Plough assembly

• US 9,706,704 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2014
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ausplow Pty Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Ausplow Pty Ltd.
• Inventors: Ryan, John William, Woode, Richard Alec, Vance, Carl Bernard
• Primary Examiner(s): HARTMANN, GARY S
• Application Number:
  US14/468,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20150075826A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,057 Days
• Field of Search: 172762
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 15/00 Fertiliser distributors combined with seeders A01C7/06
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 5/062 Devices for making drills or furrows
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/06 Seeders combined with fertilising apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/203 comprising depth regulation means

Abstract

A digging assembly (10) for a plough. The digging assembly (10) has a digging blade assembly (17) that is moved through the soil to form a slot, and a closing tool assembly (29) that forms a seed bed by partly closing the slot formed by the digging blade assembly (17). Following the closing tool assembly (29) is a seed boot (57) that delivers seed to the seed bed formed by the closing tool assembly (29).

Claims

1. In combination a plough tool, adaptor and pin, with the pin engaging the adaptor and tool to secure the tool to a plough frame, the plough tool to be moved through a soil layer in a forward direction by being attached to the plough frame, the tool being constructed so as to have a forward facing surface to engage the soil layer, to prepare the soil layer for the delivery of seed and/or fertiliser to the soil layer, the tool having an upper stem with a pair of lateral faces each having a plurality of slots extending generally in said forward direction, the slots being arranged in pairs, each pair consisting of one of the slots from each of the lateral faces, and wherein the pairs of slots are arranged at locations along the tool to provide for height adjustment of the tool and an adaptor to attach the tool to the plough frame, and wherein the adaptor has an upwardly extending passage into which the tool stem projects, with the adaptor also having at least one pin passage extending substantially in said forward direction that receives the pin that engages a selected pair of the slots to retain the tool at the desired height by insertion and removal of the pin in a pin direction that is parallel to said forward direction.

2. The combination of claim 1, wherein the adaptor has an adaptor fixing passage extending substantially in said forward direction that receives a fastener to secure the adaptor to the plough frame, the fixing passage extending from said upwardly oriented passage.

3. The combination of claim 1, wherein the pin passages extend substantially in said forward direction, with the clip inserted in said pin receiving passages by movement in a direction substantially opposite said forward direction.

4. The combination of claim 2, wherein the pin is inserted in the selected slots by movement in a direction substantially opposite said forward direction.

5. The combination of claim 1, wherein the adaptor has at least a pair of pin passages extending substantially in said forward direction that receive at least a pair of pins that engage a selected pair of the slots to retain the tool at the desired height by insertion and removal of the pins in a pin direction that is parallel to said forward direction.