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Gauge wheel for use with a conventional row planter assembly

Patent Number: 8104543
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Hesla, Ron

A row planter assembly comprising:

- a frame;
- an opening disk rotatably mounted to the frame; and
- a gauge wheel rotatably mounted to the frame and disposed alongside, but spaced from, the opening disk so as to create a narrow gap therebetween;
- wherein the gauge wheel comprises at least one opening in the side wall thereof so as to permit soil to pass from the gap located between the opening disk and the ...

Notched coulter/disc

Patent Number: 8100194
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Bruce, Douglas G.

A coulter or disc having a plurality of directional notches therein is used in one rotational direction for one use and an opposite rotational direction for a different use. The notches are selected from many arcuate shapes and sizes. The notches taper from sharp to dull from one end to the other, but in use one can chose to lead with the dull or the sharp end of the notches. A method of making and using such coulters or discs is described and ...

Adjustable packer wheel seeding system and method

Patent Number: 8100193
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Henry, Jim; Ryder, Nicholas George Alfred

In one embodiment, a seeding implement includes a frame configured to couple to a tool bar, a parallel linkage coupled to the frame, and a ground engaging tool extending from a shank, wherein the shank is coupled to the parallel linkage. The implement also includes a packer wheel configured to control a position of the ground engaging tool, wherein the packer wheel is positioned directly behind the ground engaging tool when the ground engaging tool is engaging a soil region. Further, the ...

Adjustable packer wheel seeding system and method

Patent Number: 8100192
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Henry, Jim; Ryder, Nicholas George Alfred

Excavation system and method

Patent Number: 8096367
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: McGivery, John W.

A system and method of cutting for replacement a replaceable coupon out of a paved surface for keyhole excavation provides a truck with a turret to which a support arm supporting a cutter assembly is mounted, and a stabilizing member remote from the turret, which allows the turret to be rotated while stabilizing the support arm at any desired position about the ...