Multiple deposition type seeder foot assembly

• US 4,388,878 A
• Filed: 10/19/1981
• Issued: 06/21/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fred W. Demzin
• Original Assignee: Fred W. Demzin
• Inventors: Demzin, Fred W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Feyrer, James R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEMILLE, DANTON D
• Application Number:
  US06/312,631
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 172/699, 172/700, 172/765, 172/770, 172/771, 172/721, 172/731, 172/732, 172/768, 111/6, 111/7, 111/70, 111/71, 111/73, 111/80, 111/86, 111/1, 111/85, 111/84, 111/34
• US Class Current: 111/186
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 5/062 Devices for making drills or furrows
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 5/08 Machines for both manuring and sowing or both manuring and planting
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 7/06 Seeders combined with fertilising apparatus

Abstract

A seeder foot is shaped to open a furrow and to facilitate immediate initial filling thereof as soon as the foot has passed. A plurality of feed tubes are situated immediately behind the foot, one above the other, with the lowermost one extending rearwardly more than the next succeeding one and the next succeeding tube extending rearwardly further than the tube thereabove. These tubes are vertically spaced apart thus enabling a layer of soil to cover the material discharging from the tubes so that the layers of soil separate the materials one from the other. The lowermost tube may discharge granular or liquid fertilizer, the next tube may discharge seed grain and the uppermost tube may discharge a granular herbicide.

Claims

1. A seeder foot assembly attachable to a shank or the like, said feeder foot assembly comprising in combination a furrow opening body portion including a leading front end and a trailing rear side and at least two feeder tubes on the rear side, said tubes each including a substantially horizontal discharge portion one above the other in spaced apart relationship, each horizontal discharge portion including a rearwardly facing discharge end, the discharge end of the lowermost horizontal discharge portion extending rearwardly of the discharge end of the horizontal discharge portion immediately thereabove, said seeder foot assembly including means to initiate substantial closing of the furrow immediately behind said seeder foot assembly.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 which includes means to adjust vertically, the rear discharge ends of said horizontal discharge portions relative to one another and relative to the base of said seeder foot assembly.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 in which said discharge end of each of said tubes is cut diagonally in a direction forwardly and downwardly along a plane normal to the longitudinal axis of said horizontal discharge portion.

4. The assembly according to claim 2 in which said discharge end of each of said tubes is cut diagonally in a direction forwardly and downwardly along a plane normal to the longitudinal axis of said horizontal discharge portion.

5. The assembly according to claim 2 in which said means to adjust vertically, the discharge ends of said horizontal discharge portions includes a substantially vertical portion for each discharge tube and clamp means detachably securing said vertical portions to the rear side of said furrow opening body portion.

6. The assembly according to claim 4 in which said means to adjust vertically, the discharge ends of said horizontal discharge portions includes a substantially vertical portion for each discharge tube and clamp means detachably securing said vertical portions to the rear side of said furrow opening body portion.

7. The assembly according to claim 1 in which means to initiate substantial closing of the furrow includes a configuration of said furrow opening body portion which induces a venturi effect to the soil flowing past said portion, said configuration including widening of the furrow opening body portion just forwardly of the rear end thereof and a curving inwardly of said furrow opening body portion at the rear end thereof whereby the rear end of said furrow opening body portion particularly adjacent the base thereof is narrower in width than the portion thereof just forwardly of said rear end.

8. The assembly according to claim 2 in which means to initiate substantial closing of the furrow includes a configuration of said furrow opening body portion which induces a venturi effect to the soil flowing past said portion, said configuration including widening of the furrow opening body portion just forwardly of the rear end thereof and a curving inwardly of said furrow opening body portion at the rear end thereof whereby the rear end of said furrow opening body portion particularly adjacent the base thereof is narrower in width than the portion thereof just forwardly of said rear end.

9. The assembly according to claim 3 in which means to initiate substantial closing of the furrow includes a configuration of said furrow opening body portion which induces a venturi effect to the soil flowing past said portion, said configuration including widening of the furrow opening body portion just forwardly of the rear end thereof and a curving inwardly of said furrow opening body portion at the rear end thereof whereby the rear end of said furrow opening body portion particularly adjacent the base thereof is narrower in width than the portion thereof just forwardly of said rear end.

10. The assembly according to claim 4 in which means to initiate substantial closing of the furrow includes a configuration of said furrow opening body portion which induces a venturi effect to the soil flowing past said portion, said configuration including widening of the furrow opening body portion just forwardly of the rear end thereof and a curving inwardly of said furrow opening body portion at the rear end thereof whereby the rear end of said furrow opening body portion particularly adjacent the base thereof is narrower in width than the portion thereof just forwardly of said rear end.

11. The assembly according to claim 5 in which means to initiate substantial closing of the furrow includes a configuration of said furrow opening body portion which induces a venturi effect to the soil flowing past said portion, said configuration including widening of the furrow opening body portion just forwardly of the rear end thereof and a curving inwardly of said furrow opening body portion at the rear end thereof whereby the rear end of said furrow opening body portion particularly adjacent the base thereof is narrower in width than the portion thereof just forwardly of said rear end.

12. The assembly according to claim 6 in which means to initiate substantial closing of the furrow includes a configuration of said furrow opening body portion which induces a venturi effect to the soil flowing past said portion, said configuration including widening of the furrow opening body portion just forwardly of the rear end thereof and a curving inwardly of said furrow opening body portion at the rear end thereof whereby the rear end of said furrow opening body portion particularly adjacent the base thereof is narrower in width than the portion thereof just forwardly of said rear end.

13. The assembly according to claims 1, 2 or 3 in which said furrow opening body portion includes a body portion having a recess formed at the rear side thereof and a sole plate detachably secured to the base of said body portion and covering the base of said recess, said feeder tubes including said horizontal discharge portions thereof being contained within the recess with the discharge ends thereof terminating at or forwardly of the rear edge of said sole plate.

14. The assembly according to claims 4, 5 or 6 in which said furrow opening body portion includes a body portion having a recess formed at the rear side thereof and a sole plate detachably secured to the base of said body portion and covering the base of said recess, said feeder tubes including said horizontal discharge portions thereof being contained within the recess with the discharge ends thereof terminating at or forwardly of the rear edge of said sole plate.

15. The assembly according to claims 7, 8 or 9 in which said furrow opening body portion includes a body portion having a recess formed at the rear side thereof and a sole plate detachably secured to the base of said body portion and covering the base of said recess, said feeder tubes including said horizontal discharge portions thereof being contained within the recess with the discharge ends thereof terminating at or forwardly of the rear edge of said sole plate.

16. The assembly according to claims 10, 11 or 12 in which said furrow opening body portion includes a body portion having a recess formed at the rear side thereof and a sole plate detachably secured to the base of said body portion and covering the base of said recess, said feeder tubes including said horizontal discharge portions thereof being contained within the recess with the discharge ends thereof terminating at or forwardly of the rear edge of said sole plate.

17. The assembly according to claims 1, 2 or 3 which includes three feeder tubes on the rear side thereof, said each tube including a substantially horizontal discharge portion one above the other in spaced apart relationship, and a vertical portion communicating with and extending upwardly from each horizontal discharge portion, each horizontal discharge portion including a rear facing discharge end, the discharge end of the lowermost horizontal portion extending rearwardly of the discharge end of the discharge portion immediately above, and the discharge end of the uppermost discharge portion, terminating forwardly of the discharge end of the discharge portion immediately above the lowermost discharge portion.

18. The assebly according to claims 7, 8 or 9 which includes three feeder tubes on the rear side thereof, said each tube including a substantially horizontal discharge portion one above the other in spaced apart relationship, and a vertical portion communicating with and extending upwardly from each horizontal discharge portion, each horizontal discharge portion including a rear facing discharge end, the discharge end of the lowermost horizontal portion extending rearwardly of the discharge end of the discharge portion immediately above, and the discharge end of the uppermost discharge portion, terminating forwardly of the discharge end of the discharge portion immediately above the lowermost discharge portion.