Debris assembly for an agricultural row unit

• US 9,456,542 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schaffert Manufacturing Company, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Schaffert Manufacturing Company, Inc.
• Inventors: Schaffert, Paul E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Novosad, Christopher J
• Application Number:
  US13/834,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20140262381A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,299 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01B 15/16 Discs bearings therefor A01B71/04; Scrapers for cleaning discs; Sharpening attachments sharpening in general B24
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 5/064 with rotating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/006 Minimum till seeding
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/20 Reduction of greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions in agriculture, e.g. CO2

Abstract

A debris assembly for use with a mobile agricultural device is provided. The debris assembly may include a debris member and an attachment bracket. The debris member may substantially prevent debris from accumulating on the disc of the mobile agricultural device. The debris member may be adjustable as a single component relative to the disc to accommodate various soil conditions. The debris member may be removable from the attachment bracket.

Claims

1. A debris assembly for an agricultural row unit having a furrow opener, comprising:

a bracket attached to the agricultural row unit;

a debris member having a base;

a boss extending from the bracket such that the boss is operable to be removably and adjustably engaged with an opposing element for selective positioning of the debris member relative to the furrow opener and the boss is operable to be slidably received in the opposing element, wherein the base of the debris member includes a positioning element that slidably bears against a portion of the bracket such that the boss is operable to adjust the debris member via the bracket in a first direction along a first plane and the base is operable to adjust the debris member on the bracket in a second direction along a second plane.

2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the debris member includes an elongate element that is fixedly attached to the positioning element.

3. The assembly of claim 2, wherein the elongate element defines an interior acute angle.

4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the boss is located at an opposite end of the bracket from the debris member.

5. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the boss is shaped such that the boss rotatably keys to the opposing element.

6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the opposing element is a guide track having a plurality of apertures.

7. The assembly of claim 6, wherein the plurality of apertures on the guide track of the bracket are aligned with respect to one another.

8. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the bracket has a first end and a second end, wherein the second end of the bracket is offset from the first end of the bracket towards the furrow opener.

9. A debris assembly for an agricultural row unit having a furrow opener, comprising:

a bracket attached to the agricultural row unit;

a debris member having a base;

a boss extending from the bracket such that the boss is operable to be removably and adjustably engaged with an opposing element defined by a guide track having a plurality of apertures for selective positioning of the debris member relative to the furrow opener and the plurality of apertures on the guide track of the bracket are aligned with respect to one another, wherein the boss has an aperture and the boss is operable to be slidably received in the opposing element and the base of the debris member includes a positioning element that slidably bears against a portion of the bracket such that the boss is operable to adjust the debris member via the bracket in a first direction and the base is operable to adjust the debris member on the bracket in a second direction.

10. The assembly of claim 9, wherein a fastener extends through at least one of the plurality of apertures of the guide track and the aperture of the boss to secure the bracket and the base together.

11. The assembly of claim 10, wherein the fastener extends through the furrow opener.

12. The assembly of claim 9, wherein the plurality of apertures are generally vertical with respect to a direction of travel of the furrow opener.

13. The assembly of 9, wherein the aperture on the positioning element of the base of the debris member is a slot.