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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037944 | Fastening device for coupling ploughing elements in agricultural cultivation machines Fastening device for coupling ploughing elements in agricultural cultivation machines, the ploughing elements including ploughshares, points, blades or any similar type of tool, the fastening device including an intermediate fastening element, formed by a solid body... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7493964 | Ground engaging tool alignment assembly A tillage implement includes a ground engaging tool assembly configured to enhance alignment relative to a forward direction of travel of a tow vehicle. The ground engaging tool assembly generally includes a ground engaging tool, a shank, and clip coupled therebetwe... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7263937 | Seed tube guard A mutually-engageable or interlocking connection between a seed tube guard and a frame member mounted to a seed planting machine. The mutually-engageable connection includes a yoke having a front journal and a rear journal with a gap, the yoke, carried on the frame ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255179 | Cultivator sweep assembly A cultivator sweep assembly having a sweep adapted for releasable attachment to a shank of a mobile agricultural apparatus. The sweep assembly includes a sweep having a more narrow profile, and a coupling attached to a tapered end portion of the shank and disposed b... | 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 |
| 7210540 | Tool retaining mechanism A securing arrangement for a tool (7) of an agricultural tillage implement of a type having a tapered interconnection between a socket (5) on the tool and an adaptor piece (3) adapted for mounting onto a tine (1) of the tillage implement.... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7131501 | Disk harrow with U-shaped cushions of tapered round section U-shaped cushions, also known as shanks or spring members, resiliently support a gang of disks on the frame of a disk harrow. The agricultural disk cushion is manufactured from a round section of raw material which is lighter and more resistant to torsion related fa... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124836 | Knock-on sweep structure Sweep retaining structure includes a retainer having a contact end biased towards the sweep. The sweep includes two or more spaced end-receiving areas to accommodate changes in the mounted sweep position. In one embodiment, the retainer is a wire made of spring stee... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104341 | Low disturbance deep tillage point Ripper point structure includes a nose with a tapered top that initiates lift and fracture of compacted soil layers. The tapered top with an included angle of about 100 degrees just forward of the parting wear shin creates a parting stress which increases until the ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7070007 | Knock-on sweep structure Sweep retaining structure includes a retainer having a contact end biased towards the sweep. The sweep includes two or more spaced end-receiving areas to accommodate changes in the mounted sweep position. In one embodiment, the retainer is a wire made of spring stee... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6938700 | Knock-on sweep structure and tools therefor Sweep retaining structure includes a spring wire retainer with a base supported in a groove on the underside of the wedge support which mates with a stem portion of the sweep. The wedge support is apertured, and a central curved portion of the retainer passes throug... | 09/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6684963 | Knock-on sweep structure Sweep retaining structure includes a retainer having a contact end biased towards the sweep. The sweep includes two or more spaced end-receiving areas to accommodate changes in the mounted sweep position. In one embodiment, the retainer is a wire made of ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6668940 | Cultivator point assembly A cultivator point assembly includes an adaptor having a front and a rear end, and intended to be mounted to a cultivator machine at an upper end and having a foot projecting from a lower end. A cultivator point is adapted to be engaged with the adaptor a... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6585058 | Knock-on sweep structure and tools therefor Sweep retaining structure includes a spring wire retainer with a base supported in a groove on the underside of the wedge support which mates with a stem portion of the sweep. The wedge support is apertured, and a central curved portion of the retainer pa... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6571884 | Quick change sweep retainer A novel solution for changing sweeps or knives on a cultivator or other soil working tool is the subject matter of the present invention. In today's farming world, where labor is at a premium and time is of the essence, a sole operator or farmer in prepar... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6516895 | Tool shank mounting assembly A mounting assembly for a shank including a shank holder having a passage for receiving the shank, the passage having at one end opposite tapering surfaces which define with the leading edge of the shank opposite tapering spaces for receiving wedge member... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6505688 | Soil conditioning implement A seed bed packer including a frame, a plurality of wheels connected to the frame, and a soil packing element. The packer also includes a spring shank for transferring weight from the frame to the soil packing element. The spring shank includes a first le... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6315058 | Soil-working implement having quick-change sweep design An improved soil-working implement. The implement comprises a shank having a free-end portion; a one-piece adapter defining a recess, wherein the adapter is removably affixed to the shank free-end portion; a one-piece shovel; and an elastomeric element fr... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6315057 | Quick change sweep apparatus Sweep apparatus may be easily secured to and removed from a tine by a pair of flex pins. The sweep includes a plate and a pair of side flanges extending downwardly from the plate through which the flex pins extend. An adapter shoe is used to secure the sw... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6289996 | Securing device for knock-on earthworking tool A retainer is disclosed for preventing accidental release of a knock-on earthworking tool from an adaptor secured to the tine of an agricultural implement. The retainer, which is integrally formed from a single piece of metal, comprises an anchoring porti... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6241144 | Friction fit tab and slot shape An apparatus and method for positioning a first piece relative to a second piece in a predefined position is disclosed. This apparatus has a tab and a slot. The tab projects from one of the first piece and the second piece and defines a preestablished con... | 06/05/2001 |
| 5941318 | Cultivator sweep assembly A cultivator sweep secured to a sweep holder that is attached to a cultivator implement for shearing surface soil. The cultivator sweep includes a body member having a front nose portion, a rear portion and a pair of laterally outwardly extending wing mem... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5881821 | Fin sweep assembly and method of manufacture A tillage sweep assembly includes a base sweep with a central fore-and-aft slot. A support strap or stem includes a corresponding fore-and-aft extending protrusion which mates with the slot. A filet weld connects the top of the base sweep to the support s... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5711378 | Knock-on earth working tool securement assembly A tapered adaptor (10) disposed at a free, leading end of a cultivator shank (S) is arranged to co-operate with a blocking member (27). The blocking member (27) defines forwardly facing abutment surfaces (28, 29). They engage a rear edge portion (54) of t... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5579852 | Soil working tool A soil working tool in the form of a streamlined tool 10 having a concave ridge-like edge 11 extending along a major portion of the length of the tool and being equipped with recessed holes 12 and 13 so the tool can be secured to a shank. The tool has a r... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5485886 | Adjustable agricultural tool holder A holder for an agricultural tool. The holder has a shaft with first structure at a first location for mounting at least one agricultural tool to the shaft. The shaft has a portion that is movable guidingly in first and second opposite directions relative... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5465796 | Shank assembly with knock-on sweep An agricultural shank assembly includes an edge-bent standard having an integral tool-receiving end which is tapered to provide a self-locking fit for a matching sweep. A non-corroding plastic pin inserted through a hole in the sweep and through an elonga... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5462124 | Dual coulter device A pair of coulter units arranged in a staggered relationship, each coulter unit having an upstanding shank of a height to place the shanks below a tool bar, a single, relatively flat plate disposed on a diagonal to support both shanks, and a single upstan... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5427038 | Adjustable gauge wheel for a planter An agricultural planting machine has a pair of adjacent furrow opening disks that form a V-shaped furrow as the machine advances and a pair of ground engaging gauge wheels respectively mounted for rotation adjacent the opposite sides of the opening disks.... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5407013 | Gravel scarifying and levelling device A scarifier/grader apparatus comprises, in combination, a tractor connected through a 3-point hitch to a scarifier/grader attachment wherein: the tractor is adapted to be operably connected through a three point hitch to a scarifier/grader attachment comprisin... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5407014 | Gravel scarifying device A scarifier/grader apparatus comprises, in combination, a tractor connected through a 3-point hitch to a scarifier/grader attachment wherein: the tractor is adapted to be operably connected through a three point hitch to a scarifier/grader attachment comprisin... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5248000 | Harrowing device A harrowing device for harrowing a ground surface includes a haulable frame. A plurality of blade holders are secured to the frame, and extend downward from the frame. The blade holder has a cavity, a pair of holes, a pair of inclined interior face in the... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5064001 | Rotary soil working tool A rotary soil working tool comprising a rotatable support member having an engaging portion and a plurality of soil working elements each comprising an elongated member with a waisted portion. Each soil working element is detachably secured to the engagin... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5007484 | Method and apparatus for changing cultivator plow blades A soil cultivator has a new cultivator shank and a new plow blade which has a fixed lock structure. The plow blade is held to the shank by a movable snap action lock mechanism in a working end of the shank. A new method of quickly changing plow blades wit... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4976566 | Tool mounting assembly An assembly for mounting an earth working tool to a shank having a substantially vertical track on the rear end of the shank, a tool holder having a C-shaped opening at its forward end and adapted to fit over the shank track, and a wedge member adapted fo... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4871032 | Deep tillage implement A deep tillage earth engaging implement having a frictional attachment to a tine of an agricultural machine in which the attachment portion incorporates a socket with a cross-section tapering toward the earth engaging portion. The foot of the tine is of c... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4799555 | Chisel plow mounting assembly A mounting assembly for attaching a chisel plow share to a standard comprises a first bracket slidable over the standard and including hooks for engaging the share; a second bracket slidable over the standard and also including hooks for engaging the shar... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4794992 | High center shovel Standard shovels, particularly shovels used in deep tillage implements, vibra chisel or vibra shank cultivators and the like tend to push or roll the soil ahead in front of the shovel leading to high wear and heavy draft conditions. The present shovel is ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4785889 | Turf coring tool A turf coring tool includes a tubular cut out wall section turf coring tine having an upper tubular end for receiving force contained within a socket and having this upper end of the coring tine walls severed with an axial slit from the cut out area, allo... | 11/22/1988 |
