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Planting apparatus

  • US 4,616,581 A
  • Filed: 04/29/1985
  • Issued: 10/14/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for seeding, which comprises:

  • a plurality of means for opening a furrow disposed in a rank at uniform intervals;

    a plurality of press wheels mounted for rotation, each of said press wheels being disposed in aligned relationship with one of said means for opening a furrow;

    a plurality of cylindrical members; and

    means for attaching each of said plurality of cylindrical members to one of said means for opening a furrow, said means for attaching consisting solely of a chain fixed to each of said means for opening a furrow and fixed to respective ones of said plurality of cylindrical members, each cylindrical member being free to extend toward an associated press wheel disposed in aligned relationship with said means for opening a furrow disposed in said rank from which said chain is mounted, each chain member extending generally rectilinearly during normal operation, each of said chains being dimensioned to allow the cylindrical member fixed thereto to extend so that an extremity of the member is within one inch of said associated press wheel.

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