Double-Shoot, Single Pass Implement
AssigneeCNH Canada, Ltd.
InventorsRobin B. Schilling, Matthew S. Naylor, Dennis W. Chahley
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Abstract
An opener for depositing fertilizer and seed in a single pass, double-shoot manner includes a rotating disc that cuts a furrow in a planting surface, a fertilizer tube that drops fertilizer into the furrow, and a trailing seed tube assembly, having a cutting edge, that cuts a vertically and horizontally offset trench in the furrow to form a seed bed in the planting surface onto which seed is deposited. The seed trench provides a seed bed that is offset from the bottom of the furrow to provide horizontal and vertical stratification of the seed and fertilizer.
Claims6
1-14. (canceled)
A double-shoot, single pass implement for separately depositing fertilizer and seed with horizontal and vertical stratification into a furrow comprising:
- a toolbar configured to be coupled to a towing vehicle which is designed to pull the frame along a planting, surface along a generally longitudinal line of travel;
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- a plurality of openers connected to the toolbar, wherein each opener includes:
- a disc mount;
- a rotatable disc mounted to the disc mount and configured to cut at an angle into the planting surface to form the furrow;
- a fertilizer tube having an outlet for depositing fertilizer into the furrow and mounted to the disc mount generally adjacent the rotatable disc;
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- a seed boot having a knife configured to cut a seed trench into the furrow and a seed tube having an outlet for depositing seed into the seed trench.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.