US 11,716,917 B2
Agricultural row unit for field cultivation
William E. Preller, Congerville, IL (US); Eric C. Ragar, Delavan, IL (US); and Michael J. Grossen, Peoria, IL (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/849,820.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,000, filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0323124 A1, Oct. 15, 2020
Int. Cl. A01B 49/02 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01B 17/00 (2006.01); A01B 27/00 (2006.01); A01B 5/06 (2006.01); A01B 49/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 49/02 (2013.01) [A01B 5/06 (2013.01); A01B 17/00 (2013.01); A01B 27/005 (2013.01); A01C 5/064 (2013.01); A01C 5/068 (2013.01); A01B 49/06 (2013.01); A01C 7/08 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A row unit assembly for tilling a row of soil for planting seeds, the row unit assembly comprising:
a pair of tine assemblies each having at least one tine mounted to a hub, said hub adapted to rotate about a first axis, whereby rotation of said pair of tine assemblies fractures soil and forms the outer edges of a tilled row with a row width;
a rolling cultivator adapted to treat soil being ripped and fractured and form a generally flat profile to said tilled row; and
a seedbed cultivator adapted to work through said soil in the area defined by said row width,
wherein said rolling cultivator rotates about a shaft,
wherein said rolling cultivator is set at a depth corresponding to the planting of seed, and
wherein a pair of gauge wheels are fastened to each end of said shaft such that said gauge wheels are located outside the outer edges of said tilled row.