Abstract: Disk coulters are used on numerous soil engaging farm implements to cut furrows into which seed or fertilizer can be deposited. Disk coulters may also be used to cover furrows or simply cut trenches in the land. Typically, an implement or tool bar frame may have several disk coulter assemblies attached to the frame. Some are dedicated to inserting seed into the soil and other fertilizer. In an alternate configuration, the implement or tool bar may have a combination of shanks and coulters. In any given application it may not be necessary to use some of the coulter disks assemblies. Because of the wear on coulters as they move through the soil and encounter rock and other debris, it is advantageous to be able to quickly lift some of the coulter disks out of the soil while operating with other disks. The present invention provides an eccentric rotating element attached to a spring which generally in operation exerts force upwardly on the coulter arm and therefore maintains the coulter in a downward position.

Abstract: A coulter closing wheel assembly, a method of planting, and a mid row banding pneumatic coulter drill assembly support vehicle. One fertilizer coulter is positioned between two seeding coulters. The seeding coulters are followed by a furrow closing disc which scrubs the ground and pushes soil back into the furrow. The seeding coulters are also followed directly by a packer wheel. The fertilizer coulters may or may not employ a furrow closing disc, depending on the type of fertilizer and the type of soil. In the event of granular or liquid nitrogen fertilizers the closing disc is generally not necessary. However, when a gaseous fertilizer such as anhydrous ammonia is applied to the soil, the furrow closing disc is necessary in order to prevent the escape of the anhydrous ammonia into the atmosphere. The coulters are firmly attached to horizontal frame members of the drill and placed at an angle of a few degrees off the direction of travel.

Abstract: The present invention lies in a three hopper bin air seeder. The contents of the central hopper bin are capable of being emptied into the rear hopper bin or the front hopper bin, or when central hopper bin ports are closed, the contents of the central hopper bin can be directed into a primary conveyance duct. The invention also employs a pair of blower fans and three pressurized ducts. By using flexible and moveable couplings, the contents of any two or three hopper bins can be combined into a single particulate stream. Similarly, three separate streams of material such as seed, fertilizer or granular herbicide can be directed to various soil working tools on a cultivator, or other seeding device.

Abstract: A unique and improved seed and fertilizer coulter-type drill is disclosed. The drill has a plurality of coulter wheels in four rows, the front two rows of coulters cut first furrows and deposit seed. The rear two rows of coulters cover the seed in the first cut furrows and produce a second set of furrows in which fertilizer is deposited, approximately 1 inch away from the seed. The two sets of coulters are followed by a plurality of press or packer wheels which ensure good seed to soil contact and cover the *remaining fertilizer furrows.