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US 9,788,473 B2Granted
Planting assembly and machine
AssigneeThe Gusset Pty Ltd.
InventorsNoel Tobin, Joseph Moynihan
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Abstract
A planting machine for forming a trench for planting seeds and/or fertilizer in a ground surface, including a frame that supports a planting assembly having a cutting tool and a gauge that sets the height of the cutting tool so as to determine a depth of the trench formed by the tool, wherein the assembly includes a linkage coupled between the frame to the gauge and an actuator to allow for remote adjustment of the linkage, in order to vary a planting depth of the trench.
Claims10
A planting machine for forming a trench for planting seeds and/or fertilizer in a ground surface, comprising:
- a frame that supports a planting assembly having a cutting tool and a gauge that sets the height of the cutting tool so as to determine a depth of the trench formed by the tool,
- wherein the planting assembly includes a linkage coupled between the frame and the gauge and an actuator to allow for remote adjustment of the linkage, in order to vary a planting depth of the trench,
- wherein the gauge and the cutting tool are mounted to the frame with a parallelogram coupling and the linkage is mounted directly to the parallelogram coupling and adapted to raise and lower the gauge relative to the parallelogram coupling,
- wherein the machine includes a plurality of planting assemblies, each with a respective tool, gauge, linkage and actuator, wherein various ones of the actuators are mechanically linked to operate in unison, and
- wherein the planting assemblies are arranged in a series of ranks, positioned one behind the other, the ranks being mechanically connected with fore and aft extending links, pivotally connected to each of the respective actuators.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.