Portable roller groover assemblies

    公开(公告)号:US12004437B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-11

    申请号:US17234194

    申请日:2021-04-19

    申请人: Chase Noland

    发明人: Chase Noland

    IPC分类号: A01B35/16 A01B35/28 A01C5/06

    CPC分类号: A01B35/16 A01B35/28 A01C5/064

    摘要: Portable roller groover assemblies suitable for coupling to a towing vehicle to implement a soil grooving operation may include an assembly frame. The assembly frame may have a frame front, a frame rear, a first frame end and a second frame end, the assembly frame disposed within a frame plane. A grooving hitch interface may be carried by the assembly frame at the frame front. The grooving hitch interface may be configured to facilitate coupling of the towing vehicle to the assembly frame for the grooving operation. A groover may be carried by the assembly frame. The groover may have a plurality of spaced-apart groover disks disposed at least partially beyond the frame plane of the assembly frame. Methods of fabricating a groover for a portable roller groover assembly, groovers for a portable roller groover assembly and methods of forming furrows in soil in a soil grooving operation are also disclosed.

    AGRICULTURAL PLANTER INCLUDING ADJUSTABLE ROW CLEANERS

    公开(公告)号:US20220369530A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17833673

    申请日:2022-06-06

    申请人: Deere & Company

    摘要: An agricultural planter is operable in a travel direction and a travel velocity and configured to dispense seeds into a furrow formed within an agricultural surface. An adjustment assembly is for the agricultural planter and includes a bracket configured to be coupled to a frame of the agricultural planter and a debris cleaner coupled to the bracket. The debris cleaner is configured such that during operation of the agricultural planter the debris cleaner has, relative to the travel direction, a leading edge and a trailing edge. The debris cleaner is movable such that a distance between the leading and trailing edges in the travel direction is adjustable.

    Film deployer, improved trash whipper and improved planter

    公开(公告)号:US11432478B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-06

    申请号:US16482281

    申请日:2017-02-15

    发明人: Michael Freeman

    摘要: The present invention provides a ground engaging film roller 30.2 having a generally horizontal axis of rotation and an outer circumference for engaging ground, the roller having opposed outer ends 30.21 of a larger circumference than the circumference of portions 30.22 located between the opposed ends.
    The present invention also provides a film deployment system having a ground engaging film roller as described above, which is rotationally mounted to a frame 30.1, the ground engaging film roller 30.2 receiving film from above and to a front location of the roller, and passing between a film locating roller 30.3 and the ground engaging roller 30.2, the ground engaging roller 30.2 shaping the ground it engages by forming a channel in ground at the opposed ends 30.21 of the roller 30.2 for the film to be located as it leaves engagement with the ground engaging roller 30.2. The present invention also provides an agricultural or horticultural implement 10, 30 for performing an agricultural or horticultural process, the implement 10,30 including whipper arrangement 50 at a location forward of where the process will be performed.
    The agricultural or horticultural implement 10, 30 can be such that to the rear of where the process is performed there can located film deployment system 30 as described above.

    IMPLEMENT MOUNTED SENSORS SENSING SEED AND RESIDUE CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20220232753A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17156778

    申请日:2021-01-25

    申请人: Deere & Company

    摘要: A mobile agricultural machine includes a row unit having a furrow opener mounted to the row unit and configured to engage a surface of ground over which the mobile agricultural machine travels to open a furrow in the ground. A furrow closer is mounted to the row unit behind the furrow opener relative to a direction of travel of the mobile agricultural machine and is configured to engage the surface of the ground to close the furrow. An image sensor system is mounted to the row unit and configured to sense characteristics of residue and seeds in the furrow opened by the furrow opener and generate a sensor signal indicative of the characteristics. The mobile agricultural machine can further include a control system configured to generate a residue/seed characteristic indicator corresponding to the sensed characteristics and to generate an action signal to control an action of the mobile agricultural machine based on the residue/seed characteristic indicator.

    ROW CLEANER ASSEMBLY
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210127541A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US16669792

    申请日:2019-10-31

    申请人: DEERE & COMPANY

    发明人: Kevin J. Goering

    IPC分类号: A01B35/16 A01C5/06 A01B49/02

    摘要: A seeder assembly for placing a commodity in underlying soil that has a frame member having at least one ground engaging mechanism configured to contact an underlying surface, a rockshaft pivotally coupled to the frame member and pivotal between a lowered position and a raised position, a plurality of disk opener assemblies coupled to the rockshaft, the disk opener assemblies each having a single disk opener configured to cut into the underlying soil to provide an opening for the commodity, a plurality of row cleaner assemblies pivotally coupled to the frame member and each having a row cleaner configured to move residue on the underlying surface, and a plurality of linkages each coupling the rockshaft to a corresponding one of the plurality of row cleaner assemblies. When the rockshaft is in the raised position, the plurality of linkages maintain the corresponding plurality of row cleaner assemblies in a raised position.

    Mounting structure for mounting gauge wheel assembly to implement

    公开(公告)号:US10327372B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US15369728

    申请日:2016-12-05

    申请人: Philip C. Kester

    发明人: Philip C. Kester

    摘要: A mounting structure for mounting a pivot arm to an implement has a cylindrical member, an adjusting sleeve, and a mounting bolt extending through the cylindrical member and adjusting sleeve to fix the cylindrical member and adjusting sleeve together. The cylindrical member extends through a bore of a bearing housing for rotation within the bearing housing. The adjusting sleeve has a threaded external surface. A disc spring is positioned on the adjusting sleeve. An adjusting nut is threaded onto the threaded external surface of the adjusting sleeve. The adjusting nut can be tightened to compress the disc spring to create a lateral bearing force against the bearing housing. The bearing housing can be integral with a pivot arm for mounting a gauge wheel assembly on a planter row unit, or the bearing housing can be a fixed part for mounting a pivot arm for a closing/press wheel on a drill.

    ROW CLEANER/CLOSING WHEEL
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190021207A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:US16041666

    申请日:2018-07-20

    IPC分类号: A01B35/16 A01B49/06

    CPC分类号: A01B35/16 A01B21/08 A01B49/06

    摘要: An improved row cleaning/closing wheel having improved debris removing and/or furrow closing performance with complimentary left and right cleaning/closing wheel pairs having complimentary teeth configurations to provide spatial, angular and rotational intermeshed cleaning and/or closing operation during row planting. The improved row cleaning wheel for use with a floating row cleaner and/or closing arm assemblies attached to a row planter during planting operation.

    Mounting structure for mounting pivot arm to implement

    公开(公告)号:US10172272B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US15369750

    申请日:2016-12-05

    申请人: Philip C. Kester

    发明人: Philip C. Kester

    摘要: A mounting structure for mounting a pivot arm to an implement has a cylindrical member, an adjusting sleeve, and a mounting bolt extending through the cylindrical member and adjusting sleeve to fix the cylindrical member and adjusting sleeve together. The cylindrical member extends through a bore of a bearing housing for rotation within the bearing housing. The adjusting sleeve has a threaded external surface. A disc spring is positioned on the adjusting sleeve. An adjusting nut is threaded onto the threaded external surface of the adjusting sleeve. The adjusting nut can be tightened to compress the disc spring to create a lateral bearing force against the bearing housing. The bearing housing can be integral with a pivot arm for mounting a gauge wheel assembly on a planter row unit, or the bearing housing can be a fixed part for mounting a pivot arm for a closing/press wheel on a drill.

    STRIP TILLAGE IMPLEMENT AND METHOD
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180160614A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-14

    申请号:US15373570

    申请日:2016-12-09

    发明人: Dean A. Knobloch

    IPC分类号: A01C7/00 A01B35/16 A01B49/06

    摘要: A strip tillage implement includes a frame, a plurality of row units and a plurality of auxiliary tillage units. The plurality of row units are carried by the frame and spaced apart from each other at a common row spacing, with each row unit being configured for preparing a strip of soil for application of a crop input. The plurality of auxiliary tillage units are located between the row units and spaced apart from each other at the common row spacing, with each auxiliary tillage unit being configured for at least partially processing remains from an already harvested row of crop material.