Coulter fertilizer tine
CA 2197134 C · Owner: Bellmann, Kenneth L. · Inventors: Arnold, Loren G.; Bellmann, Kenneth L.; Smith, David R.
Overview
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A coulter fertilizer applicator for use with a frame adapted to be moved over soil to be tilled and fertilized includes a linkage arm connected to the frame and a coulter, wheel secured to the linkage arm to form a seedbed in the soil. Included is a fertilizer tine formed of a single spring element having a forward end secured to the linkage arm. The single spring element further includes a free end opposite the forward end which is in the plane of rotation of the coulter wheel and adjacent the top surface of the soil. A fertilizer dispenser is attached to the single spring element adjacent the free end for applying fertilizer within the seedbed.
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- Filed February 10, 1997 and granted January 11, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 10, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 10, 2019.
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