Patent Publication Number: US-2004050308-A1

Title: Seeding shovel sowing seeds one by one

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0001] The present invention relates to shovels, and particularly to a seeding shovel which can sow seeds one by one. By the seeding shovel, when the user shovels, seeds are embedded into earth rapidly by one hand at the time of digging earth.  
       [0002] Prior art shovels have only a function of digging earth. The shovel serves to dig a hole on earth and then seeds are placed into the hole by fingers. Then the hole is flat so as to complete the work of sowing. However, in this prior art operation, the user must dig earth by one hand and sow seeds on the other hand. The operation is inconvenient and necessary to be improved.  
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0003] Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide a seeding shovel which can sow seeds one by one. The shovel of the present invention comprises a body, an adjusting rod buckled to a bottom of the body, and an actuating block for actuating the adjusting rod. A center of the shoveling portion has a slotted track for buckling an adjusting rod. A stopping piece is installed at a predetermined position of the shoveling portion. A bottom of the stopping piece has a through hole for being passed by falling seeds. The slotted track is a portion coupled to the through hole. The portion is installed with an outlet. An adjusting rod passes through the portion between the handle and the shoveling portion. The top of the distal end of the adjusting rod is installed with an actuating block. Thereby, the actuating block can drive the adjusting rod to move reciprocally. When the user shovels, seeds are embedded into earth rapidly by one hand.  
       [0004] The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing. 
     
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
     [0005]FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the present invention.  
     [0006]FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of the present invention.  
     [0007]FIG. 3 is a cross section view of the present invention.  
     [0008]FIG. 4A shows one embodiment of the present invention where the seeding shovel is being used to shovel objects.  
     [0009]FIG. 4B is a plane view showing one embodiment of the present invention where the seeding shovel is in a status of before shoveling.  
     [0010]FIG. 4C is a plane view showing one embodiment of the present invention wherein the seeding shovel is in a statue of after shoveling.  
     [0011]FIG. 4D shows one embodiment showing that the seeding shovel of the present invention is used to flat earth. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
     [0012] Referring to FIGS.  1  to  3 , seeding shovel sowing seeds one by one of the present invention is illustrated. The seeding shovel includes a body  1 , an adjusting rod  2  buckled to a bottom of the body  1 , and an actuating block  3  for actuating the adjusting rod  2 .  
     [0013] The body  1  includes a front shoveling portion  11 , and a rear handle  12 . Two sides of the shoveling portion  11  are inclined upwards. A center of the shoveling portion  11  is formed with a slender horizontal portion  111 . A slotted track  112  is installed on the horizontal portion  111 . Thereby, the adjusting rod  2  is movable on the slotted track  112 . Two sides of the shoveling portion  11  have embedding holes  113  at predetermined positions for resisting against a stopping piece  13  running across the shoveling portion  11 . A bottom of the stopping piece  13  is installed with a through hole  131  for placing falling seeds. A portion of the slotted track  112  on the bottom of the shoveling portion  11  coupling to the stopping piece  13  is installed with an outlet  114 . Thereby, when the adjusting rod  2  moves, the seed falls to earth from the outlet  114  exactly.  
     [0014] Two sides of the shoveling portion  11  have pivotal shafts  115 . Each pivotal shaft  115  is pivotally installed with an earth poking harrow  116  which has a U shape and is protruded from a front end of the shoveling portion  11 . The earth poking harrow can be lifted around a center of the pivotal shaft  115 . Thereby, a front end of the shoveling portion  11  can be inserted into earth successfully. An upper press level  1161  is protruded from a middle section of the earth poking harrow  116 . The fingers of the user can press the upper press level  1161  in advance. Thereby, earth is moved into a hole by the earth poking harrow  116 .  
     [0015] The handle  12  is hollowed. A stopping rib  121  for confining a reciprocal moving actuating block  3  is installed in the handle  12 . At the connection of the handle  12  and the shoveling portion  11  has a penetrating hole  122  for passing through the adjusting rod  2 . A buckling groove  123  is formed at a predetermined position above the penetrating hole  122 . After the adjusting rod  2  and the actuating block  3  are placed in the shoveling portion  11 , an upper cover  14  can cover the buckling groove  123 . A portion at a top of the upper cover  14  coupling to the actuating block  3  is installed with a via hole  141  larger than the actuating block  3 .  
     [0016] The adjusting rod  2  passes through the penetrating hole  122  at the connection of the shoveling portion  11  and the handle  12 . A portion at a lower end of the adjusting rod  2  corresponding to the slotted track  112  of the shoveling portion  11  are sequentially installed with a buckling block  21  capable of being buckled to the slotted track  112 . The area of the adjusting rod  2  is slight smaller than the slotted track  112  so that the adjusting rod  2  may move reciprocally in the slotted track  112 . A distal end of the adjusting rod  2  is further installed with a positioning hole  22 . The actuating block  3  is exactly locked the positioning hole  22 .  
     [0017] The actuating block  3  is locked above the adjusting rod  2 . A top of the actuating block  3  slightly protrudes from the top end of the via hole  141  of the upper cover  14 . The area of the actuating block  3  is smaller than the via hole  141  and thus the actuating block  3  is movable reciprocally in the via hole  141 .  
     [0018] The operation of the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 5. At first, the shoveling portion  11  of the body  1  is placed with a plurality of seeds. The earth poking harrow of the seeding shovel are lifted in advance so that the shoveling portion  11  can be inserted into the shoveling portion  11  and thus it can shovel earth upwards. A hole H for placing the seeds is formed in the earth (referring to FIG. 4A). Then, the actuating block  3  may drive the adjusting rod  2  to move between the handle  12  and the shoveling portion  11 . Thereby, when the actuating block  3  moves, the adjusting rod  2  is driven to move backwards. A space for receiving falling seeds is exactly formed between a bottom of the shoveling portion  11  and the through hole  131  of the stopping piece  13  (referring to FIG. 4B). Then, the actuating block  3  is twisted forwards so that the actuating block  3  exactly pushes the seed S 1  at a lower end of the stopping piece  13  to move forwards. Thereby, the seed falls into the hole H along the outlet  114  (referring to FIG. 4C). Then a finger presses the upper press level  1161  of the earth poking harrow  116  so that the earth at a front end of the hole H can be pushed into the hole H so as to flat the hole H. Thus seeds can be embedded into the earth (referring to FIG. 4D)  
     [0019] Thereby, at the time of shoveling earth, seeds can be embedded into earth rapidly by only one hand.  
     [0020] Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details described thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.