Adjustable press wheel scraper

An agricultural planter row unit, comprising:

• a furrow closing arrangement located rearward of furrow opening and seed depositing arrangements for moving soil into a furrow to cover the deposited seeds including a pair of closing discs;
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• a soil compacting assembly located rearward of the furrow closing arrangement, including:
• a press wheel support arm having one end connected to the row unit and positioned above the closing discs and a rearward end extending toward the rear of the row unit;
• a press wheel having an axle fixed to the rearward end of the press wheel support arm and determining the press wheel axis of rotation, the press wheel having a convex surface across a width of an outer periphery of the press wheel, the press wheel positioned behind and next to the pair of closing discs;
• an elongated scraper arm pivotably fastened near one fastened end thereof for rotation about the press wheel axis of rotation, each of the elongated scraper arms including a plurality of apertures positioned at the fastened end and near a separate opening through which the axle is positioned, the elongated scraper arms each including an elongate body extending between the fastened end and an opposite end which is curved to provide the opposite end at an angle relative to the elongate body, the fastened end, the elongate body and the opposite end formed in a flat planar alignment;
• a scraper blade bracket pivotably fastened near an opposite end of the elongated scraper arm for rotation about an axis positioned through the elongated scraper arm and spaced away from and parallel to the press wheel axis of rotation;
• a scraper blade fixed to the scraper blade bracket for removing mud from the outer periphery of the press wheel, wherein the scraper blade includes a concave surface which cooperates with the convex outer surface of the press wheel for removing mud from the press wheel;
• a first fastening mechanism for fixedly securing the elongated scraper arm in one selected unmovable position by positioning the first fixing mechanism through one aperture of the plurality of apertures on each of the elongated scraper arms at a preferred angular orientation relative to the press wheel, such that the fastened end of the elongate scraper arm is positionable upward and downward in an angular orientation relative to the press wheel, wherein changing a selected position of the pair of elongate scraper arms requires removal of the first fastening mechanism from each elongate scraper arm and selection of another aperture of the plurality of apertures and a re-insertion and fastening the first fastening mechanism into the other aperture of each elongate scraper arm;
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• a second fastening mechanism for securing the scraper blade bracket and the scraper blade carried thereon at an adjustable orientation relative to an angle and a distance of the scraper blade from the press wheel.