Double-shoot knife attachment
OwnerJoel John Octave Gervais, Guillaume Cloutier Boily +1inventors
InventorsJoel John Octave Gervais, Guillaume Cloutier Boily, Martin J. Roberge
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Abstract
A disc-opener implement for use with an agricultural implement includes a disc configured to form a trench in a surface of a field and a scraper adjacent to the disc. The disc-opener implement also includes a knife that is configured to form a furrow next to or into a sidewall of the trench, wherein the knife comprises a leading edge, and a portion of the leading edge is aligned with a trailing edge of the scraper along a lateral axis of the disc-opener implement.
Claims20
A disc-opener implement for use with an agricultural implement, comprising:
- a disc configured to form a trench in a surface of a field;
- a scraper adjacent to the disc, wherein the scraper comprises a trailing edge;
- and
- a knife configured to form a furrow next to or into a sidewall of the trench, wherein the knife comprises a leading edge, and a portion of the leading edge is aligned with the trailing edge of the scraper along a lateral axis of the disc-opener implement.
A disc-opener implement for use with an agricultural implement, comprising:
- a disc configured to form a trench in a surface of a field;
- a scraper adjacent to the disc, wherein the scraper is configured to deflect soil away from the disc and comprises a trailing edge;
- and
- a knife configured to form a furrow next to or into a sidewall of the trench, wherein the knife includes an overlapping lip structure formed in a leading edge of the knife, and the overlapping lip structure overlaps the scraper along an axial axis of the disc-opener implement and is configured to block lateral movement of the scraper.
An agricultural system, comprising:
- a structural frame;
- a plurality of double-shoot disc-opener implements, each comprising:
- a disc configured to open a trench;
- a scraper positioned adjacent to the disc and comprising a trailing edge;
- and
- a knife configured to open a furrow adjacent to or into a sidewall of the trench, wherein the knife comprises a leading edge having a generally vertically extending portion that overlaps the trailing edge of the scraper along a lateral axis of the disc-opener implement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.