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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395769 | Individual row rate control of farm implements to adjust the volume of crop inputs across wide implements in irregularly shaped or contour areas of chemical application, planting or seeding A farm implement for applying a product to a row crop or a row seeded field wherein the implement has a plurality of spaced-apart product dispensers mounted thereon, each of which is individually automatically controlled. The rate of product being dispensing from ea... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7374030 | Actuating device for a drive arrangement An actuating device for a drive arrangement having a drive transmission operatively connected to a metering structure where a clutch is mounted adjacent to drive transmission, an actuating device is positioned to selectively engage the clutch such that the rotationa... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374029 | Actuating device for a drive arrangement An actuating device for a drive arrangement having a drive transmission operatively connected to a metering structure where a clutch is mounted adjacent to drive transmission, an actuating device is positioned to selectively engage the clutch such that the rotationa... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373890 | Vacuum control for seed planter A seed planting unit provides a manifold connecting a vacuum to multiple metering disks. The manifold includes valves to sequentially connect the manifold branches to the seed unit so as to moderate the peak air flow necessary to be handled by the vacuum source redu... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7237496 | Modular planter hydraulic system and method An apparatus and manufacturing method in which from one to three hydraulic pumps are provided and installed near a front end of the implement, so that a first pump can be easily coupled to the power take-off shaft of the tractor by an operator. In an exemplary embod... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7178472 | Gearbox, particularly for transmission systems in devices for metering granular materials, and a metering device including the gearbox A gearbox, particularly for transmission systems in devices for metering granular and/or materials in powder form, includes a pair of shafts, that is, a drive-input shaft and a drive-output shaft, respectively. On the output shaft is at least one pair of coaxial fre... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6863006 | Drive mechanism for agricultural planters A drive mechanism for an agricultural planter includes a first electronic controller, a second electronic controller, a hydraulic valve manifold, hydraulic drives for the seed and fertilizer hoppers, and a feedback sensor from the hydraulic drives to the second elec... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6851377 | Variable rate meter drive system A hydraulic drive system provides a priority flow of hydraulic fluid to a variable rate drive system for powering the operation of the metering mechanisms before hydraulic fluid is supplied to a secondary drive mechanism for powering the operation of secondary devic... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6715433 | Restraint for a flexible drive shaft gearbox A flexible rotatable drive shaft is used to drive a seed meter of a seeding machine. The seeding machine is provided with a seed meter gearbox. The seed meter gearbox has a flexible rotatable drive shaft receiving portion and a gear receiving portion. The gearbox ou... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6182588 | Hydraulic system having boost pump in series with a primary pump and a boost pump drive therefor A hydraulic circuit having a boost pump in series with a primary (tractor) hydraulic source provides additional fluid power to operate an aircart fan in an air seeding system for which a tractor hydraulic system does not have enough fluid power capacity. ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6170412 | Hydraulic system having boost pump in parallel with a primary pump and a boost pump drive therefor A hydraulic system for an aircart having a fan cooperable with an air seeder system to distribute material to the ground utilizes two or more fluid power sources combined in parallel. Total fluid capacity is increased so that one source may have reserve c... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6145455 | Agricultural material metering system An agricultural material metering system includes a metering member, a hydraulically driven actuator, a pump, a rotatable ground driven member, a variable drive control and an actuator coupled to the variable drive control. The metering member is configur... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6003454 | Automatic coaxial engagement drive coupler A first torque coupler adapted for use with a second torque coupler having first and second lugs spaced apart by a first distance includes a support, a first member rotatably coupled to the support and including a third lug, and a second member rotatably ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5402740 | Vehicular machine for transplanting vegetal seedlings A vehicular machine available for transplanting vegetal seedlings onto seedbed lines comprising; a planting unit which is furnished with a plurality of vegetal seedling mounting tables and planting levers for transplanting vegetal seedlings onto seedbed l... | 04/04/1995 |
| 4875421 | Seeding implement with a combination transport-drive wheel A seeding implement such as a minimum tillage drill including a pair of trailing transport wheels located inwardly of the outermost ends of the implement frame, one of the wheels being a combination transport-drive wheel mounted on a pivoting wheel frame ... | 10/24/1989 |
| 3945330 | Seed planting unit A seed planting unit carries a seed planter that dispenses a predetermined amount of seed into the ground at predetermined intervals in response to the coupling between a ground engaging wheel supporting the unit and the drive means of the seed planter. A... | 03/23/1976 |
