Dual tungsten carbide boot
AssigneesKennametal Inc., Flexi-Coil Ltd.
InventorsDon C. Rowlett, Gerry S. Swab, James W. Henry, Dave Wiebe
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AssigneesKennametal Inc., Flexi-Coil Ltd.
InventorsDon C. Rowlett, Gerry S. Swab, James W. Henry, Dave Wiebe
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A planting tool for depositing seed and/or fertilizer within a furrow including a soil opener and a seed boot attached to the soil opener. The seed boot includes a synclinal shape housing and at least one furrow forming wing that protrudes below the body of the seed boot. Each wing of the seed boot has at least one wear resistant leading insert positioned in front of and in juxtaposition to at least one wear resistant trailing insert that are each secured to at least a portion of the lower forward surface of the wing and that are each in juxtaposition to a portion of a furrow forming edge of the wing. The wear resistant leading insert and the wear resistant trailing insert have cobalt concentrations of from about 15 to 22 weight percent, and from about 8 to 14 weight percent, respectively.
A seed boot for depositing a seed within a furrow comprising:
A modular seed planting system comprising an elongated tool bar supported for movement by a plurality of wheels and which is adapted to be towed in a given forward direction by a power, attached to the tool bar are a plurality of planting tools mounted along the length of the tool bar, each planting tool including a soil opener having a furrowing tip and a seed boot removably attached to a rear portion of said soil opener wherein said seed boot comprises a synclinal shape housing extending to a forward point, at least one furrow forming wing having opposing outer and inner side surfaces that converge and extending rearwardly and downwardly from opposing side edges of a forward lower surface of said wing wherein one of said side edges of said forward lower surface of said wing is a furrow forming edge;
A wear resistant leading insert of a seed boot comprising:
A wear resistant trailing insert of a seed boot comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.