Coulter mounting means for moldboard plow

• US 3,115,192 A
• Filed: 07/13/1960
• Issued: 12/24/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Richard W. Bushmeyer
• Original Assignee: Richard W. Bushmeyer
• Inventors: Bushmeyer, Richard W.
• Application Number:
  US04/042,639
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• US Class Current: 172/166
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 15/18 Coulters

Claims

1. IN A COULTER MOUNTING FOR USE WITH A MOLDBOARD PLOW OF THE TYPE HAVING A BEAM DISPOSED GENERALLY IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE PLOW AND A PLOW BOTTOM FIXED ON THE BEAM BENEATH AND AT THE REAR END THEREOF, THE COMBINATION OF A PLANE SHARP EDGED COULTER DISK, A HUB ON SAID DISK, A JOURNAL PORTION ON WHICH SAID HUB IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED, AN UPWARDLY DIRECTED SHANK WITH WHICH SAID JOURNAL PORTION IS RIGIDLY CONNECTED TRANSVERSE TO SAID JOURNAL, A FASTENING MEANS ON SAID SHANK SPACED ABOVE SAID JOURNAL, A COULTER ARM FIXEDLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID FASTENING MEANS, AN UPWARDLY DIRECTED PIVOT ON THE BEAM FORWARDLY OF THE PLOW BOTTOM, DISPOSED IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE PLOW, SAID COULTER ARM EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID SHANK AND HAVING ITS FORWARD END MOUNTED ON SAID UPWARDLY DIRECTED PIVOT, WHEREBY SAID SHANK, SAID FASTENING MEANS, AND SAID COULTER ARM ARE DISPOSED CLEAR OF THE SPACE IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF SAID COULTER DISK, SO THAT SAID DISK BECOMES THE ELEMENT FIRST PRESENTED TO TRASH OCCURRING IN THE PATH OF THE COULTER TO BE CUT BY THE ACTION THEREOF, AND SAID FASTENING MEANS BEING CONSTITUTED TO PROVIDE ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT OF SAID JOURNAL BY ROTATION OF SAID SHANK RELATIVELY TO SAID COULTER ARM WHEREBY THE ANGULARITY BETWEEN THE PLANE OF SAID DISK AND THE PLANE OF SAID UPWARDLY DIRECTED PIVOT PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE PLOW MAY BE ADJUSTED TO BRING SAID COULTER DISK INTO A TRUE ROLLING POSITION REARWARDLY OF SAID UPWARDLY DIRECTED PIVOT.