US 12,356,880 B2
Powered clearing-disks, control system, and method of use
Cary S. Hubner, Geneseo, IL (US); Grant J. Wonderlich, Milan, IL (US); and Mark E. Barker, Johnston, IA (US)
Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/510,813.
Application 18/510,813 is a continuation of application No. 17/062,802, filed on Oct. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,825,762.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/928,600, filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0147890 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A01B 69/02 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 69/024 (2013.01) [A01B 79/005 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A method of operating a row unit of an agricultural machine to clear residue, comprising:
rotating a clearing brush of the row unit about a vertically extending axis to move residue laterally away from the vertically extending axis during a planting operation;
receiving the residue moved by the clearing bush with a lateral shield of the row unit, which is spaced apart from the clearing brush; and
forming a row of residue that is spaced apart from the vertically extending axis and positioned laterally between the clearing brush and the lateral shield.