Shiftable wheels for agricultural implements
AssigneeGreat Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorRanjit Patwardhan
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Abstract
A wheel assembly for an agricultural implement. The agricultural equipment includes a laterally-extending toolbar with one or more agricultural tools extending from the toolbar. The wheel assembly comprises a wheel configured to rotate along a ground surface. The wheel assembly additionally comprises a base bracket configured to be rigidly secured to the toolbar. The wheel assembly further comprises a wheel bracket adjustably engaged with the base bracket. Adjustment of the wheel bracket with respect to the base bracket causes a corresponding lateral shifting of the wheel with respect to the toolbar.
Claims20
A wheel assembly for an agricultural implement, wherein the agricultural equipment includes a laterally-extending toolbar with one or more agricultural tools extending from the toolbar, said wheel assembly comprising:
- a wheel configured to rotate along a ground surface;
- a base bracket configured to be rigidly secured to the toolbar;
- a wheel bracket adjustably engaged with said base bracket, wherein adjustment of said wheel bracket with respect to said base bracket causes a corresponding lateral shifting of said wheel with respect to the toolbar.
A method of transitioning a planter from a twin row configuration to a single row configuration, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing the planter in the twin row configuration, wherein the planter comprises a laterally-extending toolbar with a plurality of pairs of row units positioned along and coupled with the toolbar, wherein the planter additionally comprises one or more wheels for supporting the planter on the ground, wherein in the twin row configuration, each of the row units from the pairs of row units is configured to deposit seed, wherein in the single row configuration, a first of the row units from each of the pairs of row units is configured as a non-operational row unit configured to not deposit seed, and a second of the row units from each of the pairs of row units is configured as an operational row unit configured to deposit seed;
- (b) configuring one of the row units from each of the pairs of row units as a non-operational row unit;
- (c) laterally shifting the toolbar, wherein said laterally shifting of step (c) includes laterally shifting the pairs of row units coupled with said toolbar;
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- (d) before or after said shifting of step (c), laterally shifting the wheels with respect to the toolbar.
An agricultural implement comprising:
- a laterally-extending toolbar;
- one or more tools extending from said toolbar;
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- a wheel assembly comprising—
- a wheel configured to support said toolbar on the ground,
- a base bracket rigidly secured to said toolbar,
- a wheel bracket adjustably engaged with said base bracket, wherein adjustment of said wheel bracket with respect to said base brackets is configured to cause a corresponding lateral shifting of said wheel with respect to said toolbar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.