Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Strip-till knife with wings
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Application No.: US16183033Application Date: 2018-11-07
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Publication No.: US11076522B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Michael G. Kovach
- Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA New Holland
- Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
- Current Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA New Holland
- Agent Rebecca L. Henkel; Rickard K. DeMille
- Main IPC: A01B13/02
- IPC: A01B13/02 ; A01C5/06 ; A01B15/06

Abstract:
A knife for creating berms in agricultural fields for strip -till farming includes wings on opposing sides of the knife edge that are configured to fracture and raise soil in a wider path for building a berm behind the knife. The wings can be swept back, angled downward from front to back, and angled downward from inside to outside, for better loosening compacted soil below the surface and creating improved berms rearward of the knife. The knife edge can be replaceable by removal of a single pin. If a difficult object is encountered, such as large rocks or tree roots, the knife can swing reward with respect to a supporting shank to minimize damage to the knife. Upon swinging reward, an agricultural product delivery tube rearward of the knife for depositing agricultural product into the berm can swing forward to minimize crimping of the delivery tube.
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