Supporting device for mounting a furrow device on a seed tube
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1. A supporting device for operably connecting a furrow device to a seed tube of a planting unit for planting seeds into a furrow, the supporting device comprising:
- a bracket assembly including a clip;
the clip engaging the furrow device and the seed tube, wherein the clip is at least partially positioned inside the seed tube and is positioned through an aperture formed in the furrow device, with the clip at least partially engaging a top surface of the furrow device; and
further comprising a supplementary clip positioned on the seed tube and spaced away from an end of the seed tube, the supplementary clip including side flanges defining a notch in each side flange, wherein a portion of the furrow device is positioned in the supplementary clip and between the side flanges.
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Abstract
A supporting device for operably connecting a furrow device to a seed tube of a planting unit for planting seeds into a furrow is provided. The supporting device may include a clip configured to engage the furrow device and the seed tube. The clip may be at least partially positioned inside the seed tube. The clip may at least partially engage a top surface of the furrow device.
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1. A supporting device for operably connecting a furrow device to a seed tube of a planting unit for planting seeds into a furrow, the supporting device comprising:
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a bracket assembly including a clip; the clip engaging the furrow device and the seed tube, wherein the clip is at least partially positioned inside the seed tube and is positioned through an aperture formed in the furrow device, with the clip at least partially engaging a top surface of the furrow device; and further comprising a supplementary clip positioned on the seed tube and spaced away from an end of the seed tube, the supplementary clip including side flanges defining a notch in each side flange, wherein a portion of the furrow device is positioned in the supplementary clip and between the side flanges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A supporting device for operably connecting a furrow device to a seed tube of a planting unit for planting seeds into a furrow, the supporting device comprising:
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a bracket assembly including; a clip that engages the furrow device and the seed tube, wherein the clip is at least partially positioned inside the seed tube and the clip at least partially engages a top surface of the furrow device, wherein the clip applies a clamping load between the furrow device and the seed tube and includes a load member, the load member applying a load directly or indirectly to the seed tube to create a clamping force between the load member and a portion of the clip positioned inside the seed tube; and a retainer that engages the furrow device and resists movement of the furrow device, with the clip and the retainer being separate elements, wherein the seed tube defines at least one protrusion extending outwardly therefrom and the furrow device defines at least one feature that receives the at least one protrusion;
the clamping load created by the clip resists disengagement of the furrow device from the at least one protrusion; and
a supplemental bracket is positioned on the seed tube, the supplemental bracket defining a protrusion and the furrow device receives the protrusion mounted on the supplemental bracket, with the clamping force created by the clip resisting the furrow device disengaging from the protrusion positioned on the supplemental bracket. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A supporting device for operably connecting a furrow device to a seed tube of a planting unit for planting seeds into a furrow, the supporting device comprising:
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a bracket assembly including a clip that defines an aperture and includes a load member that is a pin positioned in the aperture; the clip engaging the furrow device and the seed tube and applying a clamping load between the furrow device and the seed tube, wherein the clip is at least partially positioned inside the seed tube and is positioned through an aperture formed in the furrow device, with the clip at least partially engaging a top surface of the furrow device, wherein the seed tube defines at least one protrusion extending outwardly therefrom;
the furrow device defines at least one feature that receives at least one protrusion; and
the clamping load created by the clip resists disengagement of the furrow device from the at least one protrusion and the load member applies a load directly or indirectly to the seed tube to create the clamping load between the load member and the clip that is at least partially positioned inside the seed tube wherein the clamping load is created by adjusting the pin within the aperture to force the pin into operable engagement with the seed tube and the pin directly contacts the furrow device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A supporting device for operably connecting a furrow device to a seed tube of a planting unit for planting seeds into a furrow, the supporting device comprising:
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a bracket assembly including a clip that includes a load member; the clip engaging the furrow device and the seed tube and applying a clamping load between the furrow device and the seed tube, wherein the clip is at least partially positioned inside the seed tube and is positioned through an aperture formed in the furrow device, with the clip at least partially engaging a top surface of the furrow device, wherein the seed tube defines at least one protrusion extending outwardly therefrom;
the furrow device defines at least one feature that receives at least one protrusion; and
the clamping load created by the clip resists disengagement of the furrow device from at least one protrusion and the load member applies a load directly or indirectly to the seed tube to create the clamping load between the load member and the clip that is at least partially positioned inside the seed tube, wherein;a supplemental bracket is positioned on the seed tube, the supplemental bracket defining a protrusion;
the furrow device receives the protrusion mounted on the supplemental bracket; and
the clamping force created by the clip resists the furrow device disengaging from the protrusion positioned on the supplemental bracket. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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