Agricultural rig pressure adjustment with overcenter toggle
CA 2183172 C · Owner: Lowe, Terry Lee · Inventors: Noonan, James Thomas; Lowe, Terry Lee
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Down pressure-structure for providing an adjustable down force on a rig of row crop implement such as a cultivator includes an overcenter toggle connected to the rig for pivoting about a toggle axis between a first and second positions. The toggle has a protrusion that contacts the edge of a rig plate at two different locations corresponding to a light and a heavy down pressure position. A down pressure spring is tensioned between the frame and the toggle and maintains the toggle in a selected one of two overcenter positions corresponding to the two different spring tension positions. A hex projection on the toggle receives a conventional wrench for moving the toggle between the first and …
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- Filed August 12, 1996 and granted July 21, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 12, 2016.
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