Manually adjustable packer wheel seeding system and method
AssigneeCNH Canada, Ltd.
InventorJim Henry
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Abstract
An implement includes a frame configured to couple to a tool bar, a linkage coupled to the frame, and a ground engaging tool extending from a shank, wherein the shank is coupled to the linkage. The implement also includes a packer wheel configured to control a position of the ground engaging tool, wherein the packer wheel is positioned behind the ground engaging tool when the ground engaging tool is engaging the soil. Further, the implement includes an adjustment mechanism configured to allow for adjustment of the distance between the packer wheel and the ground engaging tool.
Claims20
A seeding implement, comprising:
- a frame configured to couple to a tool bar;
- a linkage coupled to the frame;
- a ground engaging tool extending from a shank, wherein the shank is coupled to the linkage and configured to be automatically displaced upon encountering an obstruction;
- a packer wheel configured to control a position of the ground engaging tool, wherein the packer wheel is positioned behind the ground engaging tool when the ground engaging tool is engaging soil;
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- an adjustment mechanism configured to permit manual adjustment of a distance between the packer wheel and the ground engaging tool.
A method for seeding, comprising:
- opening a valley in a field with a ground engaging tool, the ground engaging tool being configured to be automatically displaced upon encountering an obstruction;
- controlling the depth of a valley opened by the ground engaging tool by a packer wheel behind the ground engaging tool;
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- packing soil via the packer wheel, wherein the packer wheel is positioned a manually adjustable distance behind the ground engaging tool.
A seeding implement, comprising:
- a frame configured to couple to a tool bar;
- a linkage coupled to the frame;
- a ground engaging tool extending from a shank, wherein the shank is coupled to the linkage, the ground engaging tool being mounted on a movable mechanism that allows the ground engaging tool to more rearwardly and upwardly upon encountering an obstruction;
- a packer wheel configured to control a position of the ground engaging tool, wherein the packer wheel is positioned behind the ground engaging tool when the ground engaging tool is engaging soil;
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- an adjustment mechanism configured to permit manual adjustment of a distance between the packer wheel and the ground engaging tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.