Method and apparatus for improving air seeder boot
AssigneeLakeview Hutterian Brethren
InventorsDanny Wipf, Joseph Hofer
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Abstract
In an air seeder assembly having a base mount member with a at least one base ear with a base bore, and a seed boot with at least one boot ear with a boot bore, a fastening assembly mounting the seed boot to the base mount member is disclosed. The fastening assembly comprises a fastener structure fastening the seed boot to the base mount member by extending through the base bore and the boot bore. The fastening assembly includes a fastener interface device inserted into at least one of the bores. The interface device comprises a substantially tubular insertion portion inserted into the at least one bore and a flange portion connected to the insertion portion, and extends radially outwardly from the insertion portion.
Claims19
A method of reducing wear on an air seeder assembly, comprising:
- providing the air seeder assembly having a base mount member with a body and a pair of base ears extending from the body and each having a base bore, and a seed boot with a conduit portion and a pair of boot ears extending from the conduit portion and each having a boot bore;
- providing a fastener interface device comprising a substantially tubular insertion portion and a flange portion connected to the tubular insertion portion and extending radially outwardly from the tubular insertion portion;
- increasing a diameter of at least one of the boot bores;
- inserting the fastener interface device in at least one of the boot bores by inserting the tubular insertion portion of the fastener interface device into the at least one boot bore;
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- extending a fastener structure through the fastener interface device to secure the seed boot to the base mount member.
A method of reducing wear on an air seeder assembly, comprising:
- providing the air seeder assembly having a base mount member with a body and a pair of base ears extending from the body and each having a base bore, and a seed boot with a conduit portion and a pair of boot ears extending from the conduit portion and each having a boot bore;
- providing a fastener interface device comprising a substantially tubular insertion portion and a flange portion connected to the tubular insertion portion and extending radially outwardly from the tubular insertion portion;
- removing a fastener structure from the base and boot bores;
- inserting the fastener interface device in at least one of the boot bores by inserting the tubular insertion portion of the fastener interface device into the at least one boot bore;
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- extending the fastener structure through the fastener interface device to secure the seed boot to the base mount member.
A method of reducing wear on an air seeder assembly, comprising:
- providing the air seeder assembly having a base mount member with a body and a pair of base ears extending from the body and each having a base bore, and a seed boot with a conduit portion and a pair of boot ears extending from the conduit portion and each having a boot bore;
- removing a fastener structure from the base and boot bores;
- enlarging a width of at least one of the base bores and boot bores;
- mounting a fastener interface device by positioning a tubular insertion portion of the fastener interface device in the enlarged one of the at least one of the base bores and boot bores such that a flange portion of the fastener interface device is positioned between one of the boot ears and one of the base ears;
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- extending the fastener structure through the fastener interface device to secure the seed boot to the base mount member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.