Row crop fertilizer applying apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8776701
APP PUB NO 20120137942A1
SERIAL NO

12957887

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Embodiments are directed to an apparatus for use in applying fertilizer in the ground adjacent to a row line of seeds being planted by a planter the apparatus comprising a frame mounted to the planter, and having at least one mount structure extending from a forward end of the frame, a disk structure mounted to each of the mount structures and configured to be horizontally pivotable about a selected one of multiple forwardly located pivot points on the mount structure, the disk structure being horizontally pivotably attached to the mount structure at one of the pivot points, the disks forming a V shaped opening in the ground during forward movement, a fertilizer applying structure mounted to the apparatus for delivering a fertilizer into the V shaped opening, wherein each of the multiple pivot points delivers fertilizer into the V shaped opening at predetermined lateral distances from the row line of seeds being planted by the planter.

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COPPERHEAD PLANTER PRODUCTS LLCP O BOX 131 HUMBOLDT SD 57035

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nikkel, Lee F Madrid, US 12 255
Schmidt, Eugene H Madrid, US 18 440

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