Patent ID: 8016044
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
1. A ground engaging agricultural implement, comprising: at least a first row of ground engaging tools, adjacent tools being spaced a first distance apart from one another; a second row of ground engaging tools disposed behind the first row of ground engaging tools, adjacent tools of the second row of ground engaging tools being spaced a second distance apart from one another, the second row of ground engaging tools positioned behind and between the ground engaging tools of the first row; and at least one row of soil shaping disks disposed behind the second row of ground engaging tools, wherein a pair of soil spacing disks are provided for each tool of first and second rows, each pair of soils shaping disks located behind and centered on one tool from the first or second row, such that the spacing between each pair of soil shaping disks centered on each tool of the second row of ground engaging tools is a third distance and a spacing between each pair of soil shaping disks centered on each tool of the first row of ground engaging tools is a fourth distance, and the third distance is greater than the fourth distance, wherein each pair of soil shaping disks behind each tool of the second row moves more soil than each pair of soil shaping disks behind each tool of the first row, so that the soil immediately after each pair of soil shaping disks has a substantially equal configuration relative to each other.