Submulcher and planter in combination therewith

• US 3,170,421 A
• Filed: 08/23/1961
• Issued: 02/23/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Eric M. Mcelhinney, Leonard Norris
• Original Assignee: Eric M. Mcelhinney, Leonard Norris
• Inventors: LEONARD NORRIS, Mcelhinney, Eric M.
• Application Number:
  US04/133,389
• Time in Patent Office: 1,280 Days
• US Class Current: 111/148
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/08 Broadcast seeders; Seeders depositing seeds in rows
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 111/924 Minimum and no till planter

Claims

1. IN AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINE, A TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED TOOL BAR ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO A TRACTOR, A PLURALITY OF NARROW, GENERALLY PLANAR, VERTICALLY EXTENDING SUBSOILER BLADES SELECTIVELY MOUNTED AT SPACED POSITIONS ON SAID TOOL BAR, A FLAT, GENERALLY HORIZONTAL CHISEL ATTACHED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID SUBSOILER BLADE FOR BREAKING UP THE SUBSOIL STRATA AT A POINT WELL BELOW THE TOPSOIL STRATA, ROLLING CULTIVATOR ASSEMBLIES EACH INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY SPACED, RELATIVEY ROTATABLE, TOOTHED ROTARY HOE WHEELS, MEANS YIELDABLY MOUNTING A ROLLING CULTIVATOR ASSEMBLY ON EACH OF SAID SUBSOILER BLADES, EACH OF SAID ROLLING CULTIVATOR ASSEMBLIES BEING POSITIONED REARWARDLY OF AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID SUBSOILER BLADES AND DISPOSED ABOVE THE PLANE OF OPERATION OF SAID RESPECTIVE CHISELS FOR CULTIVATING THE TOPSOIL STRATA ABOVE SAID SUBSOIL STRATA, AND PLANTER UNITS ATTACHED TO SAID TOOL BAR IN TRAILING RELATION TO EACH OF SAID ROLLING CULTIVATOR ASSEMBLIES, SAID PLANTER UNITS EACH INCLUDING A PLANTER RUNNER ALIGNED WITH THE GROOVE FORMED BY SAID SUBSOILER BLADE AND DISPOSED IN THE TOPSOIL STRATA ABOVE THE LOWER LEVEL OF OPERATION OF SAID ROLLING CULTIVATOR ASSEMBLIES FOR DEPOSITING SEED OF THE LIKE THEREIN.