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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311050 | Systems for the control and use of fluids and particles The configuration of a feedstock material is controlled by bringing it into contact with at least a first gas moving against it at a location with an area and thickness of the feedstock liquid that forms drops or fibers of a selected size. In one embodiment, drops o... | 12/25/2007 |
| 6155185 | Method and apparatus for coating seeds A seed treating device is mounted on a seeding implement to treat untreated seeds carried by the implement with inoculants or other treating material before the seeds are planted into the ground. The implement conveys seeds in a flow of air carried by con... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6148748 | In-line seed treating unit for air seeders An in-line seed treating unit is provided for an air seeding implement to coat seeds carried by a flow of air through a product distribution line before being planted into the ground. The in-line seed treating unit includes a cylindrical housing having in... | 11/21/2000 |
| 4503803 | Seed treater and conveying apparatus A seed treating and conveying apparatus includes an elongated auger unit on which a chemical applicator tank is mounted for treating the seeds as they are conveyed through the auger tube. The auger includes a central shaft having brush flighting thereon f... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4356934 | Apparatus for spray-treating seeds during planting An in-the-field seed treating method and apparatus in which a treating fluid, such as an emulsion containing an insecticide, fungicide, or bactericide or the like, is sprayed onto seeds as they move from a seed hopper to a planting tube and into a plantin... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4314514 | Sugar cane planter A sugar cane planter includes a main frame which may be hitched to the rear of a tractor and is supported by adjustable depth wheels, a drill plough for opening a furrow being mounted under the main frame. A trailer frame, mounted on wheels and connected ... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4275669 | Cane dipper-planter with liquid treating A cane dipper-planter where the pre-cut cane setts are conveyed from a supply hopper to a rotary drum which contains the treatment liquid and a series of lifting members around its internal wall which lift the treated setts out of the liquid and discharge... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4266490 | Sugar cane planter A sugar cane planter has a series of cane carrier elements which are moved through a supply of randomly oriented cane billets to select billets and deliver them to a soil furrow. The cane carrier elements move in a circular path and are maintained horizon... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4240365 | Magnetic seed planter Planting apparatus including a supporting frame adapted to be connected to a tractor or similar vehicle; a seed hopper mounted on the supporting frame for containing a supply of seeds, and seed metering mechanism spaced beneath the discharge outlet of the... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4192095 | Seed treating suspension and method of seed treatment Heavy coated seeds for crops such as rice are produced by application of an oleaginous suspension of a solid, inert water-insoluble inorganic particulate material in a discontinuous oil phase dispersed in a continuous water phase. The suspension is mixed ... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4068602 | Coated seed and method of seeding The seeds to be sown are coated with a coating substantially comprising a saccharide such as glucose by mixing the seed with a saccharide solution prior to seeding. At the same time a fungicide and nutrients to improve germination may be added. The additi... | 01/17/1978 |
| 3992814 | Method for sorting seeds A method apparatus of sorting germinating seeds from non-germinating seeds. The seeds are disposed on the surface of a liquid carrying the seeds and germinating seeds are separated from non-germinating seeds by means of liquid streams acting on parts proj... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3976030 | Portable pressure spray liquid seed treater A portable pressure spray liquid chemical seed treatment consisting of three basic sections: a hopper feeding seed to be treated through a gate assembly which is adjustable to define a variable width curtain of seed into a lower chamber. Seed which is con... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3976017 | Leguminous plant inoculation process and apparatus A process and apparatus used in inoculating leguminous plants with nitrogen fixing bacteria is disclosed. The process involves the preparation of an aqueous dispersion of the bacteria from a suitable source material and its dispensation to the soil in the... | 08/24/1976 |
