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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395767 | Ground engaging apparatus A ground engaging apparatus (10) has a support plate (50) pivotally attached to a frame (100); a pair of arms (30, 40) interconnecting the support plate (50) and a shank support (60), which supports a shank (70) and g... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7297186 | Tethered, inflatable holder for flowable material A flexible bag for receiving flowable material is suspended, as from a gantry, and is tethered transversely and yet has substantially free movement along three sides for complete filling. The length of the tethers may be selected to prevent complete collapse of the ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7197864 | Transport arrangement for an agricultural machine having a detachable front attachment An agricultural machine, such as a self-propelled harvester, includes an attachment that is removably mounted to the machine. A transport device is adapted to be removably mounted onto the attachment to support the attachment during road transport of the machine. A ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7051663 | Pivoting planting units vertically A seeding machine comprises a main frame segment and two wing frame segments. In its working configuration the wing frame segments extends transversely. In its transport configuration the wing frame segments are folded forwardly. The wing frame segments are provided... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7032527 | Vertical positioner for seed planter having integral locking mechanism A seed planting assembly is provided having a plurality of planting units supported by a tool bar, each of which being operable to form a seed trench in soil, plant seeds in the seed trench, and close the seed trench. Each planting assembly is supported by the tool ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 5810092 | Implement for improving the hygroscopic properties of soil The invention relates to an implement for treating soil and, in particular, to an implement used to improve the hygroscopic properties of the soil by making holes in it using one or more tools mounted on an irregular, variable, quadrilateral jointed struc... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5740870 | Agricultural implement with stacking wings An agricultural implement such as a planter has wing sections which, when folded for transport, are stacked side-by-side above a center section. Improvements include structure which reduces bending moments about the pivot connections between a guide link ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5715892 | Leveling harrow The harrow includes a series of sleeves each having a plurality of teeth and telescoped non-rotatably over a rod which is rotatably journaled by laterally spaced bearings supported by mounting arms which, in turn, are attached to a tool bar. The teeth rol... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5685245 | Planter unit A planter row unit having a frame with a first unitary rigid plate and structure for attaching a soil engaging component in an operative position on the first unitary rigid plate and first structure cooperating between a towing frame that is movable in a ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5505268 | Bidirectional field implement An implement for preparing a field includes a ground engaging device that allows the implement to be pushed or pulled on the field. The ground engaging device includes a reversible roller with projections joined to an outer surface thereof to engage the g... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5398771 | Grain Drill A grain drill is disclosed having a folding frame for parallel operation and a parallel link system that controls the tension to earth openers in order to produce relatively constant downward pressure for the openers. The grain drill includes a rotating t... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5289880 | Towable road tender A towable road tender device for grading unpaved roadway surfaces. The tender device may be hitched to commercial vehicles but is particularly suited for use with private vehicles, such as small tractors and pickup trucks. A set of relatively lightweight ... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5245771 | Trailable snow plow for off road use The disclosure relates to a road transportable, adjustable or non-adjusta width trailable plow which is adapted to be pulled by a tow vehicle, a four bar linkage interconnects the plow with the tow vehicle allowing the plow to yaw with respect to the veh... | 09/21/1993 |
| 4953625 | Adjustable, pivotable blade for bulldozers and the like The adjustable blade apparatus (10) is adapted for use with an earth moving vehicle (12). It includes a support frame (20) which is pivotable in the vertical plane relative to the vehicle (12). A blade assembly (22) is rotatably secured to a connecting fr... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4909663 | Road making apparatus An arrangement of a roller in combination with a draft vehicle comprising a draft frame, axle means supported by the draft frame, and roller supported by the axle means to allow rotational freedom about a central axis of a cylindrical shape of the roller,... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4753297 | Rotary disk tool assembly and material dispensing and crop cutting implements An agricultural tool assembly includes a rotary disk mounted on a lower end of a rotary spindle. A mount for the spindle includes a shank adapted to be received in the vertical slot of a clamp and a sleeve for rotatably supporting the spindle. The sleeve ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4750566 | Resilient connecting means for lifting vibratory device An improved vehicle-mounted lifting apparatus for a vibratory device. The apparatus includes bearings in which a principal pivot shaft is journaled, a lifting link and at least one center-bonded joint spaced along and nonrotatably mounted on the pivot sha... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4721168 | Agricultural implement with raisable lift frame rotatable about vertical axis An agricultural planter has a main carrier frame attached to a tractor by an hydraulically actuated telescoping tongue. Individual row units are mounted on a lift frame which in the illustrated embodiment has a center section and left and right wing secti... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4660651 | Highly flexible, foldable drill for uniform depth seed deposit In a drill, there is provided the combination of a pair of foldable pivot frames to each of which is attached a wheeled wing frame for up and down swinging movement, together with a tongue assembly for effecting the folding action, as well as a subframe f... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4615396 | Multiple farm implement actuating system A system for actuating a plurality of farm implements includes a frame adapted to be connected between a tractor and a first farm implement such as a drill. A tool frame, adapted to be connected to one or more additional farm implements, is pivotally susp... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4609322 | Mounting for a linkage arrangement Earthmoving vehicles are often provided with a linkage arrangement on one end that is utilized to manipulate a work implement, such as a loader bucket. The linkage typically includes a tilting arrangment for the bucket that incorporates a tilt lever that ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4596404 | Outrigger power mechanism An outrigger construction for raising and supporting selected portions of a railer or other wheeled vehicle, e.g. to provide a level stable vehicle attitude while the vehicle is located on sloping terrain. The principal feature of interest is a low-cost po... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4542793 | One-pass complete tillage system The system includes a pull-type frame with a forward line of disc blades widely spaced to part the trash, mix it with soil and displace most of the mixture laterally on top of previously undisturbed soil, thereby creating strips of ground which are altern... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4535849 | Implement with horizontal linkage depth control An agricultural tillage implement has a main frame provided with support wheels and carrying the first set of ground working tools. A first lift mechanism raises and lowers the main frame relative to the support wheels. A sub-frame, carrying a second set ... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4479549 | Ground working implement A ground working implement is disclosed which comprises three rectangular frames connected together by means of hinges. A center frame is provided with a tongue for attachment to a traction device such as a tractor. Each of the frames is provided with a p... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4454920 | High speed tillage system with discs and plow points A tillage system includes forward and rear sets of widely spaced discs and a set of plow points. The discs in the forward set are mounted at spaced intervals so as to leave alternate strips of worked and unworked soil of substantially equal width. Each di... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4444271 | Tillage apparatus with independent depth adjustment An agricultural tillage implement adapted to be pulled by a vehicle comprises a main frame adapted to carry ground working tools. The main frame is supported on wheels rotatably mounted thereto. A sub-frame carrying ground working tools is mounted to the ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4433735 | Sprayer trailer, tillage implement and hitch for attaching implement to trailer An implement hitch has a cultivator carrier mounted on a sprayer trailer by a four point linkage actuated by a hydraulic cylinder to raise and lower a standard rigidly connected to the cultivator, there being a quick attach, three point pin-hook coupling ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4396069 | Agricultural implement carriage system A multi-section agricultural implement comprising a plurality of side-by-side separate sections each comprising a main carriage frame independently supported by ground engaging wheels and an implement supporting sub-frame supported by the main frame, an a... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4359101 | Ground preparation tool for reforestation This invention relates to an auger and to a plow including such auger. This specification discloses an auger which is suitable for use even in the difficult terrain encountered in typical reforestation operations. An auger in accordance with this disclosu... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4359103 | Ground-working implement A ground-working implement to be attached to a tractor or other motive power means, to be pulled through and over the ground. It comprises a ripper having several ripping teeth which dig into the ground and are hydraulically adjustable by the operator of ... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4351397 | Vibrating ripper A vibrating ripper having quadrilateral linkage. The linkage, equipped with a remote hydraulic control therefor for making running adjustments as afforded by a depth actuator cylinder during ripping and possibly, but not necessarily, as afforded by a pitc... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4313503 | Agricultural implement An agricultural implement having a primary frame on which is mounted an adjustable secondary support frame through connecting links and depth control screws enabling adjustment of the secondary support frame relative to the primary frame while maintaining... | 02/02/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4275670 | Seed drill mounting arrangement Seed drill (FIG. 1) having furrow openers 10 and accompanying press wheels 12 pivotally arranged on frame 1 by mounting means 3. A spring 18 is interposed between the frame and the furrow openers - press wheels. The bias of the spring can be adjusted by o... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4214637 | Elevation altering structure for agricultural implements A foldable implement construction includes an implement tool carrying center frame pivotally connected to a draft frame and is provided with a pair of transversely extending outrigger tool sections connected on respective opposite sides of the center fram... | 07/29/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4204578 | Ground-engaging implement assembly A ground-engaging implement assembly for installation on a vehicle includes a U-shaped frame having a bight portion extending around one end of the vehicle and a pair of spaced leg portions extending along and connected to the respective sides of the vehi... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4191262 | Agriculture light tillage implement and tool mounting mechanism therefor A light soil tillage implement is adapted to be drawn by a farm tractor, and is designed to perform a light tillage immediately preceeding fertilizing, planting, and/or other farming operations. The implement comprises a frame having support wheels thereo... | 03/04/1980 |
