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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Dean Knobloch, Goodfield, IL (US);
Daryl T. Johnson, Grinnell, IA (US);
Inventors:
Dean Knobloch, Goodfield, IL (US);
Daryl T. Johnson, Grinnell, IA (US);
Assignee:
CNH America LLC, Racine, WI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B049/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An agricultural tillage implement that employs multiple apparatus to carry out a strip-till farming operation is disclosed. A tillage shank runs a point through the compaction layer to fracture and loosen the soil, forcing it upwardly and outwardly where a pair of angled soil-gathering blades, located adjacent the shank, redirect the soil into a newly created berm. A trailing conditioning rotary reel having a particular cross-sectional profile forms the soil into a uniform raised berm ideally suited for planting.