Patent ID: 6581533
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
A seeding machine comprising:a frame; a main hopper mounted to the frame; a planting unit pivotally mounted to the frame, the planting unit having a horizontal working position and a vertical transport position, the planting unit having a seed meter for metering seed, the seed meter being provided with a seed disc, the seed disc having a top portion; a tube extends between the main hopper and the seed meter for transmitting seed from the main hopper to the seed meter, seed transmitted from the main hopper to the seed meter forms a working seed puddle in the seed meter when the planting unit is in its horizontal working position; an isolator brush extends in a chordal manner along the seed disc, the isolator brush defining a discharge area in the seed meter; a first brush is mounted to the seed meter and extends downwardly and radially inwardly from the isolator brush along the seed disc, when the planting unit is pivoted from its horizontal working position to its vertical transport position some of the seed in the working seed puddle is retained in a transport seed puddle formed by the first brush.