ADJUSTABLE MULTIPLE ROW AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT

• US 20160073572A1
• Filed: 09/14/2015
• Published: 03/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bigham Brothers, Inc. (Bigham Brothers Holding, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bigham Brothers, Inc. (Bigham Brothers Holding, Inc.)
• Inventors: Evans, Samuel L., Parker, Benjamin C.
• Application Number:
  US14/854,033
• Publication Number:
  US 20160073572A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 49/027 with a rotating, soil working support element, e.g. a roller
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 63/004 Lateral adjustment of tools
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 73/044 the axis being oriented in a longitudinal direction A01B73/042 takes precedence

Abstract

A multiple row agricultural implement with adjustable ground-working tools which allows use with a variety of row spacing configurations. Ground-working tools, which may include chopper baskets, drag harrow spikes, drag boards, rollers, etc., are mounted on each of two or more fixed width sections of a tool bar. Embodiments of such horizontal adjustability of the ground-working tools may include sliding ground-working tools along a horizontal axis to alternate positions; removing ground-working tools, reversing the ground-working tools 180 degrees, and reattaching the ground-working tools; removing ground-working tools, swapping positions of the ground-working tools, and reattaching the ground-working tools; or removing ground-working tools and reattaching the ground-working tools in an alternate position.

Claims

1. An adjustable multiple row agricultural implement comprising:

a tool bar configured for connection to a vehicle;

said tool bar comprising two or more fixed width sections;

ground-working tools mounted to each of said fixed width sections; and

said ground-working tools being horizontally adjustable to alternate positions allowing use with a range of crop row spacing configurations.

2. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 1, wherein said adjustable multiple row agricultural implement is a multiple row tillage implement.

3. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 2, wherein said ground-working tools comprises chopper baskets, drag harrow spikes, and drag boards.

4. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 2, wherein said ground-working tools comprises chopper baskets, drag harrow spikes, and rollers.

5. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 1, wherein said ground-working tools are configured for horizontal adjustment to alternate positions by sliding said ground-working tools along a horizontal shaft to alternate positions on said implement.

6. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 1, wherein said ground-working tools are configured for horizontal adjustment to alternate positions by removal of said ground-working tools from said implement, 180-degree reversal of said ground-working tools, and reattachment of said ground-working tools to said implement.

7. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 1, wherein said ground-working tools are configured for horizontal adjustment to alternate positions by removal of said ground-working tools from said implement, swapping positions of said ground-working tools, and reattachment of said ground-working tools to said implement.

8. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 1, wherein said ground-working tools are configured for horizontal adjustment to alternate positions by removal of said ground-working tools from said implement and reattachment of said ground-working tools to said implement in alternate positions on said implement.

9. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 1, wherein each said fixed width section includes:

a first configuration with said ground-working tools mounted in a first predetermined transverse spacing;

a second configuration with said ground-working tools mounted in a second predetermined transverse spacing;

wherein said implement in said first configuration is configured for working a first set of crop row spacing configurations; and

wherein said implement in said second configuration is configured for working a second set of crop row spacing configurations.

10. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 1, wherein said two or more fixed width sections include wing fixed width sections.

11. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 10, wherein said fixed width sections includes a center section located between said wing sections.

12. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 10, wherein said fixed width sections includes two center sections positioned in adjacent, transverse relation to each other between said wing sections.

13. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 12, wherein said wing sections comprises four wing sections configured in pairs of inboard and outboard wing sections on each side of said implement.

14. The adjustable multiple row agricultural implement according to claim 10, wherein said wing sections are capable of folding up to a transport position.

15. An adjustable multiple row tillage implement comprising:

a tool bar configured for connection to a vehicle;

said tool bar comprising wing fixed width sections and one or more center fixed width sections;

ground-working tools mounted to each of said fixed width sections;

said ground-working tools being horizontally adjustable to alternate positions allowing use with a range of crop row spacing configurations;

wherein said ground-working tools comprises chopper baskets, drag harrow spikes, and drag boards;

wherein each fixed width section includes a first configuration with said ground-working tools in a first predetermined transverse spacing;

wherein each fixed width section includes a second configuration with said ground-working tools in a second predetermined transverse spacing;

wherein said implement in said first configuration is configured for working a first set of crop row spacing configurations; and

wherein said implement in said second configuration is configured for working a second set of crop row spacing configurations.

16. The adjustable multiple row tillage implement according to claim 15, wherein said ground-working tools are configured for horizontal adjustment to alternate positions by sliding said ground-working tools along a horizontal shaft to alternate positions on said implement.

17. The adjustable multiple row tillage implement according to claim 15, wherein said ground-working tools are configured for horizontal adjustment to alternate positions by removal of said ground-working tools from said implement, 180-degree reversal of said ground-working tools, and reattachment of said ground-working tools to said implement.

18. The adjustable multiple row tillage implement according to claim 15, wherein said ground-working tools are configured for horizontal adjustment to alternate positions by removal of said ground-working tools from said implement, swapping positions of said ground-working tools, and reattachment of said ground-working tools to said implement.

19. The adjustable multiple row tillage implement according to claim 15, wherein said ground-working tools are configured for horizontal adjustment to alternate positions by removal of said ground-working tools from said implement and reattachment of said ground-working tools to said implement in alternate positions on said implement.

20. A method of adjusting ground-working tools of an adjustable multiple row agricultural implement, the implement having a tool bar with two or more fixed width sections and ground-working tools being mounted to each of said fixed width sections, the method comprising:

unfastening ground-working tools from said implement;

sliding said ground-working tools along a horizontal shaft to an alternate position on said implement; and

fastening said ground-working tools to said implement in said alternate position on said implement.