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Agricultural apparatus for sensing and providing feedback of soil property changes in real time

  • US 9,107,337 B2
  • Filed: 04/11/2013
  • Issued: 08/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A planting row unit attachable to a towing frame, the planting row unit being movable in a forward direction on a field having soil of varying hardness conditions, the planting row unit including an opener device forward of the towing frame for preparing the soil for receiving at least one of the fertilizer and the seeds, the opener device includinga soil-hardness sensor for detecting changes in soil-hardness conditions;

  • an opener blade for maintaining, in response to the changes, a constant soil-penetration depth Z in the soil independent of the varying hardness conditions; and

    a modular actuator mounted to the opener device for applying pressure to the opener blade, the modular actuator being mountable to at least one other component of the planting row unit for applying pressure.

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