Forming bar with liquid distribution passageway
AssigneeSchaffert Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorPaul E. Schaffert
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Abstract
A device for attaching to a shank of a planting unit. The device may include liquid delivery tubing for delivery fertilizer to a planting furrow and a forming bar configured for securing to the shank. The forming bar may include a passageway extending therethrough for receiving and passing through fertilizer or other liquid that is delivered to the liquid delivery tubing. The forming bar may include a shank connecting portion, a rib portion, and a foot portion. The rib and foot portions may define the passageway. Further, the foot portion may protect the tubing. A method for using the device to deliver fertilizer to a seed furrow is also described.
Claims19
A device for attaching to a shank of a planting unit for use with a planting unit including a liquid delivery tubing for delivering fertilizer to a planting furrow, the device comprising a forming bar configured for securing to the shank, the forming bar including a rib portion, a foot portion, and a passageway arranged between the rib portion and the foot portion for receiving and passing through the fertilizer.
A method of delivering fertilizer to a seed furrow, comprising:
- moving a planting unit along a path to create the furrow, the planting unit including furrowing discs to create the furrow with a forming bar positioned therebetween and a liquid delivery tubing extending from a source of liquid to the forming bar, the forming bar including a rib portion, a foot portion and a passageway arranged between the rib portion and the foot portion;
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- delivering liquid from the liquid source through the liquid delivery tubing and through the passageway of the forming bar to the furrow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.