Agricultural apparatus

Details Agricultural apparatus Agricultural apparatus

1992-10-14

1994-09-20

Crowder, Clifford D.

Planting

Drilling

Hill-planting machines

111 70, 172451, 172106, 172677, 172776, A01B 59043, A01C 718

Patent

active

053479394

ABSTRACT:
Improved agricultural apparatus including a three-point hitch frame for attaching to a vehicle and to a tool bar assembly. Three-point hitch frame includes L-shaped retaining members for engaging the tool bar assembly and may be substantially U-shaped. The invention is also embodied in an agricultural apparatus with a hitch frame for attaching to a vehicle and to a tool bar assembly and including a metering hopper system attached to the upper side of the hitch frame. The invention is also embodied in an improved ground contact metering wheel assembly for maintaining contact with the ground even on uneven terrain. The present invention has particular applicability as an interseeding apparatus.

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Page C-17 (Stabilizer) and parts breakdown page from Bigham Brothers, Inc. brochure dated Jan. 1, 1988.
"Double-Cropping Interseeding System for Wheat, Soybeans, and Cotton" by C. E. Hood et al. from Applied Engineering in Agriculture, vol. 7, No. 5 pp. 530-536, Dec. 1991.
Seeder Coulter, Model 2977, Set-Up and Parts Manual, Yetter Manufacturing Company, Colchester, Illinois, No. 2565-304, Aug. 1991.
The Tye Company Series V Pasture Pleasers Brochure No. 1170 R/3 dated Sep. 1992.

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