Frank E Ege

US Patent:

D456821, May 7, 2002

Filed:

Jul 12, 2000

Appl. No.:

29/126287

Inventors:

Frank Emil Ege - Moline IL
Tad Brian Harden - Parkview IA

Assignee:

Deere Company - Moline IL

International Classification:

1503

US Classification:

D15 28

US Patent:

D2846691, Jul 15, 1986

Filed:

Dec 24, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/685419

Inventors:

Richard H. Clark - Blue Grass IA
Barton L. Swales - Coal Valley IL
Frank E. Ege - Moline IL

Assignee:

Deere & Company - Moline IL

US Classification:

D15 33

US Patent:

D2847671, Jul 22, 1986

Filed:

Dec 24, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/685422

Inventors:

Richard H. Clark - Blue Grass IA
Frank E. Ege - Moline IL
William R. Lundie - East Moline IL

Assignee:

Deere & Company - Moline IL

US Classification:

D15 33

US Patent:

54270383, Jun 27, 1995

Filed:

Mar 25, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/218095

Inventors:

Frank E. Ege - Moline IL

Assignee:

Deere & Company - Moline IL

International Classification:

A01C 506

US Classification:

111137

Abstract:

An agricultural planting machine has a pair of adjacent furrow opening disks that form a V-shaped furrow as the machine advances and a pair of ground engaging gauge wheels respectively mounted for rotation adjacent the opposite sides of the opening disks. The gauge wheels are journaled on the lower ends of a pair of arms having their upper ends attached to the planter frame by mechanisms that permit easy lateral adjustment of the arms to optimize the close spacing between the gauge wheels and the opening disks. Each adjusting mechanisms includes an externally threaded bushing mounted on a shaft and engaging an internally threaded bore in the gauge wheel arm so that rotation of the bushing laterally shifts the arm and the gauge wheel mounted thereon. A locking device is operative between the bushing and the shaft to selectively lock the adjusting mechanism in the desired position.