Patent ID: 6382114
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A01B,A01C

Abstract:
A strip till farming implement having a normal direction of travel and including;a knife mounted to a movable tool bar; said knife adjustably mounted and normally set to travel several inches below the soil; said knife having a central blade with a back edge and two wings mounted to said central blade; a supply tube for transferring liquid fertilizer from a supply to the back edge of said central blade; means including supply tubes running along the back edge of each wing to spread the liquid fertilizer behind the wings as said knife is pulled through said soil to dissipate said liquid through the soil; a row cleaner, mounted to said tool bar; said row cleaner having finger means to partially clear old plant material from a row of soil to be planted and a rolling gang tine cultivator pulled behind said knife said rolling tine cultivator moving soil onto the seed bed.