Ground-engaging implement with lateral position adjustment
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorRichard J. Connell
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Abstract
A carrier adjustment assembly for coupling to a frame member of an implement includes a laterally adjustable carrier configured to be coupled to an opener and a first outlet providing at least one nutrient. The assembly further includes a plurality of lateral spacers positioned adjacent to the carrier to laterally adjust the carrier and provide a plurality of adjustment positions. The carrier adjustment assembly facilitates lateral adjustment of the carrier by removal of at least one captively held lateral spacer that sets the lateral adjustment of the carrier, a lateral adjustment of the first outlet, and an adjustment of a lateral separation between a seed row provided by a second outlet and a nutrient row provided by the first outlet.
Claims20
An implement system having a lateral axis extending perpendicular to an implement longitudinal axis, the implement system comprising:
- a first outlet configured to provide at least one nutrient;
- a second outlet configured to provide seed, wherein the first outlet and the second outlet are laterally separated during simultaneous provision of seed and nutrients;
- an opener configured to open soil;
- a frame member configured to support the opener and the first outlet;
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- a laterally adjustable carrier coupled to the opener and the first outlet and having a plurality of adjustment positions such that lateral adjustment of the carrier parallel to the lateral axis results in a lateral adjustment of the first outlet parallel to the lateral axis and an adjustment of a lateral separation parallel to the lateral axis between a seed row provided by the second outlet and a nutrient row provided by the first outlet.
A carrier adjustment assembly for coupling to a frame of an implement, the assembly comprising:
- a laterally adjustable carrier configured to be coupled to an opener and a first outlet providing at least one nutrient and having a plurality of adjustment positions such that lateral adjustment of the carrier parallel to a lateral axis results in a lateral adjustment of the first outlet parallel to the lateral axis and an adjustment of a lateral separation parallel to the lateral axis between a seed row provided by a second outlet and a nutrient row provided by the first outlet;
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- a plurality of lateral spacers positioned adjacent to the carrier to laterally adjust the carrier and provide the plurality of adjustment positions, the carrier adjustment assembly facilitating lateral adjustment of the carrier by removal of at least one captively held lateral spacer that sets the lateral adjustment of the carrier, the lateral adjustment of the first outlet, and the adjustment of the lateral separation between the seed row provided by the second outlet and the nutrient row provided by the first outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.