Seed dispersing assembly

• US 8,544,396 B1
• Filed: 03/04/2011
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kory Anderson
• Original Assignee: Kory Anderson
• Inventors: Anderson, Kory
• Primary Examiner(s): TORRES, ALICIA M
• Application Number:
  US13/040,651
• Time in Patent Office: 942 Days
• Field of Search: 111/73, 111/124, 111/152, 111/174, 111/175, 111/187, 111/188
• US Class Current: 111/152
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 5/062 Devices for making drills or furrows

Abstract

A seed dispersing assembly includes a housing configured to receive and disperse seeds. The housing includes a seed wing and a sealer plate attached together. The sealer plate has a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a back edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. The seed wing has an upper surface, a lower surface, forward edge, a rearward edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The seed wing is abutted against and coupled to a seeding apparatus. The housing has a lumen therein that is in fluid communication with a seed inlet tube of the seeding apparatus. The sealer plate is attached to the lower surface. The seed wing and the sealer plate form a pair of ejection ports of the lumen at a juncture of the rearward edge and the back edge to eject seeds received by the lumen.

Claims

1. A seed dispersing assembly configured for attachment to a seeding apparatus configured to open a furrow and deposit seeds into the furrow, said assembly comprising:

a housing configured to receive and disperse seeds, said housing being configured to be attached to a bottom of the seeding apparatus, said housing including a seed wing and a sealer plate attached together, said seed wing defining an upper wall of said housing and said sealer plate defining a bottom wall;

said sealer plate having a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a back edge, a first side edge and a second side edge; and

said seed wing having an upper surface, a lower surface, forward edge, a rearward edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said seed wing being configured to be abutted against and coupled to the seeding apparatus, said housing having a lumen therein being in fluid communication with a seed inlet tube of the seeding apparatus, said sealer plate being attached to said lower surface of said seed wing, said seed wing and said sealer plate forming a pair of ejection ports of said lumen at a juncture of said rearward edge and said back edge, said ejection ports being positioned rearward of a blade of the seeding apparatus, said seed wing and said sealer plate each being frustum shaped such that said first and second lateral edges of said seed wing are angled away from each other from said forward edge to said rearward edge and said first and second side edges are angled away from each other from said front edge to said back edge, said seed wing has a middle section extending from said forward edge to said rearward edge, said upper surface being angled downwardly from said middle section to each of said first and second lateral edges.

2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said ejection ports are spaced from each other, said lumen being arcuate and each of said ejection ports being angled away from a dividing line extending through said forward and rearward edges to disperse seeds rearwardly and laterally away from said housing.

3. The assembly according to claim 1, further including a splitting insert being mounted between said sealer plate and said seed wing, said splitting insert being positioned between said ejection ports and dividing seeds from the seed inlet tube between said pair of ejection ports.

4. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said sealer plate has a central area extending from said front edge to said back edge, said bottom side being angled downwardly from said central area to each of said first and second side edges.

5. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said sealer plate has a central area extending from said front edge to said back edge, said bottom side being angled downwardly from said central area to each of said first and second side edges.

6. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said seed wing is comprised of a plastic material.

7. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said upper surface is angled upwardly from said forward edge to said rearward edge.

8. A seed dispersing assembly configured for attachment to a seeding apparatus configured to open a furrow and deposit seeds into the furrow, said assembly comprising:

a housing configured to receive and disperse seeds, said housing being configured to be attached to a bottom of the seeding apparatus, said housing including a seed wing and a sealer plate attached together, said seed wing defining an upper wall of said housing and said sealer plate defining a bottom wall;

said sealer plate having a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a back edge, a first side edge and a second side edge;

said seed wing having an upper surface, a lower surface, forward edge, a rearward edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said seed wing being configured to be abutted against and coupled to the seeding apparatus, said housing having a lumen therein being in fluid communication with a seed inlet tube of the seeding apparatus, said sealer plate being attached to said lower surface of said seed wing, said seed wing and said sealer plate forming a pair of ejection ports of said lumen at a juncture of said rearward edge and said back edge, said ejection ports being positioned rearward of a blade of the seeding apparatus, said ejection ports being spaced from each other, said lumen being arcuate and each of said ejection ports being angled away from a dividing line extending through said forward and rearward edges to disperse seeds rearwardly and laterally away from said housing;

said seed wing and said sealer plate each being frustum shaped such that said first and second lateral edges of said seed wing are angled away from each other from said forward edge to said rearward edge and said first and second side edges are angled away from each other from said front edge to said back edge;

a splitting insert being mounted between said sealer plate and said seed wing, said splitting insert being positioned between said ejection ports and dividing seeds from the seed inlet tube between said pair of ejection ports;

said sealer plate having a central area extending from said front edge to said back edge, said bottom side being angled downwardly from said central area to each of said first and second side edges;

said seed wing having a middle section extending from said forward edge to said rearward edge, said upper surface being angled downwardly from said middle section to each of said first and second lateral edges, said upper surface being angled upwardly from said forward edge to said rearward edge; and

said seed wing being comprised of a plastic material.

9. A seed dispersing assembly configured for attachment to a seeding apparatus configured to open a furrow and deposit seeds into the furrow, said assembly comprising:

a housing configured to receive and disperse seeds, said housing being configured to be attached to a bottom of the seeding apparatus, said housing including a seed wing and a sealer plate attached together, said seed wing defining an upper wall of said housing and said sealer plate defining a bottom wall;

said sealer plate having a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a back edge, a first side edge and a second side edge;

said seed wing having an upper surface, a lower surface, forward edge, a rearward edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said seed wing being configured to be abutted against and coupled to the seeding apparatus, said housing having a lumen therein being in fluid communication with a seed inlet tube of the seeding apparatus, said sealer plate being attached to said lower surface of said seed wing, said seed wing and said sealer plate forming a pair of ejection ports of said lumen at a juncture of said rearward edge and said back edge, said ejection ports being positioned rearward of a blade of the seeding apparatus;

said ejection ports being spaced from each other, each of said ejection ports being angled away from a dividing line extending through said forward and rearward edges to disperse seeds rearwardly and laterally away from said housing, said lumen being arcuate on each side of said dividing line and being arcuate from said dividing line to each of said ejection ports; and

said sealer plate having a central area extending from said front edge to said back edge, said bottom side being angled downwardly from said central area to each of said first and second side edges.

10. The assembly according to claim 9, wherein said lumen is bounded by a rearward wall distal to said forward edge and a forward wall proximal to said forward edge, said forward wall being concavely arcuate adjacent to said ejection ports.

11. The assembly according to claim 9, wherein said lumen is formed by a channel extending upwardly into said lower surface of said seed wing.

12. The assembly according to claim 11, wherein said seed wing is comprised of a plastic material.

13. The assembly according to claim 11, wherein said seed wing and said sealer plate are each frustum shaped such that said first and second lateral edges of said seed wing are angled away from each other from said forward edge to said rearward edge and said first and second side edges are angled away from each other from said front edge to said back edge.

14. The assembly according to claim 9, further including a splitting insert being mounted between said sealer plate and said seed wing, said splitting insert being positioned between said ejection ports and dividing seeds from the seed inlet tube between said pair of ejection ports.

15. The assembly according to claim 13, wherein said sealer plate has a central area extending from said front edge to said back edge, said bottom side being angled downwardly from said central area to each of said first and second side edges.

16. The assembly according to claim 12, wherein said seed wing has a middle section extending from said forward edge to said rearward edge, said upper surface being angled downwardly from said middle section to each of said first and second lateral edges.

17. The assembly according to claim 9, wherein said upper surface is angled upwardly from said forward edge to said rearward edge.