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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7090433 | Underground cable laying apparatus Presented is an underground cable laying apparatus that leaves virtually no visible scar in the turf under which cable, wire, line, hose, etc. is laid. The apparatus utilizes a pair of angularly displaced turf slicing wheels to slice and separate the turf forming a ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6895876 | Seed drill element having improved topsoiling means The seed drill element comprises a frame, a seed tank, a seed dispenser, and a member for opening a furrow in the ground. The seed drill element further comprises mechanism for bearing against the ground, having a rear block and/or a front block, with each block hav... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6103061 | Soft, strong hydraulically entangled nonwoven composite material and method for making the same A method of making a nonwoven composite material. The method includes the steps of: providing a hydraulically entangled web containing a fibrous component and a nonwoven layer of substantially continuous filaments; applying a bonding material to at least ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5709271 | Agricultural planter An agricultural planter comprises a frame with a plurality of wheels and adapted to be towed by a tractor. The planter has a plurality of row planting units mounted on the frame and carrying planting implements, and the planting units are vertically movab... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5562054 | Seeding machinery A seeding assembly (20) for attachment to a cultivating or seeding tine (21). The seeding assembly (20) includes a seed tube (52) movably attached to the tine (21) by parallel linkages (53, 54). A wheel (63) is attached to the seeding tube (52) to regulat... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5497715 | Seed 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 |
| 5479992 | Agricultural implement controller to compensate for soil hardness variation An apparatus for generating a signal indicative of the hardness of soil. The apparatus has a frame to be moved relative to soil on which a hardness analysis is to be conducted and a sensing element mounted to the frame so that the sensing element engages ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5060585 | Agricultural seed planter An agricultural seed planter comprising a frame adapted to be mounted to any conventionally drawn tool bar; a shaft attached to the frame and angled relative to the direction of travel and having mounted thereupon a soil cutting wheel designed as a multi-... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5031550 | Tree seedling planting implement A seedling planter utilizes support wheels located on a main frame near the rear of the planter. The support wheels are pivotable relative to the frame, thereby allowing the force exerted by a set of intermediate packing wheels to be varied. The seedling ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4895086 | Parallel linkage planter carrier A planting unit which includes opening plows, seed chute, and covering devices, which are carried by a four link parallel motion linkage to the tool bar, has a novel spring arrangement. The spring extends from one of the junctions of the linkage to a spri... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4766962 | Furrow forming apparatus for attachment to a tool bar A furrow forming apparatus for a seed planter is disclosed wherein the construction facilitates convenient adjustment of spring-biasing exerted on furrow forming disks of the assembly. The apparatus includes a parallel linkage which permits relative verti... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4660651 | Highly flexible, foldable drill for uniform depth seed deposit In a drill, there is provided the combination of a pair of foldable pivot frames to each of which is attached a wheeled wing frame for up and down swinging movement, together with a tongue assembly for effecting the folding action, as well as a subframe f... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4425857 | Lock-up mechanism for a planter row unit A row unit with a mechanism which provides normal planting via a parallel bar linkage connection to the planter and which can be locked up in a raised, non-planting position when desired. The mechanism includes curved slotted openings in the lower bars of... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4422392 | Seed drill with disk-type furrow openers A seed drill has rotatably mounted opener discs disposed in an acute angle with respect to the direction of travel and mounted on supports. A skid is mounted to each support at the outside surface of the disk at an angle with respect to the direction of t... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4409911 | Listing and bed shaping apparatus with planter attachment and method A combination listing and bed shaping apparatus for use with a self-propelled vehicle having a three-point hitch. A tool bar assembly is provided which is secured to the three-point hitch so that tool bar assembly extends in a generally horizontal directi... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409910 | Method and apparatus for planting seeds while conditioning soil Method and apparatus for planting seeds in a field. An anti-cohesion liquid chemical is injected at 30 to 50 p.s.i. into a narrow ribbon of soil, no more than two inches wide and two inches deep. Immediately thereafter, the soil ribbon is vigorously agita... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4377979 | Conservation tillage row crop planter system The planter includes a number of forward tillage units each followed by an aligned planting unit. Both units are independently mounted by four-bar linkages to the planter frame. Each tillage unit includes a leading banded coulter followed by a pair of rol... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4217835 | Depth control and seed boot assembly for tillage apparatus A depth control skid and seed boot assembly is disclosed that is particularly useful in a sod seeding implement for adjusting the maximum depth of cut of a cutting wheel and for adjusting the depth of the seed boot independently of each other. An arm rota... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4182247 | Method and apparatus for crop transplanting A method and apparatus for transplanting crops includes a vehicular frame and a carriage reciprocally shiftable relative to the length of the frame. Plural fluid dispensing nozzles are mounted on the carriage for injecting fluid jets into the ground to fo... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4148267 | Packer wheel assembly for tillage apparatus A packer wheel assembly is disclosed that is particularly useful for sod seeding purposes. The apparatus includes a mounting bracket having a pair of spaced arms with a packer wheel being rotatably mounted between the center portion of each of the arms. A... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4051792 | Structural orientation and protective apparatus for tillage assembly A structural orientation and protective apparatus is disclosed that is particularly useful in a tillage assembly for sod seeding purposes. The apparatus includes a pair of skids each of which is adjacent to a cutter wheel mounted on the tillage assembly f... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4043404 | Tillage apparatus having improved cutting and drive structure An improved cutting and drive structure is disclosed that is particularly useful in conjunction with tilling apparatus for sod seeding purposes. The structure includes a tillage blade or cutter wheel mounted for rotation by a drive structure that includes... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4043281 | Dual packer wheel unit for tillage apparatus A dual packer unit is disclosed that is particularly useful for sod seeding purposes. The apparatus includes an H-shaped mounting bracket consisting of an arcuate leg connected at opposite ends to a pivot arm and a wheel mounting arm. The pivot arm is int... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4023510 | Depth control and protective apparatus for tillage assembly A depth control and protective apparatus is disclosed as particularly useful in a tillage assembly for sod seeding purposes. The apparatus includes a pair of skids mounted upon a pivoted arm, which arm has also mounted thereon a pair of cutter wheels for ... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3976017 | Leguminous plant inoculation process and apparatus A process and apparatus used in inoculating leguminous plants with nitrogen fixing bacteria is disclosed. The process involves the preparation of an aqueous dispersion of the bacteria from a suitable source material and its dispensation to the soil in the... | 08/24/1976 |
