Patents Assigned to Craven Tasker (Andover) Limited
  • Patent number: 4291638
    Abstract: The present invention provides in an agricultural ground treating device particularly but not exclusively a seed drill arranged to be towed over the ground and having a plurality of ground engaging implements, means for causing all of the implements to engage the ground with a substantially equal force.Preferably the means to equalizing the forces comprises a pivotal beam arrangement in which the implements are movably mounted on the chassis of the device and connected in pairs at each end of an associated balance beam, these balance beams are pivotally mounted at their mid points on respective ends of further balance beams which are mounted by their mid points at respective ends of yet further balance beams, and so on according to the number of implements on the device, the final balance beam or final pair of balance beams being connected to means on the chassis of the device for urging them, and the implements connected thereto towards the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1981
    Assignee: Craven Tasker (Andover) Limited
    Inventor: Peter J. Renwick