Patent ID: 6425445
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: A01B,A01C,Y02A,Y02P

Abstract:
An enhanced minimum tillage planter/renovator system for preparing a strip of ground comprising soil having an upper surface, comprising:a foot shank having a forwardly oriented ripping point, a lifting edge situated behind said ripping point, and a spreading area situated above said lifting edge, said foot shank for lifting said soil from said ground, providing displaced soil while forming a seed bed void; a first coulter situated in the vicinity of said foot shank, said first coulter configured to engage at least a portion of said displaced soil; a second coulter situated in the vicinity of said foot shank, said second coulter configured to engage, sever, and chop, in concert with said first coulter, said displaced soil; said first and second coulters cooperatively engaging, severing and chopping said displaced organic ground cover, effectively breaking apart said displaced soil in such a manner as to form tilth, while allowing said tilth to be redeposited into said seed bed, while forming a furrow having first and second edges at the upper surface of the ground.