US 12,262,652 B2
Gauge wheel scraper for opener disc
Rogerio L. Kroth, Horizontina (BR)
Assigned to DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/403,059.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052891 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A01B 23/06 (2006.01); A01B 15/16 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); B60S 1/68 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 23/06 (2013.01) [A01C 5/064 (2013.01); B60S 1/685 (2013.01); A01B 15/16 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scraper system for an agricultural machine comprising:
an opener disc coupled to a frame;
a gauge wheel positioned adjacent the opener disc and configured to rotate relative to the frame;
a scraper configured to rotate with the gauge wheel to remove soil or debris from the opener disc;
wherein the scraper includes a laterally inwardly facing surface configured to contact the opener disc during forward travel of the agricultural machine;
wherein the scraper includes a plurality of teeth and each tooth of the plurality of teeth includes two or more radially outwardly facing surfaces facing radially outwardly away from a center of the gauge wheel;
wherein at least one radially outwardly facing surface of the two or more radially outwardly facing surfaces is concave and another at least one radially outwardly facing surface of the two or more radially outwardly facing surfaces is a convex;
wherein the at least one radially outwardly facing surface that is concave extends away from the laterally inwardly facing surface.