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US 2023/0052891 A1Published application
Gauge wheel scraper for opener disc
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorRogerio L. Kroth
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Abstract
A scraper system for an agricultural machine includes a frame, an opener disc coupled to the frame, a gauge wheel positioned adjacent the opener disc and configured to rotate relative to the frame, and a scraper configured to rotate with the gauge wheel to remove soil or debris from the opener disc. The scraper is ring-shaped, directly coupled to the gauge wheel, and spaced apart from the frame.
Claims20
A scraper system for an agricultural machine comprising:
- a frame;
- an opener disc coupled to the frame;
- a gauge wheel positioned adjacent the opener disc and configured to rotate relative to the frame;
- and
- a scraper configured to rotate with the gauge wheel to remove soil or debris from the opener disc;
- wherein the scraper is spaced apart from the frame.
3 more elements
A scraper for removing soil or debris from an opener disc of an agricultural machine comprising:
- a ring-shaped body including a plurality of teeth defined along a circumference thereof;
- wherein the ring-shaped body further includes a hoop and a lip that is defined on a radially inward side of the hoop, wherein the hoop and the lip cooperate to form the plurality of teeth;
- wherein the hoop includes a radially outward side and a radially inwardly facing surface opposite the radially outward side;
- wherein the lip includes:
- (i) a first surface extending radially outwardly to the radially outward side of the hoop to define tips of the plurality of teeth, and (ii) a second surface that faces opposite the first surface;
- and
- wherein the radially inwardly facing surface of the hoop cooperates with the second surface of the lip to define a cavity in the ring-shaped body.
4 more elements
A method of assembling a scraper system for an agricultural machine comprising:
- coupling a ring-shaped scraper to a gauge wheel of the agricultural machine in an arrangement such that an internally facing side of the ring-shaped scraper contacts an externally facing side of an opening disc of the agricultural machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.