Forming bar with liquid distribution passageway
AssigneeSchaffert Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorPaul E. Schaffert
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Abstract
A device for attaching to a shank of a planting unit. The device may include liquid delivery tubing for delivery fertilizer to a planting furrow and a forming bar configured for securing to the shank. The forming bar may include a passageway extending therethrough for receiving and passing through fertilizer or other liquid that is delivered to the liquid delivery tubing. The forming bar may include a shank connecting portion, a rib portion, and a foot portion. The rib and foot portions may define the passageway. Further, the foot portion may protect the tubing. A method for using the device to deliver fertilizer to a seed furrow is also described.
Claims19
A device for attaching to a shank of a planting unit for use with a planting unit including a liquid delivery tubing for delivering fertilizer to a planting furrow, the device comprising a forming bar configured for securing to the shank, the forming bar including a rib portion and a foot portion, wherein the rib portion includes a front edge, rear edge, and bottom edge with the foot portion extending downward from the bottom edge of the rib portion, the foot portion at least partially defining a passageway configured to receive the liquid delivery tubing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.