Ground-engaging implement with lateral position adjustment
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1. An implement system comprising:
- a row frame for coupling to a rear member;
a frame member;
an opener for opening the soil;
the opener supported by or from a support extending downward from the frame member;
a first outlet for dispensing or applying a nutrient strip;
a second outlet for dispensing or planting seed, wherein the first outlet and the second outlet have a lateral separation that is fixed during the simultaneous application of seed and nutrients;
a laterally movable carrier associated with the row frame, the carrier connected to the frame member, the opener, the first outlet and the second outlet to allow for dynamically variable adjustment of the lateral separation between a first row of planted seed and a second row of planted seed, where the first row of seed is adjacent to the second row of seed; and
a lateral actuator for lateral movement or adjustment of the carrier in response to control signals provided by an implement data processor or an implement guidance module in response to observed seed metering rate within a seed row.
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Abstract
A laterally movable carrier is associated with a row frame. The carrier is connected to a frame member, an opener, a first outlet and a second outlet to allow for dynamically variable adjustment of the lateral separation between a first row of planted seed and a second row of planted seed, where the first row of seed is adjacent to the second row of seed.
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19 Claims
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1. An implement system comprising:
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a row frame for coupling to a rear member; a frame member; an opener for opening the soil;
the opener supported by or from a support extending downward from the frame member;a first outlet for dispensing or applying a nutrient strip; a second outlet for dispensing or planting seed, wherein the first outlet and the second outlet have a lateral separation that is fixed during the simultaneous application of seed and nutrients; a laterally movable carrier associated with the row frame, the carrier connected to the frame member, the opener, the first outlet and the second outlet to allow for dynamically variable adjustment of the lateral separation between a first row of planted seed and a second row of planted seed, where the first row of seed is adjacent to the second row of seed; and a lateral actuator for lateral movement or adjustment of the carrier in response to control signals provided by an implement data processor or an implement guidance module in response to observed seed metering rate within a seed row. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An implement system comprising:
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a row frame for coupling to a rear member; a frame member; an opener for opening the soil;
the opener supported by or from a support extending downward from the frame member;a first outlet for dispensing or applying a nutrient strip; a second outlet for dispensing or planting seed, wherein the first outlet and the second outlet have a lateral separation that is fixed during the simultaneous application of seed and nutrients; a laterally movable carrier associated with the row frame, the carrier connected to the frame member, the opener, the first outlet and the second outlet to allow for dynamically variable adjustment of the lateral separation between a first row of planted seed and a second row of planted seed, where the first row of seed is adjacent to the second row of seed; and a seeding unit for determining, or metering, an observed seed density or observed seed spacing of seeds in a row;
wherein the implement data processor varies the lateral separation between a first seed row of planted seed and a second seed row based on the seed density of the first seed row from the observed seed density or the observed seed spacing. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. An implement system comprising:
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a row frame for coupling to a rear member; a frame member; an opener for opening the soil;
the opener supported by or from a support extending downward from the frame member;a first outlet for dispensing or applying a nutrient strip; a second outlet for dispensing or planting seed, wherein the first outlet and the second outlet have a lateral separation that is fixed during the simultaneous application of seed and nutrients; a laterally movable carrier associated with the row frame, the carrier connected to the frame member, the opener, the first outlet and the second outlet to allow for dynamically variable adjustment of the lateral separation between a first row of planted seed and a second row of planted seed, where the first row of seed is adjacent to the second row of seed; and wherein the implement data processor limits the lateral separation between the first seed row of planted seed and the second seed row based on a plurality of row spacing limits associated with a harvester or a combine for harvesting crop resulting from the planted seed rows.
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