Seeding boot with dry and liquid fertilizer distributors
First Claim
1. A seeding boot for a seeding apparatus mountable on a tyne of a tillage implement, the seeding boot including:
- a boot body mountable at, or adjacent, a lower end of the tyne;
a seed distributor on the boot body, the seed distributor having a substantially hollow distributor body and a pair of substantially hollow wings extending substantially laterally from the distributor body, each wing in the pair of wings provided with a seed outlet;
a seed inlet connected to the distributor body, and connectable to a source of seeds to be planted, for the seed distributor; and
a first fertilizer distributor and a second fertilizer distributor, each fertilizer distributor having a fertilizer outlet located downstream of the seed outlets, whereinthe fertilizer outlet of the first fertilizer distributor is connected to a source of dry or granular fertilizer by a dry fertilizer tube and a second one of the fertilizer outlet of the second fertilizer distributor is connected to a source of liquid fertilizer or other chemicals;
the fertilizer outlets are aligned rearwardly of the tyne;
the fertilizer outlet of the second fertilizer distributor is intermediate the tyne and the first fertilizer outlet of the first fertilizer distributor; and
the fertilizer outlet of the first fertilizer distributor is at a reduced depth relative to the seed outlets whereby, in use, the fertilizer outlet of the first fertilizer distributor is at a reduced depth in the soil relative to the seed outlets.
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Abstract
A seeding boot, for a seeding apparatus mountable on a tyne, or adjacent a soil-opening disc, of a tillage implement, has a hollow boot body mountable adjacent the lower end of the tyne or lower portion of the soil-opening disc. A seed distributor in the boot body has a seed inlet connectable to a source of seeds; at least one seed outlet spaced laterally from the tyne or soil-opening disc; and at least one fertilizer or chemical distributor located rearwardly of the tyne or the soil-opening disc. The seed outlet(s) are provided at, or adjacent, the distal ends of laterally-extending hollow wings, which extend from the seed distributor. When two fertilizer or chemical distributors are provided, the first distributor is connected to “dry” or “granular” fertilizer; while the second distributor is connected to “liquid” fertilizer or chemical(s); the outlet from the second distributor is located intermediate the tyne or soil-opening disc and the outlet from the first distributor; and the outlets of the first and second distributors are at a reduced depth in the soil relative to the seed outlet(s).
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9 Claims
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1. A seeding boot for a seeding apparatus mountable on a tyne of a tillage implement, the seeding boot including:
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a boot body mountable at, or adjacent, a lower end of the tyne; a seed distributor on the boot body, the seed distributor having a substantially hollow distributor body and a pair of substantially hollow wings extending substantially laterally from the distributor body, each wing in the pair of wings provided with a seed outlet; a seed inlet connected to the distributor body, and connectable to a source of seeds to be planted, for the seed distributor; and a first fertilizer distributor and a second fertilizer distributor, each fertilizer distributor having a fertilizer outlet located downstream of the seed outlets, wherein the fertilizer outlet of the first fertilizer distributor is connected to a source of dry or granular fertilizer by a dry fertilizer tube and a second one of the fertilizer outlet of the second fertilizer distributor is connected to a source of liquid fertilizer or other chemicals; the fertilizer outlets are aligned rearwardly of the tyne; the fertilizer outlet of the second fertilizer distributor is intermediate the tyne and the first fertilizer outlet of the first fertilizer distributor; and the fertilizer outlet of the first fertilizer distributor is at a reduced depth relative to the seed outlets whereby, in use, the fertilizer outlet of the first fertilizer distributor is at a reduced depth in the soil relative to the seed outlets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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