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APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTAL SEED CELLS

  • US 3,849,041 A
  • Filed: 04/30/1973
  • Issued: 11/19/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A tableting apparatus for forming an environmental seed cell having a central seed surrounded by layers of compressed environmental material comprising, in combination, means for selecting single seeds from a bulk seed supply, conveyor means including a conduit for receiving said single seeds and advancing the same in an air stream flowing through said conveyor means, transfer mechanism positioned at the terminal end of said conveyor means for receiving said seeds, said transfer mechanism including a support table, a distributor disk slidably mounted over said support table and including individual pockets, means for rotating said distributor disk relative to said table serially to align said pockets with said terminal end of said conveyor, said disk moving in timed relation sequentially to align a pocket with said terminal end as each seed emerges from said end, an air relief passage means formed in said disk and communicating with each said pocket, a screen member disposed in each said air release passage, said screen being of a size to permit flow of air therethrough and to block the passage of said seed, a vertically disposed discharge aperture means formed in said table in the path of movement of said pockets for receiving seeds advanced by said pockets, tableting means including a mold disk having a multiplicity of mold cavities and means for rotating the cavities of said mold disk into registry with said discharge aperture in said table in synchronism with the movement of said pockets of said distributor disk into registry with said aperture, whereby individual seeds are deposited in said mold cavities.

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