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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367144 | Wear member for excavating equipment A wear assembly provided with a tapered opening and a complementary tapered lock wherein the lock can be pried into and from the opening to thereby eliminate the need for hammering. The lock is formed with a body and a latch that is movable between a hold position w... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7325496 | Tamping tool The present invention comprises a tamping tool comprising a shank and a blade, with the blade having various arrangements of wear-resistant material affixed to the face of the blade by means of brazing, soldering, gluing or other method. Additionally, some arrangeme... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7219454 | Attachment system An attachment system for connecting a first member such as a lip plate (12) of a mechanical digging device to a second member such as a ground engaging tool (10). The first member has a lug portion (22) attached thereto the second member has a r... | 05/22/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7086185 | Device for coupling wear pieces to the receptacle tools of a public works machine In a device for coupling a tooth onto an adaptor nose with a key, the tooth includes a skirt shrouding the adapter nose beyond the key passage zone and having a configuration connected to a return wall, comprising a bordering ridge. The wall is provided in the width... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7059257 | 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... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055619 | Seed boot attachment This invention is an apparatus for planting seed and injecting dry fertilizer (dry granular material) with an air seeder, chisel plow or cultivator with air seeder components while at the same time tiling the soil. The apparatus consists of a vertically oriented con... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7032334 | System and method for coupling excavation equipment components In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a system for coupling excavation equipment components includes a pin assembly configured to couple a first tool body to a second tool body. The pin assembly is configured to be received at least pa... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6922924 | Plow cutting edge A plow moldboard cutting edge includes a cutting edge blade having a front (leading) face and a rear (trailing) face, with one or more receiving apertures defined therebetween. An elastic bushing is then provided in each of the receiving apertures of the cutting edg... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6766602 | Corner tooth adapter arrangement for an excavating implement The present invention is directed to a corner adapter for attaching a ground engaging tooth to an implement bucket. The corner adapter includes a nose portion, a bottom strap and a top strap. The nose portion and the bottom strap are aligned along substantially comm... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6757995 | System and method for coupling excavation equipment components A system for coupling excavation equipment components is provided. The system includes a retainer pin having first and second detents which are extendable axially from a surface of the retainer pin, in response to rotation of a valve seated at least partially within... | 07/06/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6434865 | Base edge protection assembly for an implement of a work machine A bucket assembly is disclosed. The bucket assembly includes a bucket having a base edge. The bucket assembly also includes a base edge protection assembly having (i) a digging plate having a forward edge with a pair of notches defined therein so that a t... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6230424 | Base edge protection assembly for an implement of a work machine A bucket assembly is disclosed. The bucket assembly includes a bucket having a base edge. The bucket assembly also includes a base edge protection assembly having (i) a digging plate having a forward edge with a pair of notches defined therein so that a t... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6026908 | Blade, particularly for blade-bearing chassis A blade includes at least one blade body attached to a chassis to be hitched to a tractor vehicle. The blade includes at least one part which is laterally inclined in relation to a vertical plane parallel to the tractor vehicle's line of advancement. This... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6003617 | Insert for board An insert cooperates with the channel in a material moving board. The insert is adapted to reach at least 3/4 of the way from the front edge to the rear edge of the board. The insert is preferably brazed to the channel and is made primarily of tungsten ca... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5992063 | Locking pin for ground-engaging tooth element The invention relates to an assembly of ground engaging tool components which are attachable to the lip of a bucket of an earth moving machine. The assembly of tool components comprises a nosepiece attachable to the lip of the bucket, an adaptor attachabl... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5987787 | Ground engaging tool components An assembly of ground engaging tool components which are attachable to the lip of a bucket of an earth moving machine. The assembly includes a nosepiece attachable to the lip of the bucket, an adapter attachable to the nosepiece, and a tip attachable to t... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5964300 | Wear shin for a tillage implement A wear shin for a shank of a tillage tool such as a ripper includes a profile having a narrow leading edge with forwardly concave sides extending rearwardly and outwardly from the leading edge to sides generally aligned with the sides of the shank. Upper ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5956874 | Tooth assembly and lock system A lock system removably connects an earth-engaging tooth point to an adapter. The forward-extending nose of the adapter fits within the rear-facing socket of the tooth point. A pair of opposing sides of the socket defines coaxial apertures. The adaptor ha... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5947209 | Ground working implement including a shank and a tip A shank and replaceable tip of a ground working implement are defined from flat plate which is cut by laser or similar or is stamped to provide interconnecting elements between the replaceable tip and the lower end of the shank. At the lower end of the sh... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5852888 | Apparatus for protecting a base of a bucket of an earth working machine An apparatus for protecting a base edge of a bucket of an earth working machine includes a fixed component secured to the base edge of the bucket, the fixed component having a first aperture extending therethrough. The apparatus also includes a protection... | 12/29/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5741112 | Floor and bucket protection device A floor and bucket protection device and method of making the device, which includes a steel frame attachable to a bucket on a front end loader, a plurality of steel-reinforced rubber pads laminated on a steel frame between fiber-reinforced end pads, wher... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5730228 | Tool for a row cultivator, having a leading blade and cutting blades A row cultivator (10) includes a row following system (12) coupled to a toolbar (13) employing frame members (17) and (18) constrained to remain parallel by a cross member (21). Coulter wheels (30) and (31) secured to the frame members (17) and (18) are n... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5526592 | Tooth assembly for excavation bucket A lip shroud system which requires no additional hardware to hold a lip shroud on the front lip of an excavation bucket. The front shroud is held by mating lugs to the adapter and to an adjacent tooth pinned to the adapter. The lip bottom is protected by ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5496131 | Tool for road planing cutter The present invention relates to a tool and a metal tip of the tool. The tool includes a tool blank, a bearing portion and a metal tip where the tool is intended to be rotatably mounted in a road planing cutter. The longitudinal axis of the tool forms, in... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5473829 | Earthworking machine cutting element having carbide insert and method for forming the cutting element A carbide insert having fracture orienting grooves and a method for forming a cutting element for an earthworking machine. The carbide insert is placed in a groove formed on the cutting edge of the cutting element and there maintained by deforming walls o... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5412885 | Bucket base edge protector assembly Edge protectors for the leading portions of base edges have been utilized in many application to protect the leading portion of the base edge. It is advantageous to have an edge protector that is readily removed and replaced without having to remove addit... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5370070 | Narrow profile soil opening device for agricultural material placement The placement device utilizes a flat, upright shank having a pair of rotatable residue cutting discs secured to opposite faces of the shank just outside of a slender, generally crescent shaped, replaceable insert component at the bottom of the shank which... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5261170 | Wear strips A wear strip (A) for use on material handling equipment, such as chutes, plough blades, scrapers and gates, comprises an elongate body (30) of metal of substantially rectangular cross-section, and wear resistant tiles (31) bonded to the body and extending... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5224555 | Wear element for a scraping operation A wear insert for protecting a working element operating in an abrasive environment comprises a pair of spaced apart legs which define a gap for receiving a mounting flange of the protected working element. The wear element wraps around the mounting flang... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5165487 | Deep ripper point The point is adapted to fit onto the forwardly projecting mounting wedge of a tillage shank and has a downwardly and forwardly inclined, elongated crown provided with a transverse, sharpened tip at its lower front end. An underslung transverse wall looped... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5119888 | Replaceable edge for trenching plow blade A trenching plow blade having replaceable wear components is disclosed. A preferably octagonal rod with regularly spaced transverse holes drilled therethrough is welded to the leading edge of the blade. Replaceable leading edge cover pieces each have a ch... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5088214 | Excavator wear edge A replaceable wear edge for the forward edge of an excavator such as the lip or wing and which includes a generally U-shaped wear member equipped with a generally T-shaped slot engageable with a conforming T-shaped boss on a confronting surface on the exc... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5077918 | Cutting edge assembly for an implement Cutting edge assemblies are normally utilized on the leading edge of implements to protect the leading edge of the implement from wear. In order to have a readily removable cutting edge assembly that can be replaced in the field, it is necessary to provid... | 01/07/1992 |
