Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7255049 | Subsurface soil injection method A method for the subsurface application of fertilizers, biologicals, fumigants, non-fumigant pesticides or other chemicals to soil with reduced application rates. Discrete amounts of the materials are injected into the soil at numerous sites along a path during a pa... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246563 | Pivot assembly for planter closing wheel frame A pivot assembly is provided for attaching a closing wheel frame to a planter. The closing wheel frame has a pair of closing wheels attached at a rear end and a pair of mounting openings formed at a front end. The pivot assembly includes ball bearings having outer r... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7096803 | Seed boot opener having interchangeable dispensers A seed boot having a modular or replaceable opener removably fastened to the seed boot. The opener is configured in any of several embodiments for discharging a fluent material such as seed in different ways, including narrow single row, wide single row, and double ... | 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 |
| 6918343 | Pivot assembly for planter closing wheel frame A pivot assembly is provided for attaching a closing wheel frame to a planter. The closing wheel frame has a pair of closing wheels attached at a rear end and a pair of mounting openings formed at a front end. The pivot assembly includes ball bearings having outer r... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5394946 | Row cleaning attachment A row cleaning attachment for seeding equipment comprising a coulter mounted between and behind two press wheels having a uniform circumference. The press wheels are independently spring biased downwardly into contact with the ground for holding and pulli... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5385596 | Treating of agricultural soil Agricultural soil is acidified by applying fertilizer, especially in the form of a clear solution, having an undesirably low pH value. The invention provides for applying a liquid neutralizing reagent in the vicinity of the fertilizer, and in the same ope... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5269237 | Seed sowing apparatus Apparatus for laying seeds includes a towable frame from which one or more blades are supported for cutting a slot in the ground surface below, a seed and fertiliser chute feeds seed into the cut ground surface via a channel formed between the frame and b... | 12/14/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5136954 | Device for application of granular, gaseous or liquid material to soil An attachment to an existing sweep of a seeding device is provided for additional dispensing of fertilizer. A protection tooth on the leading face of the attachment can be placed at a desired depth of its lower, free end to selectively adjust the level at... | 08/11/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4796550 | Single angled blade coulter and fertilizer opener A conservation tillage attachment for a seed planting unit that functions to cut and clear away prior crop residue, fracture the soil ahead of the seed trench opener, and form a trench for the deposit of dry or liquid fertilizer offset from and parallel t... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4782774 | 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... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4779765 | Fertilizer divider for dual air system A dual air system for separately conveying fertilizer and seed in an implement such as an air drill or air seeder which includes an adjustable divider arrangement for providing a small amount of starter fertilizer to be placed with the seed. The total fer... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4770112 | Combination seeding, tilling and fertilizing implement An opener assembly for fertilizing, tilling and seeding in one pass. An opener body is removably attached to an upright support leg and mounts a replaceable fertilizer banding knife. A replaceable sweep blade fixed immediately behind the knife to slice we... | 09/13/1988 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4726304 | Seed drill A seed drill has a frame, reservoirs, sowing shares, at least two separate inlets and outlets for two different materials, and a depth-guide or pressure roller behind each sowing share. Variable amounts of one material are conveyed to the forward outlet a... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4721047 | Apparatus for planting seed and fertilizer Apparatus for the combined planting of seed and application of fertilizer. The apparatus has a soil point for cutting a narrow slot-like furrow in soil. A shovel for opening a second, wider opening in the soil is located above and behind the soil point in... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4715302 | Foldable drill implement with differential assembly A foldable drill implement has a supply hopper mounted on a center frame section and a rearwardly mounted broadcast hopper extending onto wing frame sections. Various augers connect the supply hopper to the broadcast hopper and maintain a level of fill in... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4700640 | Device in a combined drill for simultaneously spreading seed and fertilizer The invention relates to a device in a combined drill for spreading seed and fertilizer simultaneously and comprising a container. The latter is divided by a wall into two compartments of which one is intended to take up the seed and the other to take up ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4691645 | Seed planter attachment An improved seed planter for a chisel plow includes a boot connected by a pair of leaf spring rods to the vertical shank of the plow. A bracket for connecting the spring rods to the boot and for gauge or press wheel attachments is detachably coupled to th... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4686914 | Seed planter A seed drill has a hoe point operable to create a furrow and a fertilizer feed shank to apply fertilizer in the furrow. A seed tube is operatively positioned behind the hoe point and fertilizer feed shank within the furrow and is vertically adjustable rel... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4674419 | 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... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4646663 | Fertilizer disc assembly for a planter A fertilizer dispensing disc assembly is adapted for direct attachment to a planter unit for vertical movement in unison so that fertilizer is dispensed at a uniform depth relative to the planted seeds. The ground opening coulters of the assembly are cast... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4638748 | Applicator and grain drill shank A shank for use in a hoe-type drill designed primarily for minimum till or no-till farm operations has a sealing arrangement for permitting the application of anhydrous gas or other gaseous fertilizers in a deep application, and, at the same time, seeding... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4624196 | Combined seed drill and fertilizer applicator An agricultural seeder having a plurality of spaced openers for application of fertilizer in a seed row and at a spaced distance therefrom. The implement is supported for locomotion by a primary lower frame which in turn supports a secondary, vertically p... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4611545 | Conservation no till farming apparatus A conservation no till apparatus for placing seed and fertilizer into the ground in one operation as pulled through the field includes a main implement frame having ground engaging support wheels. Hoppers for supplying the seed and fertilizer are supporte... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4607580 | Crop planting means A second crop is planted in a field by first cutting and removing the majority of a first crop from the field, seeding the field with the second crop, and then immediately applying the cut portion of the first crop over the seeded field as a mulch. A plan... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4603645 | Seeder with sowing shares A seeder with sowing shares and with two separate inlets and two separate outlets for the various materials like seed and fertilizer that are to be applied. The different materials can always be conveyed as desired to one or another inlet or outlet from a... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4592294 | Knife applicator for dry and liquid fertilizer An applicator for dry and liquid fertilizer includes a knife for forming a slot in the soil, a dry fertilizer-conduit mounted behind the knife and formed into a U-shaped channel with an elongated, upright slot at the rear, and a flexible hose for liquid f... | 06/03/1986 |
