Apparatus for mounting application heads to an agricultural implement

Claim 1

An apparatus for mounting a plurality of fluid spray heads to an agricultural implement pulled by a tractor and used in row crop farming wherein the implement includes a frame having a generally transversely disposed frame support member and a plurality of row crop working devices mounted to the frame support member, the apparatus comprising: a mounting fixture mounted at one end thereof to the frame support member, the other end of said mounting fixture extending rearwardly of the implement so as to be positioned to the rear of the row crop working devices; an elongate mount support attached to said mounting fixture adjacent the other end thereof and positioned rearwardly of the row crop working devices, said mount support disposed generally transversely to the longitudinal direction of the row crops, said mount support receivable of the fluid spray heads in a spaced-apart fashion along the length of said mount support whereby the spray heads and row crop working devices cooperate to perform a farming operation on the row crop; and said mounting fixture further including height adjustment means for selecting the vertical position of all the spray heads relative to the row crop, said mounting fixture including a bracket directly connected to said elongate mount support, an elongate arm pivotally mounted at one end to said bracket, a pair of outer and inner telescoping members each having a distal end, said outer member pivotally mounted at said distal end thereof to said bracket, said inner member pivotally mounted at said distal end thereof to said arm, and said outer and inner members each having a connected end at which they are telescopically connected so that the relative positioning between the inner and outer members determines the vertical distance between the spray heads and the row crops, said bracket including a plurality of spaced-apart vertically disposed apertures, and said elongate arm containing an aperture adjacent said one end thereof, said elongate arm being positionable to any one of a plurality of positions corresponding to said arm aperture being aligned with a selected one of each of said bracket apertures.

Claim 2

An apparatus for mounting a plurality of fluid spray heads to an agricultural implement pulled by a tractor and used in row crop farming wherein the implement includes a frame having a generally transversely disposed frame support member and a plurality of row crop working devices mounted to the frame support member, the apparatus comprising: a mounting fixture mounted at one end thereof to the frame support member, the other end of said mounting fixture extending rearwardly of the implement so as to be positioned to the rear of the row crop working devices; an elongate mount support attached to said mounting fixture adjacent the other end thereof and positioned rearwardly of the row crop working devices, said mount support disposed generally transversely to the longitudinal direction of the row crops, said mount support receivable of the fluid spray heads in a spaced-apart fashion along the length of said mount support whereby the spray heads and row crop working devices cooperate to perform a farming operation on the row crop; and said mounting fixture further including height adjustment means for selecting the vertical position of all the spray heads relative to the row crop, said mounting fixture including a bracket directly connected to said elongate mount support, an elongate arm pivotally mounted at one end to said bracket, a pair of outer and inner telescoping members each having a distal end, said outer member pivotally mounted at said distal end thereof to said bracket, said inner member pivotally mounted at said distal end thereof to said arm, and said outer and inner members each having a connected end at which they are telescopically connected so that the relative positioning between the inner and outer members determines the vertical distance between the spray heads and the row crops, said bracket including a plurality of spaced-apart vertically disposed apertures, and said elongate arm containing an aperture adjacent said one end thereof, said elongate arm being positionable to any one of a plurality of positions corresponding to said arm aperture being aligned with a selected one of each of said bracket apertures.