Patent ID: 9215839
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: A01B,A01C

Abstract:
1. An agricultural row unit assembly comprising: an attachment frame configured for attachment to a tow bar movable in a direction of travel; a swing-arm having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being coupled to the attachment frame; an opener disk mounted to and offset from the distal end of the swing-arm for forming a furrow; a deflecting disk mounted to the distal end of the swing-arm for deflecting debris from entering the furrow, the deflecting disk being mounted between the distal end of the swing-arm and the opener disk, the deflecting disk having a top peripheral edge spaced away from a top peripheral edge of the opener disk; a support bracket attached as a cantilevered structure depending from the proximal end of the swing-arm, the support bracket extending in a space between top peripheral edges of the deflecting disk and the opener disk; and a tube routed along the support bracket for dispensing a material into the furrow.