Minimum tillage implement
AssigneeSchlagel Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorRonald L. Schlagel
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Abstract
A tillage implement for preparing seed beds for planting seeds for row crops. The implement includes deep tillage units for loosening soil behind the wheels of a tractor, additional deep tillage units for loosening soil in the areas where seed beds are located, seed bed shaping units, and ribbed wheels for providing guide tracks in the soil for use in aligning a planter with the seed beds.
Claims8
A tillage implement for towing across a field behind a tractor for preparing a plurality of spaced-apart, parallel seed beds for planting seeds for row crops, wherein said tractor includes a plurality of drive wheels and a three-point hitch;
- wherein said tillage implement comprises:
- (a) frame means including attachment brackets for connecting said implement to said three-point hitch on said tractor;
- (b) a first deep tillage unit carried by said frame means behind each said drive wheel of said tractor;
- (c) a second deep tillage unit carried by said frame means and corresponding to each seed bed;
- (d) seed bed shaping means behind each said second deep tillage unit;
- (e) ribbed wheels carried by said frame means rearwardly of said first deep tillage unit for providing guide tracks in the soil for use in aligning a planter with said seed beds;
- wherein each said wheel includes a single raised rib;
- and
- (f) a plurality of cutting coulters on a transverse shaft forwardly of, and in alignment with, each said second deep tillage unit.
A method for preparing seed beds in a field for planting seeds for row crops, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an implement to be towed across said field by a tractor having drive wheels;
- further providing said implement with a three-point hitch for attaching said implement to said tractor;
- further providing said implement with a plurality of cutting coulters attached to a transverse shaft carried by said implement;
- (b) providing a first deep tillage unit on said implement behind each said drive wheel;
- (c) providing a second deep tillage unit on said implement corresponding to each said seed bed;
- (d) providing seed bed shaping means behind each said second deep tillage unit;
- (a) providing ribbed wheels on said implement rearwardly of said first deep tillage unit for providing guide tracks in the soil for use in aligning a planter with said seed beds;
- wherein each said wheel includes a single raised rib.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.