Patent ID: 9060462
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. A system for selecting seeds disposed in a plurality of containers and placing the selected seeds on a seed tape, the system comprising: a seed extraction assembly configured to extract selected individual seeds from a tray, the seed extraction assembly movably attached to a gantry, an accumulator disposed in the seed extraction assembly and having a cylindrical body with a plurality of pockets disposed in a helical arrangement on an outer surface of the body, the accumulator rotatable within the seed extraction assembly such that adjacent pockets are consecutively in communication with an insertion opening for the placement of individual seed within the pockets; and a seed tape assembly attached to the frame adjacent the distribution manifold, the seed tape assembly configured to place the seed disposed in each of the pockets of the accumulator onto a substrate of the seed tape upon rotation of the accumulator.