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US 9,872,426 B2Granted
Plough assembly
AssigneeAusplow Pty. Ltd.
InventorsJohn William Ryan, Richard Alec Woode, Carl Bernard Vance
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Abstract
A digging assembly for a plough. The digging assembly has a digging blade assembly that is moved through the soil to form a slot, and a closing tool assembly that forms a seed bed by partly closing the slot formed by the digging blade assembly. Following the closing tool assembly is a seed boot that delivers seed to the seed bed formed by the closing tool assembly.
Claims13
A digging assembly for a plough that moves in a forward direction to prepare a soil layer to receive fertilizer, the digging assembly including:
- a digging blade to engage the soil layer to form a trough therein;
- and
- a fertilizer boot assembly having:
- a tube for supplying the fertilizer;
- a tubular fertilizer boot through which fertilizer downwardly passes to be delivered to the soil layer, the boot communicating with the tube to receive the fertilizer therefrom;
- a shield forward of the boot to protect the boot as the boot moves through the soil layer, the shield having a rear portion to which the boot is attached;
- and
- a fastener attaching the boot to the rear portion;
- wherein the digging blade is spaced from the shield in said forward direction from said shield to form a trough into which the fertilizer is delivered.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.