Patent ID: 7540246

Claim:
A furrow opener device comprising: a disc arranged to be displaced across the ground in a forward working direction to open a primary furrow in the ground; a primary product delivery tube arranged to deposit a first product into the primary furrow; a scraper body extending generally rearward from a leading scraper edge of the scraper body to a rear trailing edge of the scraper body, the leading scraper edge of the scraper body being supported alongside the disc ahead of the primary product delivery tube so as to be arranged to scrape the disc; a wing member supported on a bottom portion of the scraper body in proximity to a bottom end of the disc and extending laterally outwardly away from the disc so as to be arranged to open a groove in the primary furrow projecting laterally into one side wall of the primary furrow below a surface of the ground; and a secondary product delivery tube extending generally downward from an input opening at a top end of the secondary product delivery tube to an output opening at a bottom end of the secondary product delivery tube located adjacent the wing member and arranged for depositing the product through the secondary product delivery tube into the groove in the primary furrow opened by the wing member.