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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 4653412 | Deep band fertilizer and double side band seeding attachment A fertilizing and seeding apparatus for attachment to a cultivator shank includes an adapter for rigid attachment to the cultivator shank and a fertilizer blade and a double blade seeder. Only forward pivotal motion of the tools from a normal operating po... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4633791 | Opener assembly including a compact, arc-shaped opener In a seeding implement, an opener assembly including a compact, arc-shaped opener with a point supported below the surface of the ground during the field-working operation to prevent hairpinning of trash and allow high-speed seeding. The compact configura... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4616581 | Planting apparatus Apparatus for seeding includes a first plurality of shovels disposed in a rank at uniform intervals and a second plurality of shovels disposed in a second rank at uniform intervals. The first and second ranks are disposed in generally parallel relationshi... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4608933 | Apparatus for converting a chisel plow to a planter Apparatus is provided for readily converting a conventional pull-type implement such as a chisel plow into an effective planter. The conversion assembly includes a furrow opener such as a narrow shoe located adjacent the lower end of the chisel shank, alo... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4607581 | Furrow opener for seeder A furrow opener shank for use with seeders has seed outlets and fertilizer outlets at the lower end thereof, and includes a sealer plate which will permit the depositing of anhydrous ammonia or liquid fertilizer in a deep furrow and which positively seals... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4565141 | Seeding apparatus with fertilizer applicator A shank is used for seeding apparatus and has two passageways for permitting metered seed, and metered fertilizer to be placed into the ground from the same shank. A covering sealer shoe or plate for covering the fertilizer prior to the time that seed is ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4461355 | Cultivator row unit with ridger/bedder implement An inter-row crop cultivator for use particularly in severe residue conditions such as in minimum tillage conservation applications is disclosed. A leading gauge wheel providing support and soil surface tracking is immediately trailed by two laterally dis... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4446801 | Air seeding boot A seeding boot for use with a cultivator shank and utilized for delivering particulate material such as seed, fertilizer, chemicals or the like to soil prepared by a soil working tool comprises a soil deflector which defines a surface for deflecting soil ... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4417530 | Planting apparatus A device for planting seed and applying fertilizer including a frame adapted to be moved over the ground and a furrow opener shank carried on the frame. A first delivery tube is provided in the shank for fertilizer and has a lower end disposed to a first ... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4393791 | Undercutter seed planter An undercutter seed planter in the form of an elongated tubular seed delivery member adapted to be pulled beneath the soil behind the blade of an undercutter plow. An air metering system supplies seeds to the seed delivery member and such seeds are releas... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4388878 | Multiple deposition type seeder foot assembly A seeder foot is shaped to open a furrow and to facilitate immediate initial filling thereof as soon as the foot has passed. A plurality of feed tubes are situated immediately behind the foot, one above the other, with the lowermost one extending rearward... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4373455 | Seed boot assembly A seed boot for pneumatic seeder or fertilizer assemblies includes a seed or fertilizer tube having an attaching bolt extending therethrough adjacent the base thereof and just above the splitting or separating saddle. A forwardly extending crease is forme... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4282985 | Seed plate A circular seed plate for use with a tilted, cylindrically shaped hopper includes a plurality of cells formed in, and spaced around, the circumference of the plate. Each seed cell includes an end surface which extends radially inwardly from the outer diam... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4263858 | Seed and fertilizer drill drive A machine (FIG. 1) for dispensing seed and fertilizers, which is equipped with two hoppers one for the seed, and the other for the fertilizer. The materials flowing from outlet apertures of the hoppers while the machine is in operation are introduced into... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4261593 | Planting and fertilizing apparatus A relatively compact and lightweight planting and fertilizing apparatus is attached to a small garden tractor by a universal hitch which restricts lateral movement between the two. The apparatus is spring biased downwardly to assure film contact with the ... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4253412 | Seed confining attachment for a wheat drill An attachment is disclosed for securement to the boot of an agricultural shovel drill machine. Support structure of the attachment is affixed to the back side of the boot and serves to position a seed deflecting body proximate the discharge end of the boo... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4202474 | Machine for spreading fertilizer and seed A machine for spreading fertilizer and seed in which the width of the machine with respect to its working direction of travel is greater than its length with respect to the working direction of travel. The machine comprises at least two individual machine... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4141301 | Cultivator and liquid fertilizer blade An improved fertilizer knife includes a main knife-shaped blade which is inclined in a forward direction and which has a fertilizer discharge tube along its trailing edge for discharge of liquid fertilizer into the soil. A pair of wings attached to the ma... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4129082 | Earth working and fluid distribution apparatus An earth-working and fluid distribution apparatus is disclosed including a plow having a frame and a shank connected thereto. The apparatus further includes a, shovel for breaking the earth and creating a furrow connectable to the shank, a fluid supply so... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4127073 | Subsoil tillage tooth An improved subsoil plow assembly to be attached to an implement frame employs a soil-splitting leading edge of arcuate cuspate shape, breaking the earth but inhibiting the mixing of the subsoil with the topsoil. That portion below the cuspal apex tends t... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4079680 | Fertilizer injection apparatus including soil working device An apparatus is disclosed for injecting fertilizer into the soil. A soil working device includes a sweep with a nose portion that moves through the soil as the sweep is moved forward, a pair of trailing sections that diverge from the nose portion, and an ... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4073152 | System for laying a subterranean water impervious asphalt layer A system for laying a subterranean water impervious asphalt layer which is mounted on a tractor and includes a liquidized asphalt supply tank and a subterranean plough provided with a plurality of outlet ports so that liquidized asphalt is fed from the ta... | 02/14/1978 |
| 3946681 | Earth working apparatus An earth working apparatus for use in agricultural pre-planting operations includes a first frame having laterally spaced ground engaging wheels and a second frame having a leading edge thereof pivotally mounted on the first frame adjacent a leading edge ... | 03/30/1976 |
