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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7685951 | Apparatus for controlling the placement of seeds within a furrow Apparatus for controlling the placement of seeds deposited by a seed placement device in a furrow. The apparatus comprise a guide member connected to the seed placement device adjacent an exit of the seeds from the placement device adapted to urge seeds discharged f... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7185596 | Seed slide for use in an agricultural seeding machine A seeding machine includes at least one seed metering system and at least one seed placement system. Each seed placement system is in communication with a corresponding seed metering system. Each seed placement system includes a seed slide having a bottom end and a ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6029591 | Material deposition apparatus for a planting unit Apparatus adapted for use with a disk type planting unit or opener assembly for depositing material in a furrow formed in the ground thereby. The disk type planting unit or opener assembly includes a disk supported for forward movement through the ground ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5601041 | Method and tool for quick replacement of drill boots A scissor-type jack is used to separate the yoke that holds a drill boot. The jack or separator is expanded to bend the yoke outward thereby allowing the drill to disengage from the yoke. A replacement boot or the repaired boot is installed in the yoke an... | 02/11/1997 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4995325 | Setting wheels for seed drills A wheel (4) for setting sown seeds, for use in a sowing machine, is rigidly connected in rotation with at least one gauging wheel (5) having a rolling radius smaller than the radius of the periphery of the setting wheel (4). The gauging wheel (5) is a whe... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4493272 | Agricultural planter with sled frame, vacuum dispensing and ground drive An agricultural planter for metering seeds for row crops includes a main frame in the form of a sled with transport wheels which can be selectively raised and lowered for transporting the planter and a tool bar for mounting a plurality of implements. A pl... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4372229 | Runner planter means The side walls at the rear end of the seed-planter runner are substantially spread apart, and a diverter means distributes the seed laterally to achieve a substantially spread seed-planting pattern and thus more seed per lineal distance of the seed-planti... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4321972 | Seed planter furrow opener and follower therefor In the art of plant propagation having as its object increased yields and profits for the agricultural industry through proper techniques of soil and furrow preparation, in conjunction with controlled seed orientation, a multi-purpose, wedge-shaped follow... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4148266 | Seed sowing mechanism A mechanism for sowing seeds having a seed supply device which is carried by a sower frame. Front and rear wheels for supporting the frame are carried by arms pivotally coupled to the frame, which arms include lever arm appendages which are coupled togeth... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4135457 | Seed drilling units A towable seed drilling unit of the kind having a hopper-fed seed chamber whose base is constituted by a proportion of the lower run of an endless belt driven by a belt drive roller in a direction contrary to towing direction from a ground-contacting whee... | 01/23/1979 |
