Press wheel
First Claim
1. A PRESS WHEEL FOR PLANTERS AND THE LIKE TO PACK AND FROM THE BOTTOM AND SIDES OF A SEED FURROW AFTER SEEDS HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED THEREIN COMPRISING A CIRCULAR BODY HAVING A CENTRAL HUB PROVIDING A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING AXIS ABOUT WHICH SAID BODY ROTATES, SAID CIRCULAR BODY HAVING AN OUTER PERIPHERAL WALL GENERALLY CONCENTRIC WITH SAID AXIS, SAID OUTER PERIPHERAL WALL HAVING AXIALLY SPACED RADIAL EXTREMITES OF SUBSTANTIALY EQUAL DIAMETER RELATIVE TO SAID AXIS AND A RADIALLY INWARDLY CONCAVE CENTRAL PORTION THEREBETWEEN, THE RADIALLY OUTWARD SURFACE BETWEEN SAID AXIALLY SPACED RADIAL EXTREMITIES OF SAID OUTER PERIPHERAL WALL CONSTITUTING APPROXIMATELY ONE THRID OF THE TOTAL AXIAL DIMENSION OF THE PRESS WHEEL, A PAIR OF ANNULAR SIDE WALLS EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY AND DIVERGING AXIALLY FROM THE RESPECTIVE EXTREMITIES OF SAID OUTER WALL, EACH OF SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING AXIALLY SPACED RADIAL EXTREMITIES AND AN INWARDLY CONCAVE OUTER SURFACE THEREBETWEEN, THE RADIALLY OUTWARD SURFACE OF EACH OF SAID SIDE WALLS CONSTITUTING APPROXIMATELY ONE THRID OF THE TOTAL AXIAL DIMENSION OF THE PRESS WHEEL, WHEREBY UPON ROLLING OF SAID PRESS WHEEL THROUGH A SEED FURROW SAID CONCAVE OUTER PERIPHERAL WALL OF SAID WHEEL PACKS AND FROMS THE BOTTOM OF SAID FURROW INTO A CONVEX LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING MOUND WHILE THE DIVERGING CONCAVE SIDE WALLS OF SAID WHEEL SIMULTANEOUSLY COMPRESS THE SIDES OF SAID FURROW INTO UPWARDLY DIVERGING CONVEX FORMS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID MOUND.
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1. A PRESS WHEEL FOR PLANTERS AND THE LIKE TO PACK AND FROM THE BOTTOM AND SIDES OF A SEED FURROW AFTER SEEDS HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED THEREIN COMPRISING A CIRCULAR BODY HAVING A CENTRAL HUB PROVIDING A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING AXIS ABOUT WHICH SAID BODY ROTATES, SAID CIRCULAR BODY HAVING AN OUTER PERIPHERAL WALL GENERALLY CONCENTRIC WITH SAID AXIS, SAID OUTER PERIPHERAL WALL HAVING AXIALLY SPACED RADIAL EXTREMITES OF SUBSTANTIALY EQUAL DIAMETER RELATIVE TO SAID AXIS AND A RADIALLY INWARDLY CONCAVE CENTRAL PORTION THEREBETWEEN, THE RADIALLY OUTWARD SURFACE BETWEEN SAID AXIALLY SPACED RADIAL EXTREMITIES OF SAID OUTER PERIPHERAL WALL CONSTITUTING APPROXIMATELY ONE THRID OF THE TOTAL AXIAL DIMENSION OF THE PRESS WHEEL, A PAIR OF ANNULAR SIDE WALLS EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY AND DIVERGING AXIALLY FROM THE RESPECTIVE EXTREMITIES OF SAID OUTER WALL, EACH OF SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING AXIALLY SPACED RADIAL EXTREMITIES AND AN INWARDLY CONCAVE OUTER SURFACE THEREBETWEEN, THE RADIALLY OUTWARD SURFACE OF EACH OF SAID SIDE WALLS CONSTITUTING APPROXIMATELY ONE THRID OF THE TOTAL AXIAL DIMENSION OF THE PRESS WHEEL, WHEREBY UPON ROLLING OF SAID PRESS WHEEL THROUGH A SEED FURROW SAID CONCAVE OUTER PERIPHERAL WALL OF SAID WHEEL PACKS AND FROMS THE BOTTOM OF SAID FURROW INTO A CONVEX LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING MOUND WHILE THE DIVERGING CONCAVE SIDE WALLS OF SAID WHEEL SIMULTANEOUSLY COMPRESS THE SIDES OF SAID FURROW INTO UPWARDLY DIVERGING CONVEX FORMS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID MOUND.
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Current AssigneeCharles B. Adams, Edward A. Silver
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Original AssigneeCharles B. Adams, Edward A. Silver
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InventorsAdams, Charles B., Silver, Edward A.
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Application NumberUS04/334,860Time in Patent Office490 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current172/519CPC Class CodesA01C 5/068 Furrow packing devices, e.g...B60B 3/08 with disc body formed by tw...
