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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866270 | Tillage shank with adjustable depth fertilizer tube A tillage shank assembly has one or more substance delivery tubes supported along the back edge of the generally upright shank of the assembly. A pair of side plates on opposite sides of the shank have rear margins that project rearwardly beyond the rear edge of the... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7395770 | Agricultural additive dispensing apparatus A ground working apparatus for dispensing an agricultural additive to the soil is provided. The apparatus is mounted to a tool bar that is operable to be towed across an agricultural field. The apparatus includes a coulter blade in combination with a knife element, ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7290491 | Minimum till seeding knife The present invention relates to a knife for and a method of zero till or minimum till seeding and fertilizing. The knife is particularly adapted for dry land conditions producing minimum solid disturbance and very shallow operation. The knife has a high penetration... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7261048 | Parallel link trailing arm for seeders A furrow opener apparatus includes a parallel link trailing arm having a rear link that is maintained substantially horizontal as the arm moves up and down. Front and rear furrow openers are attached to the rear link. A packer wheel arm is attached to the rear link ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7213524 | Minimum till seeding knife The present invention relates to a knife for and a method of zero till or minimum till seeding and fertilizing. The knife is particularly adapted for dry land conditions producing minimum solid disturbance and very shallow operation. The knife has a high penetration... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213523 | Agricultural additive dispensing apparatus A ground working apparatus for dispensing an agricultural additive to the soil is provided. The apparatus is mounted to a tool bar that is operable to be towed across an agricultural field. The apparatus includes a coulter blade in combination with a knife element, ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7168376 | Seed boot for a seeding machine An integral cast seed boot is provided with a mounting assembly for securing the seed boot to a planting unit frame. A single furrow opener disc is rotatively mounted to the planting unit frame by a bearing assembly. The seed boot defines a seed entry passage having... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159523 | Method and apparatus of agricultural field seeding A seeding and fertilizing apparatus comprises a plurality of seed assemblies each comprising a trailing arm pivotally connected at a front end thereof to the frame and a packer wheel rotatably attached to rear end thereof. A seed knife is attached to the trailing ar... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152539 | Fertilizer injector wing for disc openers Disc openers (14) for use with an air seeder (10) are configured for seeding and fertilizing a field (G). The opener (14b) broadly includes a coulter disc (20), a seed boot (24), and a fertilizer injector wing (26). T... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7128007 | Liquid fertilizer application system A liquid fertilizer application system for efficiently dispensing and placing liquid fertilizer within a furrow to minimize germination injury. The liquid fertilizer application system includes a fertilizer tube having an input opening and a discharge opening, a mou... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7096805 | Liquid fertilizer application system A liquid fertilizer application system for efficiently dispensing and placing liquid fertilizer within a furrow to minimize germination injury. The liquid fertilizer application system includes a guard with an attached fertilizer tube having an input opening and a d... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7004090 | Fertilizer injector wing for disc openers Disc openers (14) for use with an air seeder (10), are configured for seeding and fertilizing a field (G). The opener (14b) broadly includes a drawbar assembly (16), a disc assembly (18) including a coulter disc (20) ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997121 | Minimum tillage agricultural implement having furrow opening shank assemblies An agricultural implement for forming a furrow in a soil, is described and which includes a rotatable shank; a resilient, movement limiting member disposed in force transmitting relation relative to the rotatable shank; and a pair of wheels mounted for earth engagin... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6990911 | Seed planting assembly and liquid application device for same A planting assembly including a frame, a furrow opening mechanism, a seed tube for directing a seed into a furrow, a liquid source, a liquid delivery conduit having a delivery end, and a furrow closing mechanism. An adapter is configured for mounting to the seed tub... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6955131 | Dual material placing apparatus with depth adjusting pivot point A dual material dispensing assembly mountable to a frame for pulling assembly across the ground. The assembly includes an elongate main member having a first end mountable to the frame and a second end pivotally connected to a packer arm at a pivotable joint. A firs... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6907833 | Furrow closing wheel for agricultural seeders and mounting system therefor A furrow closing wheel for an agricultural seeder has a center body portion and spokes extending radially outwardly from the body portion. The spokes each have a base attached to the body portion and a blunt tip located radially outwardly thereof. The blunt tip of e... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6457426 | Front tube furrow opener attachment A furrow opener for attachment to a cultivator shank has a delivery tube located in front of the shank and close to the shank to facilitate trash flow around the shank. The product delivered can fall directly behind the furrow making device without negoti... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6302040 | In-line sub-surface seeding, fertilizing and watering device A sub-surface seeding, fertilizing and watering device includes an opening blade having first and second sides extending between a leading edge and an aft edge. The opening blade has an upper surface and a lower surface extending between upper and lower e... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6220191 | Liquid dispenser for seed planter The present invention is a planter which embeds planted seeds into the ground and then dispenses liquid in the vicinity of the embedded seeds. The planter includes a flexible arm which drags upon the ground and presses the deposited seeds into the ground ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6182587 | In-line sub-surface seeding, fertilizing and watering device A sub-surface seeding, fertilizing and watering device includes an opening blade. The opening blade has first and second sides extending between a leading edge and an aft edge on the blade. The first and second sides are generally symmetrical to each othe... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6178900 | Combination chisel plow and fertilizer placement apparatus A fertilizer applicator assembly for use with a chisel plow includes a diverter shoe located in the root zone of the crop, above the tillage point of the plow. The diverter shoe closes the furrow formed by the plow shank and forms a lateral pocket in the ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6142085 | Hydraulic compression system for seeder A compression system for a dual material delivery assembly is described. The assembly includes a furrowing element for producing a furrow in the ground as it is towed across the ground. A fertilizer tube and a seed tube are provided for depositing fertili... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6082274 | Liquid dispenser for seed planter with diverter The present invention is a planter which embeds planted seeds into the ground and then dispenses liquid in the vicinity of the embedded seeds. The planter includes a flexible arm which drags upon the ground and presses the deposited seeds into the ground ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6032593 | Grain drill opener with separate placement and a concave disk therefor A combination seed and fertilizer opener having separate placement includes a first angled flat disk with a gauge wheel arrangement providing an initial furrow for a first material such as fertilizer. A second opener disk, smaller than the first and conca... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5852982 | Liquid dispenser for seed planter The present invention is a planter which embeds planted seeds into the ground and then dispenses liquid in the vicinity of the embedded seeds. The planter includes a flexible arm which drags upon the ground and presses the deposited seeds into the ground ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5730074 | Liquid dispenser for seed planter The present invention is a planter which embeds planted seeds into the ground and then dispenses liquid in the vicinity of the embedded seeds. The planter includes a flexible arm which drags upon the ground and presses the deposited seeds into the ground ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5664507 | Seed tube guide The present invention is a seed tube guide for maintaining the seed tube in the center of the seed planting furrow between the double disc openers. The seed tube guide comprises a unitary member having left and right forwardly extending mounting plates fo... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5396851 | Dual material dispensing assembly A dual dispensing device to be attached to the frame of an apparatus for seed and fertilizer placement in the ground comprising an elongate body member to be pivotally connected to the frame of the apparatus, a first dispenser for fertilizer is pivotally ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5161472 | Multi-function draft implement A multi-function draft implement for opening, seeding, and fertilizing is disclosed. The implement provides a vertical knife opener for creating a vertical trench in the ground, a horizontal sweep for opening a horizontal swath in the ground and creating ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5140917 | Method and apparatus for seeding agricultural crops A method and apparatus for seeding agricultural crops in which seed is placed in residue-free rows that are closely aligned and associated with bands of deeply placed fertilizer whereby the plants from each seed row may access more than one deep band of f... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5025736 | Furrow opener A furrow opener and press wheel for an agricultural implement to place fertilizer and seed at different depths in soil has replaceable abrasive resistant plastic side plates and a press plate to avoid soil build up and plugging of fertilizer discharge ope... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4998488 | Agricultural combined drill dispenser Apparatus in an agricultural combination machine for simultaneously inserting and positioning in the earth of at least two components, e.g. seed and fertilizer, primarily a combination machine for direct sowing on a field without previous soil cultivation... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4932340 | Subsoil placement apparatus Soil-treating materials are placed in the soil in a desired relation to the seed by placement apparatus that preferably follows the seed-depositing mechanism on a planter and deposits the material a selected distance to one side and below the deposited se... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4926767 | No-till drill providing seed and fertilizer separation A no-till drill mounts a seed distribution assembly on the upper portion of the back side of a chisel blade that cuts a furrow in the soil being planted. The seed distribution assembly includes a horizontal seed distribution plate having an upturned lip a... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4831945 | Opener assembly with depth gauging from a press wheel Relatively simple opener assembly structure for maintaining a generally constant vertical relationship between an opener and a trailing press wheel. The structure provides benefits of a parallel linkage design but obviates the extra links of, and provides... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4798151 | Furrow opening point A furrow opening point 40 is described for attachment directly to the seed boot of a hoe type seed drill between the split packer wheels. The furrow opening point 40 has an elongated body 50 that extends from an upper fertilizer receiving portion 56 to a ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4765262 | Three disk opener assembly An agricultural planter in which three coulters are mounted on a single shaft, which shaft is supported at each end with side supports carried by the frame of the planter. A main large diameter coulter is used to break the soil to make a furrow, another c... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765263 | Apparatus for placement of fertilizer below seed with minimum soil disturbance An apparatus and method are described which allow for placement of fertilizer at an optimum separation distance below seed at the time of seeding with a minimum of soil disturbance so that the creation of high ridges adjacent to the seed row is avoided. T... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4762075 | Seed/fertilizer minimum tillage planter Apparatus for seed and fertilizer placement in the ground comprises a knife followed immediately by a first tube for depositing fertilizer and a second tube spaced therefrom for depositing the seed. The second tube can be adjusted horizontally and vertica... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4694759 | Seed drill A seed drill for applying seed and/or fertilizer has a frame, reservoir, and sowing shares. The sowing shares are attached to the frame in such a way that they can move in an upright plane by means of superimposed and at least approximately parallel strut... | 09/22/1987 |
