AP228A - Star wheel seed planter. - Google Patents
Star wheel seed planter. Download PDFInfo
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- AP228A AP228A APAP/P/1991/000323A AP9100323A AP228A AP 228 A AP228 A AP 228A AP 9100323 A AP9100323 A AP 9100323A AP 228 A AP228 A AP 228A
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- spikes
- seed
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- star wheel
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
- A01C7/00—Sowing
- A01C7/18—Machines for depositing quantities of seed at intervals
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
- A01C5/00—Making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring
- A01C5/06—Machines for making or covering drills or furrows for sowing or planting
- A01C5/062—Devices for making drills or furrows
- A01C5/064—Devices for making drills or furrows with rotating tools
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- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Soil Sciences (AREA)
- Environmental Sciences (AREA)
- Sowing (AREA)
- Pretreatment Of Seeds And Plants (AREA)
- Cultivation Receptacles Or Flower-Pots, Or Pots For Seedlings (AREA)
Abstract
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 channel forming an internal closed funnel when the spikes are brought together and opens when by further rotating the spikes move away from each other. The means to place seed or small objects into the funnels consists of a hub disposed about the axis of rotation of the disc and mounted to rotate with the discs which hub is provided with cells adapted to receive the seed or the other small objects and to release them upon rotation of the discsa so they can fall under gravity into the funnel. The device is particulary suitable to plant seed into soil covered by a thick crop residue.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns a device for placing seed into the soil at a specific pitch.
if is often required when planting seeds to have the seeds placed in the soil at regular distances apart. This is sometimes difficult to achieve especially when there is a thick crop overburden lying on the soil. Furthermore, to dig holes for the seeds and then to sow the seeds afterwards is a labour intensive operation. It would be advantageous to be able to provide holes for the seeds and then sow the seeds in a single operation.
The star wheel seed planter, object of this invention, is particularly suitable for planting seeds into the soil through a rather thick crop residue laying on the soil, without the necessity to remove the crop residue. A proper penetration is achieved through the crop residue and the seeds are placed into the soil at regular distances.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The device of the present invention consists of two star wheel formed discs with radiating spikes which are brought together by rotating the disc synchronously at an angle. Each spike is in its inner side provided with a hollow channel so that a funnel is internally formed when the spikes are brought together.
The means to place the seed into the above said funnel includes a hub disposed about the axis of rotation of the disc and mounted to rotate with the discs. The hub has cells with each cell having an associated pair of opposed formations on the discs. Each cell is being adapted to receive seed and to release the seed so it can fall into one funnel upon rotation of the discs.
The hub is preferably provided with a cover to retain the seed in the cell until the seed is released and to fall under gravity into the funnel.
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AP Ο Ο Ο 228
- 2 DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will now be described in detail by referring to the drawings no. 1 and 2.
Drawing no. 1 shows the functioning of the star wheel seed planter. In the drawing is removed the near side star wheel disc to show the operating principle.
Drawing no. 2 shows the synochronizing of rotating star wheels and the opening and closing of the funnels.
Seed flows downward through pipe (1) into the planter where the seed is retained in cells of the rotating hub (2). From these cells the seed moves into the funnels (3), formed by the simultaneous coming together of two half cone shaped spikes of the rotating star wheels which spikes are provided with a hollow channel on the inner side. The funnel opens when by further rotating, the spikes move away from each other.
The funnels are formed by the successive coming together of the spikes as the star wheels rotate when the planter is pulled over the ground. Interlocking pegs (4) are provided on one wheel which engage with the base of the spikes on the other wheel, to ensure that the wheels rotate in unison. The pegs are sized such that they are able to engage with the spikes at all points of rotation of the wheels. An alternative method to ensure synchronous rotation would be to provide mitre gears bolted to the wheels.
The hub is provided with a cover strip (9) to retain the seed in the cell until the cell is positioned vertically above the corresponding funnel.
The synchronizing of the two star wheels is such that the funnel opens when the spikes have penetrated through the crop residue and have formed a hole into the soil (5). By moving forward the planter, the star wheels rotate ana the planter places seed into the soil at regular distances in accordance with the specific pitch.
AP Ο Ο Ο 2 2 8
In drawing no 2 are shown clearly the two' rotating star wheels (6) and (7) which are brought together synchronously at an angle. In this way by each rotation the spikes of the star wheels form a closed funnel (3), which opens at the lower position to release the seed (5) and, after further rotating, closes again to receive another seed to be placed.
Cover plates (8) are provided for protecting the rotating star wheels and to remove any soil stuck at the spikes.
The planter can be mounted on a spring loaded beam to be biased towards the soil to achieve a good penetration through any overburden. Any number of seed planters can be mounted to a tool bar to allow the simultaneous planting of seeds in parallel rows.
Although the illustrated device has been described in its application as a seed planter, its principles can be used in other devices in which small objects are to be arranged at regular distances apart.
Claims (6)
1. - A device for placing seed or other small objects into the soil at a specific pitch characterised that the 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 channel forming an internal closed funnel when che spikes are brought together and opens when by further rotating the spikes move away from each other.
2. - A device according to claim 1 characterised that the means to place seec or small objects into the funnels consists of a hub disposed about the axis of rotation of the disc and mounted to rotate with the discs which hub is provided wit.h cells adapted to receive the seed or the other small objects and to release them upon rotation of the discs so they can fall under gravity into the funnel .
3. - A device according to claim 2 characterised that the hub is provided with a cover to retain the seed or the small objects in the cells until they are released and fall under gravity into the funnel.
4. - A device according to claim 1 characterised that the two star wheel discs are protected by cover plates and which will remove any soil stuck at the piles.
5. - A device according to claims 1 to 4 characterised that interlocking pegs are provided on one star wheel formed disc and engaged with the base of the spikes on the other star wheel formed disc, to ensure that they rotate in unison.
6. - A device to place seed at a specific pitch into soil covered by a thick crop residue according to claims 1 to 4 in which seed flows downward through a pipe, is retained in cells of a rotating hub, and falls by gravity from the cells into a funnel, formed by two half conic shaped radiating spikes of star wheel formed discs
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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ZW14990 | 1990-09-25 | ||
ZW2891 | 1991-03-13 |
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AP9100323A0 AP9100323A0 (en) | 1991-10-31 |
AP228A true AP228A (en) | 1992-12-19 |
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US (1) | US5205228A (en) |
EP (1) | EP0503938B1 (en) |
AP (1) | AP228A (en) |
AR (1) | AR246031A1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE106656T1 (en) |
BR (1) | BR9104096A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2052166C (en) |
DE (1) | DE69200170T2 (en) |
DK (1) | DK0503938T3 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2056689T3 (en) |
ZA (1) | ZA917442B (en) |
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- 1991-09-17 AP APAP/P/1991/000323A patent/AP228A/en active
- 1991-09-18 ZA ZA917442A patent/ZA917442B/en unknown
- 1991-09-20 AR AR91320718A patent/AR246031A1/en active
- 1991-09-24 BR BR919104096A patent/BR9104096A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1991-09-24 CA CA002052166A patent/CA2052166C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1991-12-09 US US07/803,878 patent/US5205228A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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US4315580A (en) * | 1980-08-15 | 1982-02-16 | Beckworth James K | Hand held seed planter with roller wheel structure |
US4331205A (en) * | 1980-12-19 | 1982-05-25 | Brown County Manufacturing, Inc. | Depth control wheel for seed planter |
US4398478A (en) * | 1981-06-03 | 1983-08-16 | International Harvester Co. | Seed planter apparatus with covering wheel |
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DE69200170T2 (en) | 1994-12-01 |
AU646292B2 (en) | 1994-02-17 |
CA2052166C (en) | 1995-08-01 |
US5205228A (en) | 1993-04-27 |
AR246031A1 (en) | 1994-03-30 |
BR9104096A (en) | 1992-06-02 |
AP9100323A0 (en) | 1991-10-31 |
ES2056689T3 (en) | 1994-10-01 |
EP0503938B1 (en) | 1994-06-08 |
CA2052166A1 (en) | 1992-03-26 |
ZA917442B (en) | 1992-06-24 |
DK0503938T3 (en) | 1994-10-24 |
ATE106656T1 (en) | 1994-06-15 |
DE69200170D1 (en) | 1994-07-14 |
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