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Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2016
Applicant:

Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);

Inventors:

Dean A. Knobloch, Tucson, AZ (US);

Tim Blunier, Danvers, IL (US);

Assignee:

CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 63/00 (2006.01); A01B 19/04 (2006.01); A01B 29/04 (2006.01); A01B 49/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 63/002 (2013.01); A01B 19/04 (2013.01); A01B 29/046 (2013.01); A01B 49/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

An agricultural tillage implement and method for adjusting the angle of smoothing tools of a harrow according to a present geographic location are disclosed. The agricultural tillage implement includes a main implement frame and a soil finish system having the harrow support in a trailing position with respect to the main implement frame for smoothing the soil tilled by ground-engaging tillage tools. A control system is configured to actuate a hydraulic system to define the angle of a first set of ground-engaging tillage tools in response to the percentage of plant residue at the present geographic location according to a stored electronic map.


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