Hybrid tillage implement for vertical tillage and aeration of soil with deposit of soil additive
AssigneeCNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
InventorMartin J. Roberge
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Abstract
An agricultural tillage implement has a vertical tillage section and an aerating section behind the vertical tillage section, each extending substantially perpendicular to the pull direction of the implement. Individual vertical tillage elements, such as disc blades, can be indexed with individual rotary tine assemblies of the aerator section so that discrete holes formed by the aerator section are positioned between substantially continuous slits formed by the vertical tillage section. A ground deposit system is provided for depositing a component on the ground and may be configured for conducting and depositing a granular component, such as seeds, fertilizers, minerals or the like, or liquid components, such as liquid manure.
Claims20
An agricultural tillage implement, comprising:
- a frame including a pull hitch extending in a travel direction;
- a vertical tillage section carried by said frame and extending generally laterally with respect to the travel direction;
- an aerating section carried by said frame behind said vertical tillage section in the travel direction, said aerating section extending generally laterally with respect to the travel direction, and the aerating section including individual tines to create discrete holes in ground being tilled;
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- a ground deposit system connected to said frame and including a supply for a component to be deposited in the ground, a distribution network connected to said supply for distributing the component within the tillage implement, and outlets from the distribution network for expelling the component to the ground.
An agricultural tillage implement, comprising:
- a main frame including a pull hitch extending in a travel direction;
- a row of disc blades carried by said frame and extending generally laterally to the travel direction,
- a row of rotary tine assemblies carried by said frame behind the row of disc blades and extending generally laterally to the travel direction;
- the row of rotary tine assemblies including individual tines to create discrete holes in the ground being tilled;
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- a ground deposit system connected to said frame and including a supply for a component to be deposited in the ground, a distribution network connected to said supply for distributing the component within the tillage implement, and outlets from the distribution network for expelling the component to the ground behind the row of rotary tine assemblies.
An agricultural tillage implement, comprising:
- a main frame including a pull hitch extending in a travel direction;
- a row of disc blades carried by the main frame in a disc blade left row and a disc blade right row extending generally laterally to the travel direction and substantially symmetric about a centerline of the implement;
- a row of rotary tine assemblies carried by the main frame in a tine assembly left row behind the disc blade left row and a tine assembly right row behind the disc blade right row, said tine assembly left row and said tine assembly right row extending generally laterally to the travel direction and substantially symmetric about the centerline of the implement;
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- a ground deposit system connected to said frame and including a supply for a component to be deposited on the ground, a distribution network connected to said supply for distributing the component within the tillage implement, and outlets from the distribution network for expelling the component to the ground behind the rotary tine assemblies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.