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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:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Daniel P. Bruns, Ankeny, IA (US);
Ken Herrmann, Port Byron, IL (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01C 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/206 (2013.01); A01C 5/064 (2013.01); A01C 7/20 (2013.01); A01C 23/025 (2013.01); A01C 5/066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dry chemical delivery tube and its surrounding nutrient applicator system are located in a narrow space in a soil working implement in an agricultural setting. Between an inlet end and an outlet end, the chemical delivery tube transitions from a circular cross section to an oval cross section. In one embodiment, the soil working implement includes soil opening/closing disks and liquid or gaseous delivery tubes that closely surround the chemical delivery tube.