Patent ID: 9192088
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A01B,A01C

Abstract:
1. A seed planting apparatus comprising: a frame having a front and a rear and moveable along a line of travel in a forward direction; a first disc operatively rotatably attached to a first part of the frame about a first axis, the first axis being substantially perpendicular to the a vertical plan containing the line of travel of the frame; a trenching device operatively attached to the frame for forming a trench in the soil, the trenching device comprising: a seed guiding tube for guiding seeds into the trench; a trench filling device for filling soil into the trench on top of the seeds; and wherein at least one of the first, second and third discs has a configuration comprising: a first side having an outer periphery and a second side having an outer periphery, the second side being spaced from the first side, the second side having a larger radially outer periphery diameter than a radially outer periphery of the first side and there being a transition surface between the outer periphery of the first side and the outer periphery of the second side, said transition surface being annular and concave; and wherein at least a first portion of the first side lies in a first plane and a first portion of the second side, at the radially outer periphery diameter of the first side, lies in a second plane, and wherein the first plane is parallel to the second plane.