Patent ID: 6302040
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
A sub-surface seeding, fertilizing and watering device comprising:an opening blade,said opening blade having first and second sides extending between a leading edge and an aft edge,said first and second sides generally symmetrical to each other on either side of a first plane, said first plane generally bisecting said opening blade, said leading edge and said aft edge lying generally in said first plane,said opening blade mountable to a material feeder so as to be generally vertically disposed when mounted thereon for partial submerging into soil to a first submerged depth during forward translation advancing said leading edge through the soil,said opening blade having an upper surface and a lower surface extending between upper and lower edges respectively of said first and second sides,first and second wings mounted to said first and second sides respectively in generally oppositely disposed relation so as to be cantilevered outwardly therefrom, said first and second wings extending between first and second forward wing edges and first and second aft-opening wing apertures in said first and second wings respectively, said first and second wings mounted to said first and second sides at, respectively, first and second distances from said lower surface measured generally parallel to said first plane,said opening blade having therethrough, and generally lying in said first plane, first and second conduits,said first and second conduits extending from, and cooperating with, at uppermost ends thereof, first and second infeed ports in said upper surface,said first and second conduits cooperating with, at lowermost ends thereof, said first and second aft opening wing apertures,said first and second conduits thereby in material flow communication between said first and second infeed ports and corresponding said first and second aft opening wing apertures for seed, fertilizer or fluid flow, as fed from said material feeder, therethrough during said forward translation,a pair of oppositely disposed rigid canards for sub-surface soil agitation mounted to said first and second sides, so as to extend cantilevered outwardly therefrom, between said leading edge and said first and second forward wing edges, said pair of oppositely disposed rigid canards mounted to said first and second sides at, respectively, third and fourth distances from said lower surface measured generally parallel to said first plane,wherein said first, second, third and fourth distances are less than said first submerged depth so that said first and second wings and said pair of oppositely disposed rigid canards are submerged in the soil during said forward translation.