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Seed planter

  • US 4,686,914 A
  • Filed: 02/11/1986
  • Issued: 08/18/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A seed drill comprising a frame, seed feeding means, fertilizer feeding means, fertilizer tube means extending from said fertilizer feeding means and seed delivery tube means extending from said seed feeding means to a hoe point means, means for vertical adjustment of said seed tube means relative to said fertilizer tube means, said hoe point means being rigidly connected to a hoe bed means, said hoe bed means being pivotably connected to said frame, said hoe bed means having means allowing vertical adjustment of said hoe bed means relative to said frame, a packer wheel having a circumferential V-shaped ring portion following each of said hoe point means and being operable to compact soil within said furrow in a V-shaped configuration, said fertilizer tube means being operatively located behind said hoe point means to apply fertilizer within said furrow and said seed tube means being operatively located behind said hoe point means to deposit seed within said furrow, said seed and fertilizer being deposited prior to passage of said packer wheels, said seed tube means having an elliptical end portion, the longitudinal axis of said end portion extending transverse to the direction of seed drill movement and further having an interior seed divider, said divder being operable to divide seed for deposit on both sides of the centre line of said seed tube means and on opposite sides of said furrow.

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