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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6112145 | Method and apparatus for controlling the spatial orientation of the blade on an earthmoving machine A blade control system is configured to control the spatial orientation of an earthmoving blade mounted on a frame of an earthmoving machine for working a surface of earth to a desired shape. The blade slope angle required to maintain a selected cross-slo... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5025866 | Row following drawn implement with internal steering arm A row following drawn implement includes a transversely extended implement frame and an elongated hitch arm having a forward end adapted for connection to a towing vehicle and a rearward end connected to the frame for pivotal movement about an upright piv... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4838359 | Soil working machine having a rotor driven around an oblique axis The farm machine includes a frame 9, a hitching structure 4, a rotor 16 supported by the frame 9, and spades 21 mounted on the rotor 16. The active parts of the spades 21 are curved. The curvature of all of the spades 21 is directed in the same direction ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4786113 | Farm equipment stabilizer disc A stabilizing disc for farm equipment used in muddy fields or loose soil which has a circular plate-like body with a centering ring of one diameter fastened to, and extending away from, one side of the disc and a second centering ring of different diamete... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4601248 | Minimum tillage planting apparatus A minimum tillage planting apparatus includes a soil conditioning device comprising a coulter for cutting through surface residue and slicing into the soil, a plow element behind and in alignment with the coulter for penetrating and lifting the soil, and ... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4341268 | Plough for working earth between plant row A plough for working between rows in a plantation comprises a chassis with pivotally-mounted, laterally-movable members having arms to carry earth-working tools. Movably connected to the chassis are curved sensors to contact the plants in two rows between... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4231433 | Cultivator with tool support arm and latch for holding same in raised non-working position Closely spaced cultivating tools are mounted along a tool bar and each tool may be locked in a raised position relative to the ground or may be lowered into floating engagement with the ground during use of the implement. A small tool bar is mounted paral... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4228860 | Apparatus for synchronizing the steering disc and row follower means of a row crop implement In a row crop implement having an elongated tool bar, a steerable coulter disc, a row follower mechanism connected to the tool bar, and a device for steering the coulter disc in response to movement of the row follower mechanism, an apparatus for synchron... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4209067 | Draft control and tail beam device for ground working discer type agricultural implements and the like A cultivating implement such as a discer is provided with a coulter disc engageable with the ground and secured to the tail beam with the depth being preset by the hydraulic setting of the main disc gang. A fluid operator is included at a preset pressure ... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4184551 | Steering device for row crop cultivator A precision steering apparatus, affixed to the tool bar of a row crop cultivator, includes a pair of transversely spaced and pivotally mounted coulter discs and a steering mechanism for pivotally moving the coulter discs in unison. A furrow follower mecha... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4142588 | Lister stabilizer Plowshares and double moldboards which form listers are attached to shanks connected to a toolbar or frame drafted behind a towing vehicle. Rotatable stabilizing discs, or colters, are rigidly affixed to the shanks behind the moldboards and plowshares. Th... | 03/06/1979 |
