SEED PLANTER WITH EQUALIZER ASSEMBLY

• US 20130263767A1
• Filed: 10/05/2012
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schaffert Manufacturing Company, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Schaffert Manufacturing Company, Inc.
• Inventors: Trevino, Ramiro, Schaffert, Paul E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,232,689 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 111/121
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 23/025 Continuous injection tools
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 5/064 with rotating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 5/066 Devices for covering drills or furrows
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/06 Seeders combined with fertilising apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/201 Mounting of the seeding tools
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/21 Dinitrogen oxide [N2O], e.g. using aquaponics, hydroponics or efficiency measures

Abstract

A bracket for use with an agriculture planter including a trailing arm frame defining a pivot point thereon may include an arm bracket assembly with first, second, third, and fourth arms. Each arm may extend from a middle portion of the bracket. First and second fertilizer furrow opening discs may be rotatably mounted on mounting ends of two of the arms. First and second furrow closing wheels may be rotatably mounted on a mounting end of the other two arms. The middle portion of the bracket may be pivotally coupled to the trailing arm frame at the pivot point. The arms joined to the fertilizer furrow opening discs may be arranged at opposing ends of the middle portion to enable the furrow opening discs to open two fertilizer furrows on opposing sides of a seed furrow.

Claims

1. A bracket for use with an agriculture planter comprising a trailing arm frame defining a pivot point thereon, the bracket comprising:

a first arm, a second arm, a third arm, a fourth arm, and each of the arms joined to a middle portion of the bracket;

two of the arms comprise a mounting end configured to rotatably and selectively receive a fertilizer furrow opener disc, and the other two arms comprise a mounting end configured to rotatably receive a furrow closer wheel; and

the two arms for receiving the fertilizer furrow opener disc enable two fertilizer furrows to be opened on opposing sides of a seed furrow.

2. An agricultural planter comprising:

an arm bracket comprising first, second, third, and fourth arms, and each of the arms joined to a middle portion of the arm bracket;

two of the arms configured to join first and second fertilizer furrow opener discs to the arm bracket and extend from the middle portion so that the fertilizer furrow opener discs form fertilizer furrows on two sides of a seed furrow; and

the other two arms configured to join first and second furrow closer wheels to the arm bracket and extend from the middle portion so that a pivoted displacement of the one of the fertilizer furrow opener discs and furrow closer wheels in a first direction causes a pivoted displacement of the other fertilizer furrow opener disc and furrow closer wheel in a second direction opposite the first direction.