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Patent No.:

US 12256662 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2017

Implements and application units having a trench closer for closing of a trench during applications with respect to agricultural plants of agricultural fields

Applicant:

Precision Planting Llc, Tremont, IL (US);

Inventor:

Paul Wildermuth, Tremont, IL (US);

Assignee:

PRECISION PLANTING LLC, Tremont, IL (US);

Attorneys:

AGCO Corporation, IP Legal

MICHAEL MORGAN

JEFFREY ELLSWORTH

MATTHEW HARLOW

NATHAN WHITLOCK

KYLE WOODHOUSE

Primary Examiner:

Alicia Torres

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01B 49/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/06 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/02 (2006.01); A01C 23/04 (2006.01); A01M 7/00 (2006.01); A01M 21/04 (2006.01); B05B 1/16 (2006.01); B05B 1/20 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 23/047 (2013.01); A01B 49/06 (2013.01); A01C 5/064 (2013.01); A01C 5/066 (2013.01); A01C 21/002 (2013.01); A01C 23/006 (2013.01); A01C 23/007 (2013.01); A01C 23/023 (2013.01); A01C 23/025 (2013.01); A01M 7/0014 (2013.01); A01M 7/0042 (2013.01); A01M 7/005 (2013.01); A01M 7/006 (2013.01); A01M 7/0075 (2013.01); A01M 7/0089 (2013.01); A01M 21/043 (2013.01); B05B 1/1636 (2013.01); B05B 1/20 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01C 7/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Implements and application units include a trench closer for closing a trench during applications with respect to agricultural plants of agricultural fields. In one embodiment, a trench closer for a fertilizer applicator includes a bar moved through a field transverse to a direction of travel, a fertilizer applicator connected to the bar for forming a trench in soil. The fertilizer applicator comprises a coulter, a knife, or a coulter and a knife, and a trench closer disposed behind the fertilizer applicator in the direction of travel and connected to the fertilizer applicator or the bar.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Wildermuth, Paul. (2025). Implements and application units having a trench closer for closing of a trench during applications with respect to agricultural plants of agricultural fields (U.S. Patent No. 12256662). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12256662

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