Patent ID: 9351438
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A01C

Claim Text:
1. A paddle sealer for attachment to seeding equipment, the paddle sealer including: a frame structure; an attachment mechanism capable of securing the frame structure to seeding equipment; a paddle closing wheel assembly including a support structure connected to the frame structure and a set of paddle closing wheels attached to opposing sides of the support structure, wherein the opposing sides are oriented such that the paddle closing wheels are disposed in a toe-in orientation; wherein each of the paddle closing wheels includes a first side and a second side and a series of radially extending fingers extending from the periphery and each finger includes first and second side edges separated by a crown that interconnects the first and second side edges, each finger separated by a recessed area; and a plurality of paddles coupled to the first side edge of each of the fingers, the paddles are generally perpendicularly oriented to the first and second sides of the paddle closing wheels and wherein each of the paddle closing wheels rotates independently of the other wheel.