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Agricultural tool with structural housing for hydraulic actuator

  • US 8,636,077 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2012
  • Issued: 01/28/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An agricultural row unit comprising:

  • a support frame;

    a structural support housing coupled to the support frame, the structural support housing including separate left and right housing sections;

    a swing arm having a leading end pivotably coupled to the structural support housing;

    an agricultural tool coupled to a trailing end of the swing arm; and

    a hydraulic cylinder mounted to and enclosed within the left and right housing sections of the structural support housing, the left and right housing sections being attached to each other, the structural support housing bearing forces imparted on the agricultural tool by the soil surface, the hydraulic cylinder adjustably urging the agricultural tool downwardly toward a soil surface such that vertical pivoting movement is permitted in response to terrain changes in the soil surface.

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