Adjustable furrow closing assembly

An adjustable furrow closing assembly for closing a seed furrow in soil comprising:

• a housing that is configured to be coupled to a planting unit, the housing including an adjustable carrier;
• first and second closing wheels adapted to be coupled to the adjustable carrier, the closing wheels adapted to engage with the soil to close the seed furrow, the closing wheels are oriented at an angle with respect to each other;
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• an adjustment rod that is coupled to the adjustable carrier such that rotation of adjustment rod in a first direction causes movement of the adjustable carrier in a first direction to increase the angle of the closing wheels and rotation of the adjustment rod in a second direction causes movement of the adjustable carrier in a second direction to decrease the angle of the closing wheels.

An adjustable furrow closing assembly for closing a seed furrow in soil comprising:

• a housing that is configured to be coupled to a planting unit, the housing including an adjustable carrier;
• first and second closing wheels configured to be coupled to the adjustable carrier, the closing wheels adapted to engage with the soil to close the seed furrow;
• a downforce control lever that extends into the housing and is coupled to the adjustable carrier;
• a gate member coupled to the housing and including a plurality of slots, the downforce control lever configured to be moved from one slot to a next slot of the gate to either increase or decrease downforce that is applied to the closing wheels;
• slots formed in the gate to allow the gate position to be adjusted with respect to the housing to calibrate downforce on the closing wheels;
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• an adjustment rod that is coupled to the adjustable carrier such that rotation of adjustment rod in a first direction causes movement of the adjustable carrier in a first direction to increase the angle of the closing wheels and rotation of the adjustment rod in a second direction causes movement of the adjustable carrier in a second direction to decrease the angle of the closing wheels.

An adjustable furrow closing assembly for closing a seed furrow in soil comprising:

• a housing that is configured to be coupled to a planting unit, the housing including a carrier;
• first and second closing wheels configured to be coupled to the carrier, the closing wheels adapted to engage with the soil to close the seed furrow;
• a downforce control lever that extends into the housing and is coupled to the carrier;
• a gate member coupled to the housing and including a plurality of slots, the downforce control lever configured to be move from one slot to a next slot of the gate to either increase or decrease downforce that is applied to the closing wheels;
• slots formed in the gate to allow the gate position to be adjusted with respect to the housing to calibrate row-to-row downforce pressure on the closing wheels to match downforce between adjacent adjustable furrow closing assemblies;
• an adjustment rod that is coupled to the adjustable carrier such that rotation of adjustment rod in a first direction causes movement of the adjustable carrier in a first direction to increase the angle of the closing wheels and rotation of the adjustment rod in a second direction causes movement of the adjustable carrier in a second direction to decrease the angle of the closing wheels;
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• a lock pin that is configured to lock adjustment rod in distinct lock positions and to prevent unwanted rotation of adjustment rod.