Packer wheel for a double shoot coulter assembly
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1. A double shoot coulter assembly for an agricultural implement comprising:
- a support structure;
a disc blade rotatably mounted to the support structure, and configured to form a trench in a soil surface;
a soil engaging blade mounted to the support structure, the soil engaging blade comprising a first side adjacent to the disc blade, and a second side, opposite the first side, configured to remove soil from a side of the trench; and
a packer wheel disposed behind the soil engaging blade, and configured to contact soil and press the soil into the trench, wherein the packer wheel comprises an annular cavity extending about an outer circumference of the packer wheel, the annular cavity configured to direct soil into the trench.
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Abstract
A double shoot coulter assembly for an agricultural implement includes a packer wheel. The packer wheel is disposed behind a soil engaging blade. The packer wheel is configured to press soil displaced by the soil engaging blade into trenches formed by the soil engaging blade and a disc blade. A centerline of the packer wheel extends adjacent to a soil displacing side of the soil engaging blade.
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1. A double shoot coulter assembly for an agricultural implement comprising:
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a support structure; a disc blade rotatably mounted to the support structure, and configured to form a trench in a soil surface; a soil engaging blade mounted to the support structure, the soil engaging blade comprising a first side adjacent to the disc blade, and a second side, opposite the first side, configured to remove soil from a side of the trench; and a packer wheel disposed behind the soil engaging blade, and configured to contact soil and press the soil into the trench, wherein the packer wheel comprises an annular cavity extending about an outer circumference of the packer wheel, the annular cavity configured to direct soil into the trench. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A double shoot coulter assembly for an agricultural implement comprising:
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a support structure; a disc blade rotatably mounted to the support structure at a first angle relative to a soil surface and configured to form a trench in the soil surface; a soil engaging blade mounted to the support structure and configured to remove soil from a side of the trench; and a packer wheel disposed behind the soil engaging blade and configured to press soil into the trench, wherein the packer wheel is oriented at a second angle relative to the soil surface greater than the first angle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A double shoot coulter assembly for an agricultural implement comprising:
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a support structure; a disc blade rotatably mounted to the support structure and configured to form a trench in a soil surface; a soil engaging blade mounted to the support structure and configured to remove soil from a side of the trench; and a packer wheel disposed behind the soil engaging blade and configured to press soil into the trench, wherein a rotational axis of the packer wheel is oriented at a first angle between 5 and 15 degrees relative to the soil surface. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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