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US 2017/0318736 A1Published application
Double-shoot disc drill using two distinct staggered row units
AssigneeCNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
InventorsMartin J. Roberge, Joel John Octave Gervais, Guillaume Cloutier Boily
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Abstract
This application relates to disc drill agricultural implements configured to form product rows in a planting surface of a field. The disc drill may include two different sections of row units, the first section containing single-shoot row units and the second section containing double-shoot row units. The configuration may be used to produce three sets of product rows which may be used placement of seeds, fertilizer and/or other agricultural products.
Claims20
An agricultural implement, comprising:
- a first section of row units;
- and
- a second section of row units;
- wherein at least one row unit of the first section is configured to deposit a first agricultural product into soil along a first row, at least one row unit of the second section is configured to deposit a second agricultural product into the soil along a second row and a third agricultural product into the soil along a third row, the at least one row unit of the first section and the at least one row unit of the second section are positioned to laterally offset the first row from the second row and the third row, the at least one row unit of the second section is configured to laterally offset the second row from the third row, and one of the first agricultural product, the second agricultural product, and the third agricultural product comprises fertilizer.
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A disc-drill implement, comprising:
- a structural frame;
- a front section of disc opener row units coupled to the structural frame;
- and
- a rear section of row units coupled to the structural frame and positioned rearward of the front section relative to a direction of travel of the disc drill implement;
- wherein the rear section of row units comprises at least one double-shoot row unit, and each row unit of the rear section is positioned at a lateral offset distance from each row unit of the front section.
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An agricultural implement, comprising:
- a section of single-shoot row units configured to deposit a first seed product along a first set of seed rows;
- a section of double-shoot row units configured to deposit a second seed product along a second set of seed rows and a fertilizer product along a set of fertilizer rows;
- and
- a frame configured to support the row of single-shoot row units and the row of double-shoot row units;
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- at least one side frame section configured to support the row of single-shoot row units and the row of double-shoot row units;
- wherein at least one row unit of the row of double-shoot row units is positioned at a lateral offset distance from each row unit of the row of single-shoot row units.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.