Patent ID: 6357369
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
A device for depositing a plurality of seeds in a sequential manner below a soil surface, comprising:means for propelling the seed depositing device in a forward direction along the soil surface; a device for containing the plurality of seeds, the seed containing device having at least one outlet port; at least one device for dispensing seeds in sequential manner from the seed containing device, one said seed dispensing device being provided for each outlet port of the seed containing device; at least one seed implanting device, each said seed implanting device comprising a hollow seed tube with open first and second ends and a tube body between the open ends, the tube body defining a longitudinal axis, the open first end adapted for receiving seeds in sequential manner from the seed dispensing device, to which the open first end is communicated, the tube body adapted to be rotated about the longitudinal axis thereof; and a means for rotating each said tube body about the longitudinal axis thereof; and means for mounting each of the at least one seed implanting devices to the seed depositing device such that the longitudinal axis of each hollow seed tube is at an acute angle to the soil surface as the seed implanting device is moved forwardly across the soil surface and the open second end of each hollow seed tube is below the soil surface at a predetermined depth.