Combination fertilizer applicator and tillage implement with adjustable sweep assemblies

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Apparatus for combining light tillage and application of liquid fertilizer in a single implement includes a frame having at least a forward and a rear mounting bar. A plurality of sweep assemblies are mounted to the forward mounting bar. Anhydrous fertilizer applicator knives are mounted to the rear bar and located in strips left untilled by the sweeps. A finishing harrow is also mounted to the rear bar behind the knives to level the soil. Each sweep assembly includes a forward bar or frame element to which a plurality of laterally spaced sweeps are mounted in staggered relation. Mounting members having vertically elongated slots mount the sweep assemblies to the forward bar of the frame …