Coulter chisel tillage tool

• US 4,828,042 A
• Filed: 03/30/1987
• Issued: 05/09/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Unverferth Mfg Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Unverferth Mfg Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Arnold, Loren G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kyle, Deborah L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ELDRED, JOHN W
• Application Number:
  US07/031,908
• Time in Patent Office: 771 Days
• Field of Search: 172/178, 172/196, 172/551, 172/567, 172/572, 172/573
• US Class Current: 172/572
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 61/046 the device including an energy accumulator for restoring the tool to its working position

Abstract

A coulter chisel tillage tool includes a mounting apparatus for attaching a disc gang to a rockshaft. A bracket extends radially from the rockshaft and is connected to one end of a spring having its other end positioned in a retainer cup. The retainer cup is attached to one end of a rod which extends longitudinally through the spring and through an aperture formed in the mounting bracket with the other end of the rod rotatably attached to a bracket assembly. The bracket assembly includes a pair of bearing caps which rotatably engage the rockshaft and are positioned between a pair of plates which are maintained together by bolts. One of the bolts also extends through a yoke of a disc gang for rotatably mounting the disc gang for rotation about a generally vertical axis. The spring and bracket assembly permits the disc gang to rotate about the rockshaft when an obstacle is struck during normal operation.

Claims

1. In a farm implement having a frame adapted to carry tools, a rockshaft rotatably mounted on the frame and at least one disc gang attached to the rockshaft, the improvement comprising:

a mounting bracket having one end attached to a rockshaft and extending radially from a longitudinal axis of the rockshaft;

a spring means having one end coupled to an opposite end of said mounting bracket;

a rod having one end coupled to an opposite end of said spring means;

a bracket having one end rotatably attached to an opposite end of said rod and an opposite end rotatably attached to the rockshaft;

a yoke mounted on said opposite end of said bracket for rotation about a generally vertical axis; and

a plurality of discs rotatably attached to said yoke.

2. A farm implement according to claim 1 wherein said mounting bracket includes a pair of generally parallel side walls each having one end attached to the rockshaft and a mounting plate attached to an opposite end of each of said side walls for coupling to said one end of said spring means.

3. The farm implement according to claim 2 including a ring attached to said mounting plate and forming a seat for said one end of said spring means.

4. The implement according to claim 1 including a retainer cup attached to said one end of said rod for retaining said opposite end of said spring means.

5. The implement according to claim 1 wherein said spring means includes a helical spring and a longitudinal axis of said rod extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of and through a center of said spring.

6. The implement according to claim 1 wherein said mounting bracket includes a pair of generally parallel extending side walls each having one end attached to said rockshaft, and a mounting plate attached between opposite ends of said side walls and having an aperture formed therein for receiving said opposite end of said rod.

7. The implement according to claim 1 wherein said bracket includes a pair of spaced apart generally parallel side walls each having an aperture formed therein and wherein said opposite end of said rod has a pin attached thereto whereby opposite ends of said pin are retained in said apertures in said side walls.

8. The implement according to claim 1 wherein said bracket has a pair of bearing caps attached to said opposite end and rotatably attached to the rockshaft.

9. The implement according to claim 8 wherein said bracket includes a pair of spaced apart generally parallel plates attached to said bearing caps and said yoke.

10. The implement according to claim 1 including at least three discs rotatably attached to said yoke.

11. An apparatus for mounting a disc gag on a rockshaft in a coulter chisel implement comprising:

spring means having one end coupled to a mounting bracket radially extending from a rockshaft and an opposite end coupled to one end of a bracket, an opposite end of said bracket being rotatably attached to the rockshaft by a pair of bearing caps rotatably mounted on the rockshaft and retained between a pair of plates fastened together by fasteners at least one of said fasteners adapted to rotatably mount said disc gang means attached to said bracket for mounting a disc gang for rotation about a generally vertical axis.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 wherein said spring means includes a helical spring having one end coupled to said mounting bracket and an opposite end coupled to one end of a rod, said rod extending longitudinally through said helical spring and having an opposite end connected to said one end of said bracket.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 wherein said opposite end of said rod has a pin attached thereto, opposite ends of said pin being rotatably retained by said bracket.

14. A disc gag for mounting on a rockshaft in a coulter chisel implement comprising:

a plurality of discs separated by spools and rotatably mounted on an axle;

a yoke having said axle rotatably attached thereto;

means for rotatably mounting said yoke for rotation about a generally vertical axis and adapted to be mounted on a rockshaft for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the rockshaft said means for rotatably mounting including a pair of bearing caps adapted to rotatably engage the rockshaft, said bearing caps being retained between a pair of generally parallel extending plates on®

of said spring means; and

spring means a having one end coupled to said means for rotatably mounting and an opposite end adapted to be coupled to a rockshaft.

15. A disc gang according to claim 14 wherein said means for rotatably mounting includes a bolt extending through apertures formed in said yoke.

16. The disc gang according to claim 14 wherein said spring means includes a helical spring having one end retained in a retainer cup and an opposite end adapted to be coupled to a rockshaft, said retainer cup being attached to a rod extending longitudinally through said spring and being rotatably attached to said means for rotatably mounting.