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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946232 | Planter with depth adjustment mechanism A planter row unit has a pair of ground-engaging gauge wheels located in close proximity to opposite sides of a furrow opener of the unit. The depth of penetration of the furrow opener depends upon the vertical position of the gauge wheels relative to the furrow ope... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7640874 | Seeding implement with front rockshaft-mounted fertilizer openers A combination fertilizer and seeding Implement includes a front section of disk type fertilizer openers and a rear section of frame mounted seed openers. The fertilizer openers are connected by drawbars to a rockshaft which is vertically adjustable to accommodate di... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7058933 | Extending custom application development environment modules to a second application development environment Custom application development environment modules may be designed to work with a first application development environment. This functionality may be extended to a second application development environment by first creating user interface elements for the second a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6666155 | Planter with centrally mounted coulter apparatus A planter/fertilizer assembly that can be configured to facilitate either rapid seeding/fertilizing or transport and including an implement bar mounted on a wheel supported carrier frame for rotation between a transport position where the implement bar is... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6213034 | Planter apparatus and method A planter apparatus includes a carrier frame including a curved track portion, and a mainframe rotatably attached to the carrier frame and rotatable along the curved track portion and about a pivot point, which is offset from a centerline of the carrier f... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6035942 | Full truss tool bar A full truss tool bar is disclosed comprising an elongated main tool bar section having right and left tool bar wing sections positioned at the right and left ends of the main tool bar section. An elongated main truss member is positioned above the main t... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5826524 | Seed forming wheel support having a lockup link A support for a seed firming wheel of an agricultural planter. The support comprises a frame member, a link pivotally coupled to the frame member and a spring positioned between the link and frame member. The frame member is also provided with a pivot ass... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5497837 | Apparatus for controlling down pressure on agricultural implements A soil treatment apparatus is provided having a main frame to be drawn by a towing vehicle over subjacent soil, a subframe, a structure for mounting the subframe to the main frame for vertical movement relative thereto between first and second position, a... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5065681 | Hydraulic down pressure structure for an implement with multiple ground engaging tools An improved down pressure arrangement for an implement such as a multi-section grain drill having fixed-height section frames with corresponding gangs of opener assemblies. The opener assemblies of each gang are yieldingly biased downwardly by a spring an... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4608933 | Apparatus for converting a chisel plow to a planter Apparatus is provided for readily converting a conventional pull-type implement such as a chisel plow into an effective planter. The conversion assembly includes a furrow opener such as a narrow shoe located adjacent the lower end of the chisel shank, alo... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4425857 | Lock-up mechanism for a planter row unit A row unit with a mechanism which provides normal planting via a parallel bar linkage connection to the planter and which can be locked up in a raised, non-planting position when desired. The mechanism includes curved slotted openings in the lower bars of... | 01/17/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4208974 | Seed drill having parallel guide means for the movable shank A seed drill (FIG. 1 ) having a frame (1 ) with knife hoes (7 ) mounted thereon. The knife hoes are movable in a vertical plane and each has two laterally projecting wings (8 ) bent downwardly toward one another; the outer edges of the wings merge forward... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4155316 | Coulter beam mounting assembly including articulate joint means Seed drill has a row of coulters which are raised and lowered by a beam extending along and above the row of coulters and connected to the coulters by spring assemblies. The beam is raised and lowered relative to the frame of the drill by two rams to actu... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4149475 | Seed and fertilizer drill with spring loaded coulters counter-mounted on vertically adjustable beam Seed drill has a row of coulters which are raised and lowered by a beam positioned above the coulters and connected to the coulters by spring assemblies. The beam is journalled for pivotal movement about its longitudinal axis and the spring assemblies are... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4049061 | Rotary harrows A cultivating implement or rotary harrow has two groups of soil working members mounted on upwardly extending shafts that extend transverse to the direction of operative travel. The groups of soil working members are adjustably linked to an elongated fram... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4044697 | No till seed drill A seed drill for a field left in stubble, comprising a plurality of pairs of discs wherein each pair includes a forward coulter disc tangentially engaging a rearward furrow opening disc held by clevis members to a wheel supported framework. Seeds are dire... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4024822 | Pneumatic seeder assembly Seed and/or fertilizer or similar particulate material is fed by a seed cup assembly or the like from a hopper to a main conduit through which air is passing at a rate sufficient to ensure that the material is picked up by the air stream and transported t... | 05/24/1977 |
