Plough assembly
AssigneeAusplow Pty. Ltd.
InventorJohn William Ryan
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Abstract
A plough assembly (10) to be fixed to a plough frame including a transverse beam (11). The assembly (10) includes a plough shank (13) with a leading surface (14) that is generally upwardly oriented. The lower end of the shank (13) is provided with a digging adapter (24) to which there is attached a digging blade (28). Located behind the adapter (24) is a fertiliser delivery tube (33), while behind the tube (33) is a seed delivery tube (42). A seed bed is formed by a tool (43) that is in front of the tube (42), while behind the tube (42) is a press wheel (39).
Claims20
A plough assembly to be mounted on a beam to be moved in a longitudinal forward direction over a soil layer, having a soil surface, to be worked by the assembly, said assembly including:
- a digging shank to extend downwardly into the soil layer;
- a digging point having a lower most extremity and to be fixed to a lower portion of the shank, the point having a leading face transverse of said direction and inclined to said direction by 20 to 40° so as to be downwardly inclined in said direction, and having a transverse width of 40 to 60 mm at said leading face;
- a seed bed forming tool supported so as to be behind said point, and to be located to form a seed bed at a location higher than said lower most extremity;
- a seed delivery tube to deliver a seed to the bed formed by said tool;
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- a press member to engage soil behind said tube to aid in ensuring seed delivered to said bed is covered by soil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.