gently press deposited seeds down into the bottom of a V-shaped trench formed by the discs. An improved bearing assembly couples the wheel of the attachment to its support...
10/14/1997
5657707Spring-tine residue wheel for planters
The residue wheel has a plurality of multiply bent spring-steel tines that project outwardly from their central hub at such angles that straight foot portions of the tines engage and lie flatly against the ground as the tines sweep residue rearwardly and ...
08/19/1997
5653292Method and apparatus for automatically controlling the soil penetration depth of zone tillage coulters and the like
The zone tillage coulters on a drilling or planting implement are maintained at an essentially constant running depth by control apparatus that includes a programmed microprocessor-based controller and a hydraulic operating system that receives commands f...
08/05/1997
5611292Seed firming wheel assembly with bearing cap
A stationary, formed metal cap covers the bearing assembly of the rotatable firming wheel to protect the bearings against the ingress of mud, residue and moisture. A smooth, convex, exposed outer surface on the cap discourages the accumulation of residue ...
03/18/1997
5605105Method and apparatus for placing dry or liquid materials into the soil subsurface without tillage tools
In order to place dry granular materials into the subsurface of the soil without mechanical tillage, minute charges of the material are carried by high pressure jets of liquid, such as water, down into the ground from a series of side-by-side nozzles that...
02/25/1997
5573070Low-profile folding marker for seed planters and the like
A low profile folding row marker apparatus is provided for use with an agricultural implement, such as a seed planter or the like. The apparatus includes inboard and outboard arm assemblies that are supported on the implement by a marker mount. The inboar...
11/12/1996
5497715Seed metering drive mechanism for seed planters and the like
A metering drive mechanism is provided for use with a seed depositing implement adapted for movement across the ground. The mechanism includes a gauge wheel, an arm assembly supporting the gauge wheel for rolling engagement with the ground, and a mounting...
03/12/1996
5494339Seed firming wheel for grain drills and the like
A seed firming wheel attachment is disposed behind the paired discs of an opener to gently press deposited seeds down into the bottom of a V-shaped trench formed by the discs. An improved bearing assembly couples the wheel of the attachment to its support...
02/27/1996
5463855Snap-on height adjustment spacer clips for mower deck wheel spindles and the like
An improved snap-on height adjustment spacer clip is provided for height adjustment of wheeled frames including at least one ground-engageable wheel assembly. The snap-on clip includes a pair of mutually opposed, resiliently spreadable arms integrally con...
11/07/1995
5398625Grain drill unit having seed firming wheel
A seed firming wheel assembly is supported in close-coupled relationship with the rear portion of the paired discs of an opener to gently press deposited seeds down into the bottom of a V-shaped trench formed by the discs. The mounting arm of the assembly...
03/21/1995
5254036Sectional rasp bar assemblies for combine threshing cylinders
A rasp bar assembly for a threshing cylinder includes a single backing plate for carrying a plurality of rasp bars thereacross. The rasp bars are separated by a region of discontinuity for allowing the backing plate to flex without breaking the rasp bars ...
10/19/1993
5232054Front folding no-till drill
The front folding machine has a main fore-and-aft carrier frame provided with transport wheels that may be hydraulically actuated to raise and lower the frame simultaneously with the actuation of gauge wheels on a pair of transverse drill units connected ...
08/03/1993
5027724Subsoil fertilizer applicator having arcuately adjustable knife
A fertilizer applicator employs a rotating, trash-cutting coulter and a knife located immediately behind the coulter with the leading arcuate edge of the knife and the rearward arcuate periphery of the coulter in intimately spaced relation to one another....
07/02/1991
4664202Folding implement frame for grain drills and the like
A pull-type folding implement, such as a grain drill, has individual and independent radial flotation for each of its drill units such that each unit can rise and fall, while remaining level, independently of the other, as well as cock and cant independen...
05/12/1987
4171022Foldable construction for agricultural implements
A foldable implement construction includes an implement tool carrying center frame pivotally connected to a draft frame and is provided with a pair of transversely extending outrigger tool sections connected on respective opposite sides of the center fram...
10/16/1979
 
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