Title
Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
9-20-1994
Patent Number
patent number 5347939
Abstract
Improved agricultural apparatus including a three-point hitch frame for attaching to a vehicle and to a tool bar assembly. Three-point hitch frame includes L-shaped retaining members for engaging the tool bar assembly and may be substantially U-shaped. The invention is also embodied in an agricultural apparatus with a hitch frame for attaching to a vehicle and to a tool bar assembly and including a metering hopper system attached to the upper side of the hitch frame. The invention is also embodied in an improved ground contact metering wheel assembly for maintaining contact with the ground even on uneven terrain. The present invention has particular applicability as an interseeding apparatus.
Application Number
07/961163
Assignees
Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Filing Date
1992-10-14
Primary/U.S. Class
111/36
Other/U.S. Class
111/70, 172/106, 172/451, 172/677, 172/776