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US 2021/0329827 A1Published application
Trench closing assembly
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorIan Radtke
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Abstract
A trench closing assembly having an actuator for applying a force to the trench closing assembly in which the force is divided between closing wheels and a press wheel disposed rearward of the closing wheels.
Claims7
A row closer wheel assembly for mounting to a row closer assembly of a row planter, the row closer wheel assembly comprising:
- a row closer wheel mount assembly having a first portion adapted to be mounted to a row closer assembly and a second portion adapted for mounting one or more row closer wheels;
- a first row closing wheel being substantially circular with a center, a front, a back, an inner circumference, and an outer circumference and comprising:
- a center hub base being a minor diameter on a first plane and defined by the inner circumference, the center hub base having a circular center hub opening at the center for mounting the first row closing wheel to the row closer wheel mount assembly;
- a sloped body portion being a portion of a major diameter of the first row closing wheel between the inner circumference and the outer circumference, the outer circumference being at a second plane offset from the inner circumference and the first plane relative to the front of the first row closing wheel, the sloped body portion being at a slope angle relative to the first plane;
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- a first set of teeth arranged about the outer circumference of the first row closing wheel.
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A row closing wheel for mounting to a row closing assembly for use in operation of a row planter and adapted to close a planting row, the row closing wheel comprising:
- a center, a front, a back, an inner circumference, and an outer circumference;
- a center hub base being a minor diameter on a first plane and defined by the inner circumference, the center hub base having a circular center hub opening at the center for mounting the row closing wheel to a row closer wheel mount assembly;
- a sloped body portion being a portion of a major diameter of the row closing wheel between the inner circumference and the outer circumference, the outer circumference being at a second plane offset from the inner circumference and the first plane relative to the front of the row closing wheel, the sloped body portion being at a slope angle relative to the first plane;
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- a first set of teeth arranged about the outer circumference of the first row closing wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.