Patent ID: 6463865
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
An apparatus for implanting a conditioning substance into soil, said apparatus including:a plurality of spaced apart and generally vertically oriented blades capable of penetrating soil bearing grass or turf and forming spaced apart notches in the soil thereof; and a dispensing system including a plurality of tubes each having a terminal end defining one of a plurality of ejection ports each aligned with one of said blades such that the ejection ports are positionable in notches formed in soil by said blades for releasing a conditioning substance into the notches, said terminal ends of said plurality of tubes being beveled to angle rearwardly upwardly with respect to said blades for protecting said ejection ports against soil blockage, a container for the conditioning substance, said container includes a feed bar having a plurality of spaced apart openings which is slidably received in a channel having a plurality of spaced apart openings such that reciprocation of said feed bar in said channel results in the respective openings of said feed bar and said channel being brought into and out of an overlying relationship with one another thereby enabling and disabling a flow of said conditioning substance from said container to said plurality of tubes.