Patent ID: 8001913
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. A seed planter for planting seeds in a trench in the ground, the seed planter comprising a seed hopper for receiving round and cylindrically shaped seeds, an upright endless belt supported for movement along a path and including an upward portion adapted for upward movement through the hopper and a downward portion adapted for movement downwardly towards the ground, a plurality of vertically offset cups attached to the endless belt for movement along the path, the cups opening upwardly into the hopper on the upward portion and opening downwardly to release the seeds towards the ground on the downward portion, adjacent cups each adapted to receive an individual seed as the cups moves upwardly with the belt through the hopper, the improvement comprising: a concave upwardly seed-intercepting indexing pocket facing one of the upward adjacent cups in the downward portion of the path, the indexing pocket orienting the seed released from the adjacent cup relative to the trench.