Quick-change system for a sweep
AssigneeNATT Tools Group, Inc.
InventorDonald Joseph Sanderson
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Abstract
Quick-change system for a sweep comprising a sweep with a neck and a removable wedge, wherein the neck serves to couple the sweep to a cultivator shank and comprises an inner surface with at least one lug that fits in at least one hole of the cultivator shank, and side flaps configured to clasp the cultivator shank, the removable wedge being inserted between the side flaps and the cultivator shank and holding the cultivator shank against the inner surface of the neck, so that the combination of the lug fitted in the hole of the cultivator shank and the removable wedge inserted in the neck makes it possible to retain and fasten the sweep to the cultivator shank.
Claims17
A quick-change system for a sweep comprising:
- a cultivator shank,
- a sweep comprising a neck, the neck being configured for coupling the sweep to the cultivator shank, and
- a removable wedge,
- wherein the neck comprises at least one lug, attached to an inner surface of the neck, to be fitted into at least one hole of the cultivator shank,
- wherein the neck defines a transverse “C”-shaped profile that includes a pair of side flaps which guide the cultivator shank through the neck, and comprise bent portions at each end configured to clasp said removable wedge as it is inserted through an upper part of the neck, and
- wherein the removable wedge is configured to slide between the pair of side flaps along the cultivator shank in a longitudinal direction of the cultivator shank against the inner surface of the neck, as the at least one lug of the sweep is pressed into the cultivator shank and secures the position of the cultivator shank inside the sweep,
- such that the fitting of the at least one lug of the sweep in the at least one hole of the cultivator shank together with the removable wedge inserted in the neck retain and fasten the sweep to the cultivator shank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.