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US 9,788,477 B2Granted
Mounting system for row unit options for a planter
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsTravis L. Harnetiaux, Johnathon R. Dienst
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Abstract
An agricultural implement including a tool bar and a row unit coupled to the tool bar. The row unit includes a frame member and at least one clamping device coupled to the frame member. Each clamping device has a first member having first interior features and a second member having second interior features, with the first interior features being substantially a mirror image of the second interior features.
Claims10
An agricultural implement, comprising:
- a tool bar;
- and
- a row unit coupled to said tool bar, said row unit including:
- a frame member;
- and
- at least one clamping device coupled to the frame member, wherein said clamping device is configured to secure at least one attachment to the row unit without going through a part of said at least one attachment, each said clamping device having:
- a first member having first interior features defining a first partial cavity;
- and
- a second member having second interior features defining a second partial cavity that face said first interior features of said first member,
- wherein first and second partial cavities together define a cylindrical cavity having a first interior diameter configured to receive an attachment support of said at least one attachment,
- wherein said first partial cavity and said second partial cavity each have a bottom surface extending inward from interior sides of said first and second partial cavities, wherein said bottom surface of said first and second partial cavities is configured to support a bottom surface of said attachment support when said attachment support is inserted within said cylindrical cavity, and wherein said bottom surface of said first and second partial cavities extend partially inward from said interior sides such that the bottom surface of each of said first and second partial cavities together define a hole at a bottom of said cylindrical cavity that has a diameter less than said diameter of said cylindrical cavity.
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A row unit for coupling to a tool bar of an agricultural implement, the row unit comprising:
- a frame member;
- and
- at least one clamping device coupled to the frame member, wherein said clamping device is configured to secure at least one attachment to the row unit without going through a part of said at least one attachment, each said clamping device having:
- a first member having first interior features defining a first partial cavity;
- and
- a second member having second interior features defining a second partial cavity that face said first interior features of said first member,
- wherein first and second partial cavities together define a cylindrical cavity having a first interior diameter configured to receive an attachment support of said at least one attachment,
- wherein said first partial cavity and said second partial cavity each have a bottom surface extending inward from interior sides of said first and second partial cavities, wherein said bottom surface of said first and second partial cavities is configured to support a bottom surface of said attachment support when said attachment support is inserted within said cylindrical cavity, and wherein said bottom surface of said first and second partial cavities extend partially inward from said interior sides such that the bottom surface of each of said first and second partial cavities together define a hole at a bottom of said cylindrical cavity that has a diameter less than said diameter of said cylindrical cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.