Patent ID: 9516801
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: A01B

Claim Text:
1. An agricultural tillage implement, comprising: a carriage frame assembly including a pull hitch extending in a travel direction; secondary frames extending generally laterally with respect to the travel direction and frame members connected to said secondary frames and extending in a fore and aft direction relative to the travel direction; gangs of disks blades connected to and supported by said secondary frames to till soil over which the tillage implement traverses; bearing hangers supported from the secondary frames for rotation about an axis generally lateral to the travel direction; a resilient structural element connecting the secondary frames to the bearing hangers; and a plurality of stops each supported by and mounted to at least one of said bearing hangers and being positioned to limit the deflection of the resilient element by abutting at least one of the secondary frames through a frame member; and said stop having a structural element having a generally horizontal plate supporting said bearing hanger assembly, a curved central plate element positioned in a plane parallel to the travel direction and a vertically oriented plate; a generally transversely extending bar interconnecting said stop elements at the vertically oriented plane so that the deflection of the resilient support is limited by abutment between said transversely extending bar and said frame members extending in a fore and aft direction; and U-shaped fasteners embracing said transverse bar and being removably connected to said vertically oriented plate.