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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:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lee F Nikkel, Madrid, NE (US);
Eugene H Schmidt, Madrid, NE (US);
Assignee:
A.I.T. Inc., North Platte, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
111121 ; 111164 ; 111167 ; 172520 ; 172540 ; 172604 ; 403203 ; 403225 ; 403372 ;
Abstract
A fertilizer applying apparatus for agricultural row crops applies fertilizer at a predetermined depth and lateral distance relative to a row line. A castering pair of disks are sized and oriented to part the soil adjacent the row line in a manner which minimizes soil fracturing which distorts the seed bed.