US 12,439,843 B2
Trench closing assembly
Ian Radtke, Washington, IL (US); and Jason Stoller, Eureka, IL (US)
Assigned to Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US)
Filed by Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,464.
Application 17/448,464 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IB2020/052424, filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/967,293, filed on Jan. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/831,338, filed on Apr. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000016 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A01C 23/02 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 23/023 (2013.01) [A01C 5/064 (2013.01); A01C 5/066 (2013.01); A01C 5/068 (2013.01); A01C 7/06 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trench closing system for a row unit of an agricultural planter, the row unit having a row unit frame supporting an opener disk for opening a seed trench in a soil surface as the row unit travels in a forward direction of travel, the trench closing system comprising:
a main frame supported by and extending rearwardly from the row unit frame;
a frame member pivotally supported from the main frame;
a pair of closing wheels each rotatably supported by the frame member with a first one of the pair of closing wheels disposed on a first side of the seed trench and a second one of the pair of closing wheels disposed on a second side of the seed trench, the pair of closing wheels cooperating with one another to close the opened seed trench with soil as the row unit travels in the forward direction of travel;
a mounting arm pivotally mounted to the frame member, the mounting arm supporting a press wheel rearward of the closing wheels; and
a fluid applicator disposed on the mounting arm rearward of the closing wheels to apply fluid to the soil surface after the closing wheels close the opened seed trench.