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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6457426 | Front tube furrow opener attachment A furrow opener for attachment to a cultivator shank has a delivery tube located in front of the shank and close to the shank to facilitate trash flow around the shank. The product delivered can fall directly behind the furrow making device without negoti... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6318279 | Seed boot attachment and wear resistant inset therefor A seed boot attachment for depositing a seed within a furrow including a synclinal shape housing extending to a forward point, furrow forming points extending rearwardly and downwardly from opposing side edges of a bottom surface of the housing, and at le... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6116172 | Shank-mounted row chop opener A shank-mounted opener assembly connected to a seed distribution system is provided for both till and no-till operations. The opener assembly includes a spike member that is supported on the shank, a firming point, a seed sensor connected to the seed supp... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5417171 | No-till seeder and fertilizer A seed and fertilizer boot is mounted on a conventional cultivator shank. The boot has side-by-side fertilizer and seed tubes. One tube leads to a downwardly and rearwardly sloping delivery spout while the other delivery tube projects below the delivery s... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5361712 | Cultivating apparatus for leveling, cultivating, and resowing lawns or fields Cultivating apparatus for leveling, cultivating, and resowing lawns or fields. The cultivating apparatus includes: a row of ripping tines arrayed across the front of the apparatus, which are arranged to freely pivot forward and upward in use, to release c... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5325799 | Seed boot insert A seed boot for depositing a seed within a furrow including spaced side members, a face plate extending between forward edges of the side members, and a rear spacer member extending between rearward edges of the side members, and a wear insert secured to ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 4750441 | Furrow opening assembly A towable, furrow opening assembly has an intermediate opener and delivery tubes for deposit of materials such as seed into the opened furrow, together with a trailing press wheel and an aligned, leading wheel such that furrow depth is controlled by the w... | 06/14/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4633791 | Opener assembly including a compact, arc-shaped opener In a seeding implement, an opener assembly including a compact, arc-shaped opener with a point supported below the surface of the ground during the field-working operation to prevent hairpinning of trash and allow high-speed seeding. The compact configura... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4493273 | Planting assembly A planting assembly is disclosed which comprises a tubular support arm for carrying a plowshare and for conveying seeds pneumatically. The front end of the support arm is pivotally mounted about a horizontal pivot pin perpendicular to the direction of dis... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4388878 | Multiple deposition type seeder foot assembly A seeder foot is shaped to open a furrow and to facilitate immediate initial filling thereof as soon as the foot has passed. A plurality of feed tubes are situated immediately behind the foot, one above the other, with the lowermost one extending rearward... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4311104 | Press grain drill A press grain drill includes a plurality of opener units mounted on an elongated tow tube and including a plurality of elongated, pivotably coupled elements forming a pair of parallelograms which support a self-penetrating shovel and a press wheel respect... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4265186 | Grain drill with oscillating planter bar An apparatus and a method for planting seed are disclosed. The apparatus comprises frame carried by a plurality of ground engaging wheels. Carried on the frame is a means for raising and lowering the frame with respect to the ground. A planter bar having ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4037545 | Machine for distributing material Machine for seeding designed to be pulled by a tractor and outfitted with seed drills for depositing of the seeds in the soil. A furrow opener is mounted forward of the seed drill, and a furrow closer is mounted aft of the seed drill. The furrow closer is... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4033271 | Apparatus for subsoil application A knife for applying substances such as fertilizer in solid, liquid or gaseous form cuts a slice in the subsoil with its leading, rearwardly inclined cutting edge and simultaneously firms up and maintains the lower portions of the sides of the slice in re... | 07/05/1977 |
