Angularly Adjustable Bar Patents (Class 172/692)
  • Patent number: 5462123
    Abstract: The working depth of obliquely angled disc gangs on the implement can be readily adjusted from the tractor seat with a single hydraulic cylinder through the use of mechanical linkage that couples the hydraulic cylinder with all of the disc gangs for simultaneous movement. Special pivots that join the gangs to the main frame permit the gangs to be manually angled adjusted without affecting depth, and vice-versa, while quick-release locks securely hold the gangs in their selected angular positions yet permit rapid adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Landoll Corporation
    Inventors: Robert D. Harlan, Donald R. Landoll
  • Patent number: 4036305
    Abstract: A plurality of plow units are mounted to a main frame of a plow system for rotation about their vertical axes. The plow units are spaced at equal lateral increments and at uniformly increased distances from a pivot connection between the main frame and a traction vehicle. The plow units are ganged together by means of a guide beam; and a power actuator controls the motion of the guide beam in rotating the plow units so that their cut lines take a predetermined position relative to the main frame. As the plow system is then used to plow ground, the main frame swings about its pivot connection to the tractor until the plow units line up with the direction of travel of the tractor, thereby adjusting the spacing between plow units automatically. The rear plow unit is mounted to a tail section which is pivotally mounted to the main frame and includes a rear wheel for supporting the distal end of the main frame and for steering the system as the tractor turns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: DMI Inc.
    Inventor: Jon E. Kinzenbaw
  • Patent number: 3983944
    Abstract: This invention is a trailer plough having a double-length boom carrying twice as many shares as a conventional boom to enable a larger area to be ploughed at each pass of the tractor. The boom is in two parts connected together by a hinge having a universal joint at one end and a lost motion connection at the other end thereof, whereby the boom is hinged together for ease of manipulation at the ends of rows and also to enable the rear boom part to be lifted if, say when ploughing uphill, the tractor cannot pull the load due to the full number of shares.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Inventor: David John Farrant