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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6945332 | Aeration tine device A highly durable aeration tine device attached to a soil aerator has a tubular tine member extending cylindrically and a hard metal tip made of a hard metal material and typically made in a frustum shape of a cone, which is in an area contact with the tubular tine m... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6874260 | Plow system for a vehicle The invention comprises a snow plow system capable of attachment to a vehicle. The snow plow system comprises a front snow plow assembly and a rear snow plow assembly. The front snow plow assembly includes a blade, a frame assembly and an attachment system. The atta... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6854527 | Fracture resistant carbide snowplow and grader blades The present invention provides for carbide edge snowplow and grader blades that are durable and fracture resistant. The carbide along the blade edge and blade bottom which contacts the surface being treated is designed to limit the degree of fracture of the carbide.... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6745709 | Replaceable ground engaging tip and wear resistant insert therefor A ground engaging tip for a seed boot attachment for depositing a seed within a furrow. The tip including a conical shape member formed of three generally planar shape side surfaces wherein two of the side surfaces meet to form an inclined leading edge extending fro... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6571493 | Cutting edge A cutting edge which has improved resistance to scratching wear, such resistance being required for cutting edges for snow removal, which has good performance to increase e.g., compressed snow rate, and which can be manufactured at comparatively low cost.... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6457269 | Ground-engaging tool for an excavation bucket The invention relates to a ground-engaging tool which is connected or connectable to a lip on an excavation bucket. The ground-engaging tool includes a tool body which is formed from a material having a hardness of approximately 40 Rockwell C hardness and... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6382328 | Wear resistant ground working implement A ground working implement formed from a hard substrate material such as steel has a forward facing ground cutting edge. A wear resistant coating (59, 63) such as polyurethane is applied to at least one face of the implement. The coating adjacent the cutt... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5787994 | Narrow profile soil opening device for agriculture material placement An opener assembly for forming a groove in soil in preparation for placement of substances in the soil broadly comprises an upright, elongated shank having a lower end and a lower mounting edge, a lowermost, groove-forming component, and fastening structu... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5720353 | Apparatus and method for coupling a blade assembly to a vehicle An apparatus for coupling a blade assembly to a vehicle includes a circle assembly having a circle member. The apparatus further includes a plate having a passageway extending therethrough, the circle member being movable relative to the plate. The appara... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5697308 | Seed boot having a wear resistant insert A seed boot for use with a furrow forming disk of a grain drill for depositing seed within a furrow. The seed boot includes a housing having an inner side, an outer side and a furrow firming edge. The furrow firming edge extends between a lower edge of th... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5427186 | Method for forming wear surfaces and the resulting part A method for forming a blade adapted to be attached to an earthworking vehicle and the resultant wear resistant blade has a wear surface assembly which includes a carbide insert sandwiched between a steel plate and a composite material within a pocket on ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5398625 | Grain 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 |
| 5375542 | Seed covering apparatus A seed covering apparatus for covering seeds with soil after an agricultural seed planter places the seeds within an open seed trench and before the planter closes the seed trench. The apparatus includes a disk with a center guide hole and a sealed bearin... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5314029 | Pyramidal shaped, hardened insert for an agricultural tool A self-sharpening pyramidal shaped insert of a refractory hard metal for use as a leading penetrating element of a soil opener member of an agricultural tool. The insert includes a boss member of a generally frustoconical shape including a circular bottom... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5310009 | Agricultural insert A cutting insert and a wear insert for use in an agricultural tool having a cutting edge for forming a furrow. The agricultural tool includes an essentially syncline shaped slicer having a leading member, a trailing member and a pair of sides tapered from... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5297637 | Agricultural disc blade An agricultural tool including a disc blade incorporating hard wear resistant inserts for attachment to an axial member of an agricultural tool for rotation through the soil. The disc blade includes parallel spaced flat round front and rear surfaces havin... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5224554 | Plant transplanter A transplanter is disclosed which provides uniform planting without damaging plants. The transplanter includes a mechanism for receiving plants and depositing them in a furrow formed by a unique furrow opening shoe having a polymer outer layer which does ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5159985 | Agricultural insert An insert for use in an agricultural tool having a cutting edge for forming a furrow. The insert includes an elongated wedge having a leading end, a trailing end, a top surface, a first side surface and a second opposing side surface coterminous therewith... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159887 | Plant transplanter A transplanter is disclosed which provides uniform planting without damaging plants. The transplanter includes a rotating cup assembly having two-piece clam shell cups, one of which opens by lateral movement by the cup halves of the cup. The transplanter ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5076180 | Trash clearing brush unit for a planter unit A trash clearing brush unit for use ahead of a planter unit including a pair of circular brushes rotatably mounted to a vertical support bar and angularly inclined toward one another. The support bar is attachable to a planter unit and vertically adjustab... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4932475 | Blade plow with resilient mounting This invention relates to a blade plough suitable for use on undulating ground. The blade plough has a floating blade which is able to pivot irrespective of the drawbar attachment to the tractor. A spring mechanism is provided to bias the blade in an oper... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4911249 | Tool which uses soil as wearing edge A soil-working tine has a recess extending along its wearing edge. The recess captures some soil as the tine passes through the soil. The soil captured in the recess acts as a wearing edge, reducing wear on the material of the tine.... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4883129 | Bit assembly utilizing carbide insert Ground engaging bits used in abrasive road grading applications utilizing carbide inserts brazed to the leading face of the steel tip are beneficial on motor grader blades. Commercial road grading bit assemblies used consistent thickness, rectangular carb... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4869328 | Chisel plow point A chisel plow point consisting of a unitary tip section, a tip extender portion extending in the direction opposite to that of the tip section and conforming to and adapted to overlie the end section of a moldboard to present a working surface that turns ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4845866 | Plastic moldboards for snow plows and the like An improved blade for a snow plow is provided. The blade includes an inwardly curved, polyethylene moldboard which is secured in a prestressed and arcuate relationship to a structural frame. The frame includes inwardly curved, vertically extending, transv... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4823884 | Plow cleaning device The problem of having dirt and debris stick to the shank of a subsoil plow is solved by providing a non-stick cover body that attaches to a lower portion of the shank and is sized and configured and of a material to which dirt and debris will not adhere. ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4813491 | Tillage point A tillage point for attachment to an excavating or earthmoving apparatus includes a tapered point extending below its longitudinal axis and formed by a convex top surface and concave bottom surface when viewed in side elevation. A convex protuberance axia... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4803790 | Plastic moldboards for snow plows and the like An improved blade for a snow plow is provided. The blade includes an inwardly curved, polyethylene moldboard which is secured in a prestressed and arcuate relationship to a structural frame. The frame includes inwardly curved, vertically extending, transv... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4770253 | Grader blade with tiered inserts on leading edge A grader blade has a steel body with a bottom edge incorporating a pair of tiered, elongated carbide inserts in a forward portion thereof. The carbide inserts, being arranged in a tiered contacting relationship, are disposed in a stepped recess formed in ... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4754816 | Overcap point for tillage tool A tillage tool which includes an elongated shank having a bifurcated forward end. A protective overcap point is secured to the bifurcated forward end of the shank by means of a trapezoidally cross-sectioned key which interlocks in the bifurcation slot. Th... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4753299 | Grader blade assembly and pick therefor A blade assembly for hard earth road graders has a support frame for attachment to the mouldboard of the road grader and a plurality of evenly spaced picks located in sockets spaced along the lower edge of the support frame. The picks have spigots to rele... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4729802 | Opener-disk heat-treating process and product A process for increasing surface hardness of a heat-hardenable steel disk, along an annular band intermediate the disk central and edge portions, is disclosed. The process contemplates selecting a first position on the surface of the intermediate annular ... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4715450 | Grader blade with casting/insert assembly on leading edge A grader blade has a steel body with a bottom edge incorporating a substrate of air-hardened tool steel casting material assembling a preformed cemented carbide insert in tiered relationship with, and rearwardly of, a casted layer of carbide grit. The fro... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4711187 | Fertilizer applicator knife and its use A fertilizer knife for subsurface application of fertilizer in liquid or vapor form in a ground furrow comprises a narrow, elongated blade having a width W1, a leading edge with a soil breaking segment and a trailing edge. An elongated, hollow,... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4671363 | Plow moldboard having reversible and interchangeable parts A plow moldboard made of a plurality of sections which are reversible and interchangeable so that each moldboard section can alternatively serve as the leading edge of the moldboard in two different positions. Each section has substantially parallel top a... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4645013 | Agricultural sweep An agricultural sweep which includes a pair of divergent wings having sharpened, earth-cutting edges. The wings define an angle of between 60° and 100°, and a hard metal insert is used to provide an overlying cap at the forward end of the two wings wher... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4630692 | Consolidation of a drilling element from separate metallic components The method of forming a cutter, which includes a core and a wear resistant insert defining a body means which includes (a) applying to the body means a mixture of: (i) wear resistant metallic powder, and (ii) binder (b) volatilizing the binder, (d) and applying pre... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4625810 | Tillage tool A tool for tilling the soil, such as a sweep, chisel or drill, which includes an elongated earth parting blade or shank having an upper end and a pointed lower end, and having a tapered, undercut dove-tailed slot extending from the pointed lower end longi... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4589498 | Plow share overcap A tillage tool appendage which includes a base plate or shank portion, adapted to be connected to the frame of the tillage tool, and a plow point bar-overcap welded to the base plate or shank portion. The plow point bar-overcap includes a leading edge lip... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4574502 | Transparent plow blade A plow blade for snow plowing or other plowing applications is constructed prepared from a transparent material to reduce plow weight and to permit the normal lighting of the plow vehicle to be seen through the plow blade, thus eliminating the need for au... | 03/11/1986 |
