Soil Opener
AssigneeCNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
InventorsRussell J. Memory, Martin J. Roberge, Jim W. Henry
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Abstract
A soil opener has a frog mount adapted to be coupled to a shank or other mounting member of a farm implement. A spreader is removably coupled to the frog mount and includes forward and rearward product delivery channels that are intended to be flow-coupled to product delivery tubes or hoses of the farm implement. A tip is removably coupled to the spreader. The leading edges of the frog mount, the spreader, and the tip, as well as the geometry between these components are such that draft is minimized even when the soil opener is pulled through the soil at higher speeds, e.g., excess of 5 mph. The soil opener may be equipped with an optional soil gathering module.
Claims1
A soil opener comprising:
- a mount configured to be coupled to a shank of the agricultural implement, the mount having a leading edge for separating the soil as the soil opener is pulled through the soil;
- a spreader coupled to the mount and configured to deflect product delivered to the spreader outward and rearward into the soil, wherein a first interface angle is defined between a leading edge of the mount and the leading edge of the spreader, and wherein the first interface angle is greater than 10 degrees but less than 20 degrees;
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- a tip coupled to the mount and configured to cut a furrow into the soil, and wherein a second interface angle is defined between a leading edge of the tip and the leading edge of the spreader, and wherein the second interface angle is greater than 25 degrees but less than 30 degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.