Spring guide
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsMichael G. Kovach, Rick L. Gerber
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Abstract
An agricultural tillage implement includes: a frame member; and a leveling blade assembly. The leveling blade assembly includes: a leveling blade; an arm coupling the frame member with the leveling blade; and a spring assembly including a spring and a spring guide assembly, the spring and the spring guide assembly being coupled with the arm and the frame member, the spring guide assembly including a sleeve which is slidably related to the spring and which is made of an ultra-high-molecular-weight (UHMW) plastic.
Claims18
An agricultural tillage implement, comprising:
- a frame member;
- and
- a leveling blade assembly including:
- a leveling blade;
- an arm operably coupling the frame member with the leveling blade;
- a mounting mechanism connected at least to the arm;
- a bolt operably connected to the arm and having an upper end, a lower end and a free end;
- a spring assembly including a spring and a spring guide assembly, the spring and the spring guide assembly being coupled with the arm and said frame member, the spring guide assembly including a sleeve that slides inside of the spring and which is made of a non-metallic material;
- at least one saddle guide connected to a surface of the mounting mechanism between the mounting mechanism and the arm, the saddle guide being positioned next to the spring;
- wherein the bolt is positioned through the sleeve and through the spring, the sleeve is positioned about the bolt near an upper end thereof, the sleeve extends downward and covers at least an upper one-third of the bolt, wherein at least a portion of the spring is positioned between the sleeve and the saddle guide.
A leveling blade assembly of an agricultural tillage implement including a frame member, the leveling blade assembly comprising:
- a leveling blade;
- an arm configured for coupling the frame member with the leveling blade;
- a bolt operably connected to the arm and including a lower end which has a free end;
- a spring assembly including a spring and a spring guide assembly, the spring and the spring guide assembly being coupled with the arm and being configured for being coupled with the frame member, the spring guide assembly including a sleeve that slides inside of the spring and which is made of a non-metallic material, the sleeve positioned about the bolt near an upper end thereof, the sleeve extending downward and covering at least an upper one-third of the bolt;
- a lower sleeve;
- wherein the bolt is positioned through the sleeve and through the spring, the lower end of the bolt having the lower sleeve positioned thereabout and spaced a distance from the sleeve positioned at an upper end of the bolt, the free end of the bolt and the arm formed to include a space therebetween, a lower end of the arm extending a distance beyond the free end of the bolt.
A leveling blade assembly of an agricultural tillage implement including a frame member, said leveling blade assembly comprising:
- a leveling blade;
- an arm operably coupling the frame member with the leveling blade;
- a mounting mechanism connected at least to the arm;
- a bolt operably connected to said arm and including an upper end and a lower end which has a free end;
- a spring assembly including a spring and a spring guide assembly, the spring and the spring guide assembly coupled with the arm and configured to be coupled with the frame member, the spring guide assembly including a sleeve that slides inside of the spring;
- and
- at least one saddle guide connected to a surface of the mounting mechanism between the mounting mechanism and the arm, the saddle guard positioned next to the spring;
- wherein the bolt is positioned through the sleeve and through the spring, and the sleeve is positioned about the bolt near an upper end thereof, such that the sleeve extends downward and covers at least an upper one-third of the bolt, and at least a portion of the spring is positioned between the sleeve and the saddle guard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.