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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7810578 | Nutrient device and method The nutrient device of the present invention includes a ground having a ground surface. The coulter is mounted for rotation about a coulter axis and the coulter penetrates the ground and makes the ground penetration below the ground surface. A cleaning wheel is moun... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7681656 | Single disc furrow opener with walking beam A furrow opener apparatus has an arm assembly adapted at a front end thereof for pivotal attachment to a seeder frame. A single disc is rotatably attached to the arm assembly about a disc axis at an angle to the travel. A walking beam is pivotally attached to the ar... | 03/23/2010 |
| 6848377 | Furrow opener/closer in an agricultural machine An assembly for opening and closing a furrow in soil includes a furrow opener with a pair of discs positioned at an angle relative to each other. The discs each have an inner side facing toward each other and an outer side facing away from each other. Each disc also... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6615753 | Expandable stinger planter Expandable stinger planting is described in which stinger probes on a boom end mounted frame are positioned for ground penetration on a boom type vehicle. Bottom ends of the probes are shifted between a closed plant receiving, ground penetrating positions... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6347594 | Narrow profile opener capable of high speed operation An opener assembly includes a single opener disk rotatably supported from a drawbar and angled approximately five degrees from the forward direction to define a shadow area behind the trailing surface of the disk. A material placement boot and delivery tu... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6148747 | Equalizing gauge wheel mechanism for row crop planter unit The wheel arms of a planter row unit are mounted to the row unit frame for independent pivotal motion. The ends of a saddle link are received in sockets formed on gauge wheel arms; and a yoke (or ring-shaped link) pivotally mounted to the frame engages a ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5906166 | Seeding assembly including seed boot and boot mounted, resiliently biased packer wheel The present invention provides a seed boot and packer wheel for use with a cultivator particularly of the type for mounting directly on a cultivator shank. The seed boot and packer wheel comprise a seed boot, an attachment means fixing the seed boot to th... | 05/25/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5685246 | Planting assembly for seed drill A seed drill includes a novel planting assembly combining press wheels for packing angular sides of a furrow and a runner immediately behind and longitudinally aligned with the press wheel. The runner includes an arcuate front edge that is juxtaposed imme... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5676073 | Closing wheels adjustment mechanism The present invention is an adjustment mechanism to move the seed firming wheels into its correct side-to-side position. The seed firming wheels are rotatably mounted to a bracket which in turn is mounted to a wheel support member of the planter unit fram... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5562055 | Strut Packer A packer is mounted on a tool shank of an agricultural cultivator. It includes a guide tube slideably and rotatably mounted on a rigid seed tube mounted directly on the shank. The guide tube is biased downwardly by a compression spring surrounding the see... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5517932 | Scalloped closing wheel for a seeding machine A closing wheel for an agricultural seeding machine. The closing wheel comprises a circular disc having a series of radially extending scallops or cavities on the furrow facing side of the closing wheel. The scallops or cavities extend to the circumferent... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5509363 | Seed drill guide assembly A seed drill includes a novel planting assembly combining press wheels for packing angular sides of a furrow and a runner immediately behind and longitudinally aligned with the press wheel. The runner extends rearwardly from beneath the press wheel at the... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5461994 | Seed drill planting assembly A seed drill includes a novel planting assembly combining press wheels for packing angular sides of a furrow and a runner immediately behind and longitudinally aligned with the press wheel. The runner extends rearwardly from beneath the press wheel and is... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5394946 | Row cleaning attachment A row cleaning attachment for seeding equipment comprising a coulter mounted between and behind two press wheels having a uniform circumference. The press wheels are independently spring biased downwardly into contact with the ground for holding and pulli... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5309852 | Seed drill A seed drill includes a novel planting assembly combining press wheels for packing angular sides of a furrow and a runner immediately behind and longitudinally aligned with the press wheel. The runner extends rearwardly from beneath the press wheel and is... | 05/10/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5095832 | Modified seed planter and adapter apparatus therefor A planter as heretofore commercially available may be modified to accept a seed trench covering assembly of superior design, also commercially available, by lengthening the frame of the planter to increase the available space between the opener and the re... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4878443 | Planter trash guard A formed metal guard mountable to a planter framework to prevent clogging or blockage of furrow closure means. In a particular embodiment, a trapezoidal guard plate vertically extends forward of and in centered relation to a pair of V-mounted furrow closu... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4844174 | Press wheels for seed drills A press wheel improvement for seed drills in which one or more open recesses are presented through the circular rim of the press wheel to form transverse dams along packed furrow walls. The recesses are bounded by walls that present a projecting tab exten... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4619331 | Protective surround for packer wheels A packer wheel for a farm implement is reinforced by a band of angle-section metal welded around the periphery of the wheel with the edges of respective webs of the band engaging outer surfaces of respective half shells of the wheel.... | 10/28/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4522268 | Packer wheel Peripheral strengthening of double dished packer wheels used in connection with seeding implements is accomplished by providing a rigid connection for a strong, rigid annulus between the dish-shaped sides of the wheels.... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4520876 | Gauge and guide wheel assembly A guide and gauge wheel assembly for a tool bar row crop planter has an arm mounted on the tool bar and pair of wheels rotatably mounted on non-linear axles. The axles are selectively mounted on lateral sleeves and upwardly and outwardly inclined sleeves ... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4493274 | 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, and ... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4489790 | Seed planter press wheel The seed planter press wheel having a resilient tire means that is partially filled with an incompressible liquid so that the resilient tire means stretches upon contacting of the tire means with an earthen seed bed to inhibit the sticking of any caked mu... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4404918 | Closing wheel mounting for a planter The invention relates to a seed planter having furrow forming means in association with a pair of furrow closing wheels each of which is independently mounted relative to the suspension of the other so that each spring biased suspension arm is pivotable t... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4331205 | Depth control wheel for seed planter An attachment (10) for use with an agricultural seeder implement is disclosed. The attachment (10) includes a pair of depth gauge wheels (28) which are aligned with respect to the direction of the intended movement (38) of the implement. The wheels (28) a... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4207823 | Planter A compact agricultural planter unit is provided for narrow row crops. The unit includes a pair of double disk furrow openers in combination with adjustable depth gauge wheels. The disks and wheels are carried by frame structure positioned between the whee... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4157735 | Endwise transport structure for drills A plurality of grain drills are coupled together in end-to-end relation for towing behind a tractor for operation and alternately in an endwise direction for transport. Each drill is supported in field operation by a forward caster wheel and a plurality o... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4141302 | Furrow opener and apparatus for no-tillage transplanters and planters A new apparatus for opening furrows in soil is disclosed. Specifically, this apparatus consists of an opening mechanism, a closing mechanism, an automatic seed planting mechanism, an automatic seedling planting mechanism, a driving means, a towing means, ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4070974 | Disc trench filler for a no-till planter A disc-like device, the peripheral edge of which is formed in a plurality of oppositely turned curved segments is attached to a no-till planter as used in planting seed crops in fields which have not been plowed. The disc-like device is arranged to follow... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4043281 | Dual packer wheel unit for tillage apparatus A dual packer unit is disclosed that is particularly useful for sod seeding purposes. The apparatus includes an H-shaped mounting bracket consisting of an arcuate leg connected at opposite ends to a pivot arm and a wheel mounting arm. The pivot arm is int... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4009668 | Planter apparatus and method for planting A method and apparatus for planting seeds. A V-shaped seed furrow having a predetermined depth is continuously formed while the soil adjacent each side of the furrow is uniformly firmed or compacted and a smooth surface formed. Seeds are continuously disp... | 03/01/1977 |
