Agricultural implement
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsDaniel Hertzog, Bengt Per-Inge Linderson, Per Dennis Wallin, Carl Ola Fredrik Nilsson, Robert Svensson, Rickard Karl Gustav Nåhdin
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a plough implement comprising a main frame supporting a plurality of first ground engaging tools, wherein the plough implement comprises a depth adjustment apparatus for moving a first ground engaging tool of the plurality of first ground engaging tools with respect to the main frame to enable adjustment of a working depth of the first ground engaging tool.
Claims16
A plough implement comprising a main frame and a plurality of first ground engaging tools, wherein the plough implement is a reversible plough, the main frame supports the plurality of first ground engaging tools, and the plough implement comprises a depth adjustment apparatus configured to move at least a first ground engaging tool of the plurality of first ground engaging tools with respect to the main frame to enable adjustment of a working depth of the first ground engaging tool;
- wherein the depth adjustment apparatus comprises a four-link parallelogram linkage connecting the main frame to the first ground engaging tool, the four-link parallelogram linkage comprises a first pivotable link, a second pivotable link, and a coupler link, the first ground engaging tool is coupled to the coupler link, the first pivotable link is pivotally coupled to the main frame via a first pivot and to the coupler link via a second pivot, the second pivotable link is pivotally coupled to the main frame via a third pivot and to the coupler link via a fourth pivot, and the first pivot and the third pivot are offset from one another along a longitudinal axis of the main frame;
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- wherein a first length of the first pivotable link is equal to a second length of the second pivotable link, and a first distance between the first pivot and the third pivot is equal to a second distance between the second pivot and the fourth pivot to enable the depth adjustment apparatus to maintain an orientation of the first ground engaging tool with respect to a ground surface while moving the first ground engaging tool relative to the main frame.
A plough implement comprising a main frame and a plurality of ground engaging tools, wherein the main frame supports the plurality of ground engaging tools, and the plough implement comprises a depth adjustment apparatus configured to move a first ground engaging tool of the plurality of ground engaging tools with respect to the main frame to enable adjustment of a working depth of the first ground engaging tool;
- wherein the depth adjustment apparatus comprises a pivotable link, a first actuator and a second actuator, the pivotable link is pivotally coupled to the main frame via a first pivot and to the first ground engaging tool via a second pivot, the first actuator is configured to drive the pivotable link to rotate to adjust the working depth of the first ground engaging tool, and the second actuator is configured to drive the first ground engaging tool to rotate relative to the pivotable link to adjust an orientation of the first ground engaging tool relative to a ground surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.