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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5954002 | Device for the fast pricking out of plants The present invention relates to a device for rapidly pricking out plants. It is comprised of a positioning element comprising an internal vertical passage wherein the plant together with its ball of earth, introduced through the top or through the bottom... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5241917 | Device for the automatic setting in place and positioning of plants Device for automatic positioning of plants is provided with a vertical positioner element conical at the top and cylindrical at the bottom wherein is introduced by known means the plant with its earth ball. The earth ball is located in the cylindrical por... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5138981 | Animal containment pen An animal containment pen particularly for use as a maternity pen for calfing cows includes a front panel, two side panels, and a rear gate. The front panel includes a head gate section adjacent one side panel and a squeeze panel pivotally mounted on the ... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4753297 | Rotary disk tool assembly and material dispensing and crop cutting implements An agricultural tool assembly includes a rotary disk mounted on a lower end of a rotary spindle. A mount for the spindle includes a shank adapted to be received in the vertical slot of a clamp and a sleeve for rotatably supporting the spindle. The sleeve ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4636112 | Method of and apparatus for controlling fluid leakage through soil Fluid leakage through soil in a region thereof is controlled by sequentially passing over the region to dig a plurality of parallel, laterally displaced grooves in the surface. Soil dug from each groove is temporarily stored, and a strip of sheet material... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4364316 | Apparatus for planting seedlings The present invention provides a planting apparatus including a mobile frame suitable for forward travel over the ground. A planting arm is movably mounted to the frame and extends from a mounting location. The planting arm includes a dibble remote from t... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4290373 | Seedling tranplanter A tractor towed seedling transplanter includes a main frame with a pair of canted rear wheels, a rearwardly facing operator's seat and a tray for storing a supply of seedlings to be transplanted. A power take-off from the wheels operates a rotary metering... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4112857 | Spot planter The spot planter includes a frame movable forwardly over the ground behind a towing vehicle. A reciprocating dibble is pivotally mounted on the frame and reciprocates toward and away from the ground to cut a series of planting pockets in the ground, and a... | 09/12/1978 |
| 3931774 | Seedling planter apparatus This invention provides a planting apparatus which includes a mobile frame mounted on wheels or the like and adapted to be towed over the ground. An arm is swingably mounted to the frame and extends rearwardly from the mounting location. The arm carries a... | 01/13/1976 |