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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Precision Planting Llc, Tremont, IL (US);
Inventors:
Derek Sauder, Tremont, IL (US);
Jeremy Hodel, Morton, IL (US);
Cory Muhlbauer, Bloomington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01B 49/02 (2006.01); A01B 63/00 (2006.01); A01B 63/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/205 (2013.01); A01B 49/027 (2013.01); A01B 63/008 (2013.01); A01B 63/32 (2013.01); A01C 5/066 (2013.01); A01C 5/068 (2013.01); A01C 7/203 (2013.01);
Abstract
A closing wheel assembly for an agricultural planter row unit. The closing wheel assembly includes a pivot arm having a forward end pivotally mounted to a frame of the planter row unit. A first closing wheel is rotatably supported by the pivot arm about a first axis of rotation. A second closing wheel is rotatably supported by the pivot arm about a second axis of rotation. An actuator applies a force on the pivot arm rearward of the first and second axes of rotation to modify a force between the closing wheels and the soil surface.