ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,495, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Precision Planting LLC (Tremont, Ill.).
"Scraper for trench closing assembly wheel" was invented by Ian Radtke (Washington, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trench closing assembly (250) for a row unit (200) of an agricultural planter, comprising a main frame (251) and a frame member (1520) pivotally supported from the main frame, a pair of closing wheels (254) each rotatably supported by the frame member, a mounting arm (1570) pivotally mounted to said frame member and supporting a press wheel (255) rearward of said closing wheels, including a scraper (3600, 4600) adjacent to an inner s...