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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
William J. Dietrich, Sr., Goodfield, IL (US);
Dean A. Knobloch, Congerville, IL (US);
William J. Dietrich, Sr., Goodfield, IL (US);
Dean A. Knobloch, Congerville, IL (US);
CNH America LLC, Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A tillage implement includes a hitch adapted for connection to a prime mover. A cultivator section is attached to the hitch. The cultivator section includes a plurality of transversely spaced cultivator members. A tine harrow assembly is connected to the cultivator section in a trailing relationship thereto. The tine harrow assembly includes at least two transversely oriented rows of transversely spaced tines. A first row of tines are adjacent to the cultivator section having the tines arranged such that one of the tines is positioned along a line of travel offset laterally from a line of travel of each the cultivator members to engage soil positioned in a mound to opposing sides of the cultivator members.