Patent ID: 7001326
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for dispensing seeds and spacers comprising the steps of: (i) providing a loader with a body, seed magazine receiving and locating means, seed dispensing means for ejecting seeds from a seed magazine, a seed-transporting path leading to a dispensing outlet, a spacer-transporting path distinct from said seed-transporting path, an elongate channel segment, and a dispensing outlet, wherein said elongate channel segment extends in fluid communication between both said seed-transporting path and said spacer-transporting path at one end and said dispensing outlet at the opposed end; (ii) mounting a seed magazine containing one or more seeds in said seed transporting path and dispensing a seed through said dispensing outlet; (iii) placing a spacer in said spacer transporting path; and (iv) dispensing said spacer through said outlet.