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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2009
Gaylen J. Kromminga, Morton, IL (US);
Timothy R. Blunier, Danvers, IL (US);
Michael C. Hatton, Washington, IL (US);
Scott Faust, Philo, IL (US);
Gaylen J. Kromminga, Morton, IL (US);
Timothy R. Blunier, Danvers, IL (US);
Michael C. Hatton, Washington, IL (US);
Scott Faust, Philo, IL (US);
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, an agricultural implement includes at least a first row of ground engaging tools, each of the tools spaced a first distance apart from one another, and a second row of ground engaging tools disposed behind the first row of ground engaging tools, each of the second row of ground engaging tools spaced a second distance apart from one another. The implement also includes a row of soil shaping disks disposed behind the second row of ground engaging tools, wherein a spacing between each of the soil shaping disks is not uniform and corresponds to whether the spacing is behind the first row of ground engaging disks or behind the second row of ground engaging disks.