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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061282 | Soil opening implements particularly for seed planting A soil opening implement comprising a frame (5) adapted to be moved across a ground surface to be opened, a soil opener (1) mounted on the frame for a repetitive cyclic movement to case the soil opener to penetrate the ground at a plurality of spaced p... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7395767 | Ground engaging apparatus A ground engaging apparatus (10) has a support plate (50) pivotally attached to a frame (100); a pair of arms (30, 40) interconnecting the support plate (50) and a shank support (60), which supports a shank (70) and g... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7185596 | Seed slide for use in an agricultural seeding machine A seeding machine includes at least one seed metering system and at least one seed placement system. Each seed placement system is in communication with a corresponding seed metering system. Each seed placement system includes a seed slide having a bottom end and a ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7117804 | Seeding apparatus A seeding apparatus plants seed in the ground with a minimum soil disturbance. A base plate is provided which is supported for sliding movement along the ground and which includes a plurality of seed apertures formed therein. A metering system meters seed from a see... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7069693 | Transplant yield maximization system for growing plants A growing system for plant seedlings that takes into consideration the varied requirements of the seedling; seedling and transplant environment; seedling cell size; mechanical transplanter requirements; seedling leaf, stem and root development and coordinates all th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6915607 | Operational system for transplanting growing plants A transplanting system including both methods and specific types of transplant apparatus such as propagule transplant trays(3, 4, 5, 6) addresses the need for the use of a propagule punch machine (8) on a variety of adolescent tray configurations (9... | 07/12/2005 |
| 5359948 | Seed planting device A seed planting device has a planting wheel rotatable about an axis 74 to roll over a land 38. Hollow tines 50 mounted at angular spacings on the wheel 22 extend outwardly. A seed cell 66 in each tine has an inlet 118 for receiving a seed and an outlet 69... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5215019 | Transplanting equipment A transplanting machine or equipment for taking seedlings of vegetables or the like from a seedling table 13 and planting them in a field. The machine has a transmission mechanism including a transmission case, a first rotary case (32) driven by a driving... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5205228 | Star wheel seed planter A device for placing seed into the soil at a specific pitch in which radiating spikes of two star wheel formed discs are brought together by rotating the discs synchronously at an angle and that each of the radiating spikes has on its inner side a hollow ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5115750 | Subsoil treatment apparatus Subsoil treatment apparatus (1) comprises an impact striking head (2) associated with one end (3) of an impact transmission block (4) which has an internal chamber (5) connectable to a source of compressed air, and a hollow, tubular, ground-piercing spike... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5060585 | Agricultural seed planter An agricultural seed planter comprising a frame adapted to be mounted to any conventionally drawn tool bar; a shaft attached to the frame and angled relative to the direction of travel and having mounted thereupon a soil cutting wheel designed as a multi-... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4920900 | Planting device attachable to an agricultural vehicle In a planting device for attaching to an agricultural vehicle a planting slide is mounted on a frame for reciprocating sliding motion horizontally in the direction of travel of the vehicle under the influence of a hydraulically operable pressure cylinder.... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4843982 | Seed embedding implement A device for use in planting seeds and bulbs is disclosed which allows planting in untilled soil with a simple prodding-type motion to both make a hole and to plant the seed in the hole. The device is capable of operation on hills or in almost any other t... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4807543 | Seedling planter A seedling planter has a moveable platform with storage area for seedlings and a work area for a human operator. There is a power source for the planter. A mechanical planting system can plant seedlings and a conveyor introducing seedlings into the mechan... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4770111 | Dibble transplanter with horizontal tiller An arrangement in a planting device, preferably for forestating, comprising a raisable and lowerable, rotatable cutting head with a drive motor and a vertical axis of rotation for clearing a planting area on the ground. A tube shaped planting member is pr... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4735158 | Planting machine A planting machine for planting containerized seedlings from a moving vehicle comprising a planting tool that is pivotally supported on the vehicle. The planting tool comprises a resiliently mounted ground engaging foot, a ground penetrating probe, and a ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4732227 | Equipment for continuous hole drilling in soil Equipment for drilling a row of equidistant holes comprises a carriage attached to a tractor and two earth augers rotated about their axes by the tractor power-take-off through transmission means. The augers are fastened in opposite alignment to a horizon... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4660479 | Tree planting machine A trailer-type apparatus for planting canister contained tree seedlings, or the like, includes a furrow forming plow followed by a backfill blade sequentially operated for forming the furrow and covering the roots of a seedling deposited in the furrow. A ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4637328 | No-till planter A mechanically operated no-till planting apparatus for repeatedly and successively penetrating the soil to a predetermined depth at a predetermined spacing, depositing a quantity of seed and/or adjacent thereto repeatedly, simultaneously and successively ... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4628841 | Single grain sowing machine In a single grain sowing machine, the seed grains (0) supplied out of the seed container (1) are separated by means of a feeding wheel (2). This feeding wheel (2) is covered up to a point where it leaves the housing (8). There is also a sowing wheel (4) w... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4569400 | Driller for use in rice field This driller for use in a rice field comprises attaching vertical rods, with freedom of up and down, to a main frame connected to a tractor; attaching, to the main frame, an up and down mechanism which is driven by a driving source mounted on the tractor ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4466554 | Singulating seeder for high density plug trays A seeder is disclosed which includes prior art elements of a bottom stationary drop plate, an intermediate and sliding reciprocating cell plate with individual singulating cells, and "wiper bars" overlying and in sliding engagement with the cell plate. Th... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4459924 | Apparatus and method for spot planting seedlings An apparatus and method for spot planting seedlings in which planting instrumentalities intermittently engage ground and plant seedlings at spaced spots. The planting instrumentalities include a site preparation pulverizer, seedling insertion dibble plate... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4444130 | Seed planting machine A planting machine wherein its planter wheel and a packer wheel trailing the same respectively have peripheral velocities greater and less than the speed of advance of the machine. Shoes on the former open the ground and deposit a seed therein on relative... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4384537 | Germinated seed planter A planter for discharging a quantity of germinated seed and a gel into a seed bed covered by a plastic film which has an opening formed therethrough and a cavity formed in the seed bed thereunder to receive the seed and gel. In addition, the planter disch... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4323019 | Method and apparatus for planting seedlings A method and apparatus is provided for planting tree seedlings or the like. The apparatus includes an elongate tube, and a pair of blades pivotally mounted to the lower end of the tube. The blades are each pivotal between a closed position closing the low... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4306509 | Vacuum drum planter An apparatus for continuously metering seeds onto a seedbed and simultaneously pressing the seeds into the soil. The seed planting apparatus includes a drum adapted to be moved in rolling contact across the seedbed, and which transports seeds on its perip... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4300462 | Apparatus for planting seeds Seeds are punch planted by an apparatus comprising a disk equipped with a plurality of punches rotatably mounted on a frame. The punch disk is eccentrically driven to insure that the punches are perpendicular to the soil surface at all times. A seed disk ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4294179 | Dibble tube soil plug planter A planter is moved through a field to place two rows of four plants on the top of a planting bed between adjacent irrigation furrows. The tray carrying the transplants is registered horizontally and vertically to a plug receiving cylinder by respective ca... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4278035 | Machine for planting containerized tree and shrub seedlings A seedling planter consisting of a portable frame on which is mounted a horizontally rotatable, vertically movable index plate carrying a vertically movable, normally lowered scraper blade, a telescopic seedling drop tube, an auger, an auger hydraulic mot... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4273056 | Digging and planting machine A digging and planting machine is provided having a tubular digging and planting tool, and at least one sensing and signalling means for sensing the resistance below and/or exceeding a predetermined minimum of the ground to penetration by the digging tip ... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4267782 | Portable, hand-held device for forming crop-receiving cavities in the ground A portable, hand-held device for use in transplanting crops includes a tubular conduit operable for directing fluid outwardly from the discharge end thereof for impingement against the ground to form a crop-receiving cavity in the ground. Additionally, an... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4261270 | Dibble wheel with plural feed An apparatus for planting seed is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a wheel hub having an annular cam. A ground engaging seed box is spaced apart and rotatable around the cam. A plurality of seed holders are carried by the seed box and are slidable aroun... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4244308 | Seed drills A seed drill for planting seeds, comprising a seed container having a flexible base with a bore, and one or more slots radiating from the bore, formed therein, and a dibber rod movable axially of the bore whereby to engage and eject from the container a s... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4218981 | Seed planter A seed planter comprising an elongated tube member having a seed hopper at one end in open communication with the interior of the tube member, a discharge opening provided at the opposite end of the tube for release of seeds therefrom, a seed reservoir in... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4164190 | Seed planting method for cereal grains and grasses A method for planting seeds in a pattern comprising longitudinal and transverse rows of seed planting sites, in which the transverse rows cross the longitudinal rows, the improvement comprising: planting the seeds with a seed-to-seed spacing of 1 to 31/2 ... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4148362 | Penetrating machine A lawn perforating machine for forming rows of holes in the ground comprises a perforating roller which is adapted to roll on the ground and whose peripheral surface carries perforating tubes mounted for pivotal movement about axes extending parallel to t... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4111135 | Planting machine A planting machine for inserting plants, such as seedlings which have been grown in a cartridge, to a substantial depth in the open ground and substantially absent of any plowing or rocking effect on the plant during the planting operation and while the m... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4106414 | Seed planter and planting valve therefor A self-cleaning, non-clogging seed-planting valve which functions in an alternating cycle of applied vacuum and atmospheric pressure. The valve is formed from an elongated housing, having a hollow core, and to the lower end of which a nozzle is attached. ... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4082048 | Planting dibble The planting dibble of the invention comprises a hole-opening member connected to a piston-cylinder means which latter is a part of a planting tube and which activates the hole-opening member between closed position and a spread-apart position.... | 04/04/1978 |
