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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Rodney D. Hake, Tipton, KS (US);
Michael J. Ohnsat, Tipton, KS (US);
Hank A. Kummer, Tipton, KS (US);
Inventors:
Rodney D. Hake, Tipton, KS (US);
Michael J. Ohnsat, Tipton, KS (US);
Hank A. Kummer, Tipton, KS (US);
Assignee:
Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc., Salina, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tillage implement equipped with a finishing attachment for chopping and leveling soil. The implement includes at least one soil engaging element (e.g., a shank) operable to form a trench with mounds on either side of the trench. The finishing attachment includes at least one soil chopping and leveling assembly that is operable to chop up clods of soil and crop remnants in the mounds and to level off the mounds by pushing the mounds at least partially into the trench.