Row Cleaner

A row cleaner assembly adapted to mount to an agricultural planter, the row cleaner assembly comprising:

• an upper subframe configured to mount to the agricultural planter forward of and longitudinally aligned with a trench opening assembly on the agricultural planter, the trench opening assembly configured to open a seed trench in a soil surface as the agricultural planter travels in a forward direction of travel;
• a lower subframe rotatably supporting first and second row cleaner wheels, the first and second row cleaner wheels oriented to diverge outwardly and rearwardly such that as the first and second row cleaner wheels rotate about their respective axes of rotation by engaging with the soil surface as the agricultural planter travels in the forward direction of travel;
• an intermediate subframe pivotally connected at a forward end to the upper subframe and pivotally connected at a rearward end to the lower subframe;
• a first linkage and a second linkage, each pivotally connected at a forward end to the upper subframe and each pivotally connected at a rearward end to the lower subframe;
• an actuator system connected with the intermediate subframe;
• wherein actuation of the actuator system causes the intermediate subframe in cooperation with the first and second linkages to rotationally move the lower subframe upward and downward relative to the upper subframe so as to adjust an amount of downforce on the first and second row cleaner wheels.