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Mulching and seeding apparatus and method with film severing and covering

  • US 4,953,482 A
  • Filed: 07/17/1986
  • Issued: 09/04/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a mulching and seeding apparatus for forming a soil seed bed row, depositing film on the ground over said soil seed bed row from a rotatable film reel on said apparatus, forming orifices in said film and planting seeds in said soil seed bed through said orifices in said film, the improvement comprising:

  • a. severing means attached to said apparatus for severing said film from said reel at the end of a row to leave a ground film end and a reel film end, and concurrently depositing soil on said ground film end to hold said ground film end in place on said seed bed; and

    b. means on said apparatus for preventing said reel film end from being unreeled during movement of said apparatus to the beginning of another seed bed row which is to be formed, covered with film and seeded, and wherein said severing means comprises;

    c. a knife blade rotatably mounted on said apparatus in a first position above and extending transversely across said film when deposited on said soil seed bed; and

    d. driven means for rotating said knife blade through a stroke of the blade to a second position in a direction toward said soil to sever said film and create an end thereof while during said same stroke burying said end with said knife blade.

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