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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1986
Glenn D Head, Jr, Des Moines, IA (US);
Jeffrey J Postal, Ankeny, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
Press wheel gangs are pivotally connected to an implement frame by an upright pivot bracket which permits each gang to rock about both a fore-and-aft extending axis and an axis transverse to the forward direction. A pivot at the lower end of the bracket and above the forward central portion of the gang permits the gang to rock about the fore-and-aft axis to move over small obstacles and uneven terrain. The entire gang can rock upwardly about the transverse axis over larger obstacles or extremely rough terrain to eliminate extreme stressing of the gang press wheels and to assure uniform soil-firming characteristics. A compression spring assembly connected between the frame and the upper end of the bracket yieldingly biases the gang into soil-firming relationship with the ground.