Sectional Main Frame Patents (Class 111/53)
  • Publication number: 20120210918
    Abstract: An inter-seeding unit may be provided. The inter-seeding unit may comprise an upper suspension unit and an intermediate joint connected to the upper suspension unit. The inter-seeding unit may further comprise a row unit connected to the intermediate joint. The row unit may comprise a seeding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: David Pell, John Peterson
  • Patent number: 7469648
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system for use with a front fold planter is configured to move the tool bar of the planter between a first height corresponding to a planting position, a second height corresponding to a field transport position and a third height corresponding to a road transport position. A first set of hydraulic cylinders is mounted to the tool bar for moving the frame between the first height, the second and the third height. A second set of hydraulic cylinders is mounted to the tool bar for moving the frame between the first height and the second height. The first and second set of cylinders are arranged in a master/slave relationship relative to each other and operable independent of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: CNH America, LLC
    Inventor: Leonard A. Bettin
  • Patent number: 7409916
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for interseeding an area of ground having existing vegetation growing thereon are provided. The interseeder apparatus tills a plurality of spaced-apart rows in the ground, deposits seed in the exposed soil of the rows, compacts the seed into the rows, and optionally, sprays at least a portion of the exiting vegetation adjacent the rows with a herbicide so as to reduce competition for the new seedling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Kansas Statue University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jack Fry, Randy Taylor, Bob Wolf, Dick Stuntz
  • Patent number: 7104204
    Abstract: A seeding machine is provided with a frame comprising a center frame section and left and right wing frame sections. The frame has a planting configuration and a transport configuration. The center frame section and the left and right wing frame sections each have a hollow toolbar forming a pneumatic manifold. Individual planting units are mounted to the toolbars. The pneumatic manifold of the center frame section is automatically pneumatically coupled to each of the left and right wing frame sections by a resilient bell that forms a pneumatic path between the center frame section and the left and right wing frame sections when the frame is in its planting configuration. The pneumatic manifolds are pneumatically coupled to pneumatic seed meters on the planting units by air hoses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Scott Charles McCartney