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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410005 | Furrow closing and leveling apparatus An agricultural ground working apparatus includes a mounting bracket adapted for attachment to an implement frame. A shank is pivotally attached to the mounting bracket about a shank pivot axis and extends downward from the mounting bracket to a lower end thereof ad... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7240627 | Crop debris clearing device A residue coulter apparatus that cleanly severs and clears crop debris from a planting row, causing minimal disturbance to the soil. The residue coulter apparatus comprises a pair of flat discs each having a plurality of back swept shark type teeth extending about t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 5878821 | Tillage implement with on-the-go angle and depth controlled discs A tillage implement with on-the-go angle and depth controlled discs. The toolbar upon which the discs are mounted is pivotally secured to the wheeled implement frame assembly and may be hydraulically pivoted to raise or lower the discs relative to the fra... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5797460 | Straight bar tillage implement A tillage implement includes straight bar ripper structure with a main forward toolbar supporting subsoiler shanks from special brackets which can also support coulters ahead of the shanks independently of additional toolbar structure. An optional rear or... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5752454 | No-till disk opening system and method A method and apparatus for improved agricultural seeding; especially useful in no-till direct seeding. In the illustrated embodiment an inclined furrow is cut with a rotating disk that is inclined with respect to the vertical and the horizontal; the furro... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5609114 | No-till disk opening system and method A method and apparatus for improved agricultural seeding; especially useful in no-till direct seeding. In the illustrated embodiment an inclined furrow is cut with a rotating disk that is inclined with respect to the vertical and the horizontal; the furro... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5458203 | Device for working the ground A device for working the ground comprising a frame and a plurality of discs is disclosed. Each disc is rotatably mounted on a shaft which is provided on one end of a pivotable standing shaft. In order to prevent jamming of the discs by earth thrown up by ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5375542 | Seed covering apparatus A seed covering apparatus for covering seeds with soil after an agricultural seed planter places the seeds within an open seed trench and before the planter closes the seed trench. The apparatus includes a disk with a center guide hole and a sealed bearin... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5349911 | Assembly used in farm implements to clear mulch for minimum tillage A clearing assembly of a farm implement comprises a clearing wheel having peripheral teeth for clearing mulch and means for attaching the clearing assembly for centrally positioning the clearing wheel in front of a tool of a unit of the farm implement. Th... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5259460 | Device for working the ground A device for working the ground comprising a frame and a plurality of discs. Each disc is rotatably mounted on a shaft which is provided on the free end of a pivotable standing shaft. In order to prevent jamming of the discs by earth thrown up by adjacent... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5255617 | Ridge preparation tool for seed planting equipment The ridge preparation tool is adapted to be attached to a seed planter directly ahead of the trench-forming structure of the planter so as to skim off the crest of the ridge for the production of a clean, relatively narrow strip of prepared soil in which ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 4928774 | Cultivator with improved disc positioning means An adjustment means for a cultivator disc which provides lateral, vertical and angular adjustment means. A plurality of discs are mounted in parallel on a gang frame, and may be individually adjusted in the field to exact, predetermined positions establis... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4815544 | Cultivator disc adjuster This invention provides a double adjustable weeding disk support device in order to make rapid and positive adjustments of the depth and cut of the weeding disks. This invention is characterized by a shaft having conventional weeding disks rotatably mount... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4781129 | Debris and soil shaver A debris and soil shaver for no till farming is disclosed which has a disk-like member which floats up and down as it is pulled across the ground surface. The disk is angled with respect to a predetermined direction of travel of an agricultural apparatus ... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4738316 | Adjustable shank mounting for an earthworking tool A shank mounting arrangement for a disk hiller or similar implement which provides simple and precise angular adjustment of the shank independently of vertical adjustment. An upright slotted tube is fixed to a support beam and an upright apertured shank i... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4650005 | Row crop cultivator with setting indicator A row crop cultivator for use in farming which includes a pair of weeding disks associated with each cultivator unit of which a plurality is ganged together in series. Each weeding disk is bearingly supported by a vertical shaft which is received by a cro... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4607705 | Row crop cultivator including disk and setting indicator therefor A row crop cultivator for use in farming which includes a pair of weeding disks associated with each cultivator unit of which a plurality is ganged together in series. Each weeding disk is bearingly supported by a vertical shaft which is received by a cro... | 08/26/1986 |
| 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 |
