Active face packer wheel

A packer wheel for use with agricultural equipment, comprising:

• central hub means defining a rotational axis;
• wheel body means defining peripheral wall means and side wall means extending between said hub means and said peripheral wall means;
• and a plurality of circumferentially equally spaced slot means extending arcuately from said peripheral wall means into said side wall means so as to create a flexible fin means between each pair of adjacent slot means;
• each said slot means being defined by arcuate outer and inner faces, said outer face having a greater radius of curvature than said inner face, said slot means terminating at the innermost end thereof at a transversely extending generally arcuate end face.

A packer wheel for use with agricultural equipment, comprising:

• central hub means defining a rotational axis;
• wheel body means defining peripheral wall means and side wall means extending between said hub means and said peripheral wall means;
• and a plurality of circumferentially equally spaced slot means extending from said peripheral wall means into said side wall means so as to create a flexible fin means between each pair of adjacent slot means;
• each of said slot means being generally L-shaped, with one portion of said slot means lying along a radius of said wheel and the other portion of said slot means being generally normal to the one portion thereof, and each said portion being defined by parallel, generally straight outer and inner faces, said slot means terminating at the innermost end thereof at a transversely extending generally arcuate end face.

A packer wheel for use with agricultural equipment, comprising:

• central hub means defining a rotational axis;
• wheel body means defining peripheral wall means and side wall means extending between said hub means and said peripheral wall means;
• and a plurality of circumferentially equally spaced slot means extending from said peripheral wall means into said side wall means generally along a radius of said wheel so as to create a flexible fin means between each pair of adjacent slot means;
• each of said slot means being defined by generally parallel, generally straight outer and inner faces and terminating at the innermost end thereof at a transversely extending arcuate end face.