Depth control system
AssigneePenta Tmr Inc.
InventorJohn BAKER
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Abstract
A depth control system for a frame mounted to a movement system, wherein the frame is mounted such that the frame can be raised and lowered in relation to the movement system by a depth adjustment system, the depth control system comprising: a depth control support attached to the depth adjustment system and configured to move with the frame during depth adjustment; a depth control arm extending from the depth control support towards a first end of the frame; a frame guide incorporated to the first end of the frame designed to receive the depth control arm; and a locking mechanism adapted to receive and lock the depth control arm in relation to the frame guide such that the depth control support prevents the frame from moving in at least one direction.
Claims17
A depth control system for a frame mounted to a movement system, wherein the frame is mounted such that the frame can be raised and lowered in relation to the movement system by a depth adjustment system, the depth control system comprising:
- a depth control support connected to the depth adjustment system and configured to move with the frame during depth adjustment;
- a depth control arm extending from the depth control support towards an end of the frame,
- a frame guide incorporated to the end of the frame designed to receive the depth control arm;
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- a locking mechanism adapted to receive and lock the depth control arm in relation to the frame guide such that the depth control support prevents the frame from moving in at least one direction.
A depth control system for a frame mounted to a wheel frame via a height adjustment mechanism such that the frame may be lowered in relation to the wheel frame, the depth control system comprising:
- a depth control support and a frame support wherein the depth control support and the frame support are configured to move during depth adjustment;
- a depth control arm extending from the depth control support towards a first end of the frame, the depth control arm comprising a plurality of positioning holes on an end;
- a support arm extending from the frame support towards the first end of the frame;
- a frame guide incorporated to the first end of the frame designed to receive the depth control arm and the support arm;
- a sleeve designed to abut against the frame guide, the sleeve comprising at least one hole that matches the plurality of positioning holes within the depth control arm;
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- a pin designed to fit the at least one positioning of the sleeve and the plurality of positioning holes in the depth control arm such that the depth control support prevents the frame from moving in at least one direction.
Farm equipment comprising:
- a movement system;
- a center frame;
- a depth adjustment system mounted between the center frame and the movement system such that the center frame can be raised or lowered in relation to the movement system
- a depth control system comprising:
- a depth control support attached to the depth adjustment system and configured to move with the frame during depth adjustment;
- a depth control arm extending from the depth control support towards a first end of the frame;
- a frame guide incorporated to the first end of the frame designed to receive the depth control arm;
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- a locking mechanism adapted to receive and lock the depth control arm in relation to the frame guide such that the depth control support prevents the center frame from moving in at least one direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.