Class 172/395 - WITH GROUND SUPPORT VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE RELATIVE TO FRAME

Subclass of Class 172 - Earth working
Definition: Apparatus comprising a frame, an earth working element carried
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 03/08/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
7900711	Agricultural planter An agricultural implement pulled by a traction vehicle is convertible between use and transport configurations. The implement includes a carrier frame coupled to the vehicle via the combination of a hitch and a draft tongue having an aft portion pivotally coupled to...	03/08/2011
7401657	Ground scraper A ground scraper designed to be pulled by a tractor or the like includes a pair of parallel frame rails with a scraper blade between them and perpendicular to them. The scraper blade can lowered to a preferred depth of scraping and can be raised above the bottom of ...	07/22/2008
7197993	Under bed fumigator Plastic mulched raised beds are fumigated using a fumigation system containing two opposing armatures affixed to a mounting arm at about a 15° angle and a blunt-ended knife with a blade attached at about a 90° angle to the knife. The system allows fumigant to be a...	04/03/2007
7063166	Earth grooming device An earth grooming device for attachment to a vehicle includes a rectangular frame having a plurality of teeth secured to the front thereof to form a rake and a scraper blade secured to the rear of the frame. A side rail is attached to each side of the frame with eac...	06/20/2006
7035714	Integrated conveyor bed A conveyor system, and method of controlling the conveyor system, includes providing a conveying surface, at least one motor propelling the conveying surface and a plurality of lower-level controllers. At least one of the lower-level controllers adapted to control t...	04/25/2006
6745849	Towed implement A towed, agricultural implement includes an undercarriage supported on ground wheels that are attached to the undercarriage by trailing support arms. An adjusting motor is coupled between the undercarriage and a transverse torsion rod having its opposite ends couple...	06/08/2004
6679339	Implement lift and level system with a front mounted direct coupled rockshaft A rockshaft is mounted over the front rank of the implement frame and is operated by cylinders located at opposite ends of the rockshaft connected to lift arms extending radially adjacent bearing mounts. Fore-and-aft extending links aligned with the lift ...	01/20/2004
6666010	Towed farm machine A towed farm implement includes a set of auxiliary wheels mounted for elevating the implement to a height which permits the implement to be pulled over and lowered onto a transport trailer or which permits the trailer to be otherwise maneuvered to a loadi...	12/23/2003
6354383	Attachment device for an implement An attachment device for attaching an implement to an attachment plate for a vehicle. The attachment device includes at least two sets of two or more arms, each arm having a first end and a second end, the first end of each arm being operably coupled to t...	03/12/2002
5996704	High row cane cultivator A towed, three row cultivator including a frame, a hitch bar, primary and secondary implement bars and vertical columns slidable within bearing housings attached at each side of the frame. The columns are attached to each other at the upper end by a bridg...	12/07/1999
5957219	Agricultural adjustable closing tool for use with a cutting implement A system for opening and closing ground has a coulter blade for cutting and opening the ground at a first angle to create an angled furrow, and a closing wheel for following the coulter blade for closing the ground. The closing wheel is inclined relative ...	09/28/1999
5628371	Elevating system for farm implements A hydraulic lift apparatus for a farm implement has a sleeve mounted to the frame of the cultivator in a substantially upright position, and a fluidic cylinder mounted atop the sleeve. A caster wheel with a shaft is fully, rotatably, and slidably received...	05/13/1997
5582256	Wheel blocking for an implement for ground treatment A manually displaceable implement for ground treatment comprising a housing (1), a rotor drum (2) rotatably maintained therein and driven by a motor, a connecting piece (3) and height-adjustable running wheels (5). In the non-operating state, the running ...	12/10/1996
5497715	Seed metering drive mechanism for seed planters and the like A metering drive mechanism is provided for use with a seed depositing implement adapted for movement across the ground. The mechanism includes a gauge wheel, an arm assembly supporting the gauge wheel for rolling engagement with the ground, and a mounting...	03/12/1996
5485690	Lightweight modular snowplow for quick attachment to and simple, economical operation for small vehicle A lightweight snowplow configured of a number of small components, each easily lifted, moved, assembled, dis-assembled and stored by an average individual. The snowplow is especially suitable for use with small vehicles such as small trucks, utility vehic...	01/23/1996
5427184	Crank adjusted depth control for an implement A depth control includes an actuator tube connected for movement with the rockshaft and having a threaded crank supported on the forward end of the tube. A valve operator bracket is slidably and nonrotatably received over the tube and includes a threaded ...	06/27/1995
5291954	Front mounted, front folding tool carrier bar A front folding tool carrier bar for agricultural applications includes a frame having opposite sides and having ground-engaging wheels mounter thereon. Mounted on the frame is a device for coupling the frame to a vehicle. Also mounted on the frame are a ...	03/08/1994
5235922	Planter with equalizer between gauge wheels For multi-row planting a seed planter having furrow-opening discs and associated gauge wheels the independent support arms of which are operatively interconnected by an equalizer arm whereby the combined load carried by the gauge wheels is distributed sub...	08/17/1993
5232055	Device for carrying a load Device for carrying a load behind a vehicle, comprising: a frame whereon the load is to be placed; one or more support wheels for supporting the frame; and one or more arms for causing one or more shafts of the support wheels to move between a first position wherei...	08/03/1993
5230208	Lawn mower height-adjust systems Lawn mower height-adjust systems include three embodiments. Two permit the user to adjust the position of the deck relative to each wheel individually. The third permits the user to adjust the positions of all four wheels simultaneously, aided by a counte...	07/27/1993
5167286	Disc harrow implement A disc harrow implement having a wheel supported frame to carry the gang discs for transport over-the-road operating mechanism in the frame to selectively extend the wheels and to retract the wheels during ground discing, a shiftable bar to support a flui...	12/01/1992
4840020	Mower height adjustment mechanism There is disclosed a rotary mower which is comprised of a top deck and sidewalls, a connecting structure for supporting the front of the mower on a tracking three-point hitch, a drive shaft connectable to a tractor power take-off, a gearbox and rotor to d...	06/20/1989
4819737	Row crop cultivator A row crop cultivator particularly adapted for ridge-hill and minimum tillage farming conditions. The cultivator carries a number of tools including spaced hilling disks, a coulter wheel and a sweep for effectively pitching soil and cutting crop residues ...	04/11/1989
4594951	Regularizing device for the depth of a furrow The device is mounted on a seeder provided with a hopper, with a seed distributor and with a plowshare or work disk. It comprises two lateral gauge wheels mounted on two bearings borne by two arms pivotably articulated around an axis on the chassis of the...	06/17/1986
4579179	Row crop cultivator An improved cultivator having support wheels swingably and adjustably mounted under its frame to easily adjust the depth of the cultivating elements. The improved cultivator also has support bars arranged in pairs and carrying cultivating elements thereon...	04/01/1986
4496005	Continuous gauge wheel arm adjustment device with scissors action locking A gauge wheel arm pivotally connected to an implement frame carries a first slotted plate, and a second slotted plate is fixed to the frame with the slots of the respective plates overlapping to receive a single bolt at the area of overlap. The slots, whi...	01/29/1985
4448274	Vehicle An agricultural tractor comprises lifting devices to which are hitched rotary supports in the form of rollers. The lifting devices push the rollers downwardly relatively to the rest of the tractor. This transfers some or all of the weight of the tractor t...	05/15/1984
4356780	Equalized furrow forming apparatus for a seed planter An apparatus to be towed that includes a frame supported, rotatably mounted, pair of furrow forming disks that are arranged to substantially contact each other at the approximate point of entry into the soil and diverge apart rearwardly and upwardly, a pa...	11/02/1982
4299292	Folding boom construction including rollers and ramps for lifting wheels clear of ground A folding boom construction comprising a wheeled frame, a boom disposed transversely of the wheeled frame, the boom being adapted to support one or more cultivating tools, the boom being coupled to the wheeled frame to be rotatable about a substantially t...	11/10/1981
4247126	Hydraulic suspension for harvesting machines A generally rectangular frame having a vertical support column at each corner thereof mounted for vertical movement relative to the frame. Four hydraulic rams, all of the same diameter and one for each support columns, are used are used to connect the fra...	01/27/1981
4157877	Apparatus for compacting subgrade and pavement materials An apparatus for compacting subgrade and pavement materials during a road building operation, and which is characterized by the ability to selectively perform a plurality of distinct road rolling functions to thereby facilitate a road building operation. ...	06/12/1979
4109729	Device and method for diverting rolls of sod delivered from conventional sod cutting apparatus The device is pulled behind conventional sod cutting apparatus and includes an angled roller that diverts the various sod rolls sequentially discharged from the apparatus, doing so to one side of the path traversed by the apparatus. The device also includ...	08/29/1978
4058068	Soil cultivating and sowing implement A cultivator or rotary harrow has soil working members rotatable about upwardly extending shafts journalled in a frame portion that extends transverse to the direction of travel. The front of the frame is supported by a coupling attached to a prime mover ...	11/15/1977
4050704	Device for maintaining an upright position of the body of a harvester-thresher machines A harvester-thresher machine having a body flanked by a pair of hydraulic cylinders for tilting the body of the machine into an upright position in response to a tilt of the harvester-thresher, the cylinders being selectively connected to a source of pres...	09/27/1977
4044842	Flexible multi-section implement An implement frame construction includes rigid implement frame sections positioned in side-by-side relation and joined by a linkage system which permits the sections to universally flex within desired limits with respect to each other without substantial ...	08/30/1977
4042038	Rotary harrows with supporting member positioned to protect soil working members A rotary harrow has a ground engaging supporting member mounted in front of soil working members. The supporting member can be an elongated cylinder that is rotatable or a non rotatable generally cylindrical member that has its largest cross section dimen...	08/16/1977
4009759	Cultivator apparatus A cultivator apparatus attached to a draw bar hitched to a tractor and having a tool bar attached to the draw bar and movable therewith. A cultivating mechanism is attached to the tool bar and is movable between positions of engagement and disengagement w...	03/01/1977

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Class 172/395 - WITH GROUND SUPPORT VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE RELATIVE TO FRAME