Trash deflector
AssigneeSchaffert Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorsPaul E. Schaffert, Doug Shadley
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Abstract
An attachment assembly for the disc of a mobile agricultural device, including a washer configured to attach to a disc of the mobile agricultural device. The washer may be attached to a center location of the disc. The washer is operatively connected to a deflector bar. The deflector bar substantially prevents debris from accumulating between the disc and a fertilizer assembly attached to the disc, as the disc rotates. The deflector bar in other embodiments, may be directly connected to a fertilizer assembly, rather than to the washer.
Claims19
A deflector for use with a mobile agricultural tool, comprising:
- a disc attachment bar configured to attach to a disc of the mobile agricultural tool;
- a deflector bar operatively attached to the disc attachment bar;
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- a fertilizer bar operatively attached to the disc attachment bar, wherein at a first location the fertilizer bar and the deflector bar are spaced from each other at a predetermined distance.
A disc attachment for an agricultural planter comprising a retainer configured to attach to a disc of an agricultural planter;
- a deflector bar operatively attached to a bottom portion of the retainer, the deflector bar is angled upwards, such that when the retainer is attached to the disc, the deflector bar is substantially angled towards a top portion of the disc.
An agricultural planter comprising
- a hitch bar configured to attach to a tractor, the hitch bar comprises
- at least one wheel for supporting the hitch as is it is pulled by the tractor, the at least one wheel is located at a bottom portion of the hitch bar;
- at least one disc for creating a furrow, wherein the disc is located at a bottom portion of the hitch bar adjacent to the at least one wheel;
- at least one trash deflector assembly operatively connected to the at least one disc, wherein there is a trash deflector assembly for each at least one disc and the at least one trash deflector assembly is configured to substantially prevent debris from traveling along a complete rotation of the at least one disc.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.