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US 11,632,899 B2Granted
Apparatus and methods: planter meter for orienting seed and in soil seed placement
OwnerLuke Tyler Bredeweginventor
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Abstract
A seed planter meter that orients plant seed and a delivery mechanism which can transport the seed to the soil while maintaining the seed's orientation during transport to the soil and encapsulation in the soil.
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A metering and planting mechanism for the singulation, orientation, and transportation of seed to the soil comprising:
- a singulation device wherein the transporting device is a repeating sequential continuous mechanism with at least one axis and at least one seed holding interface;
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- at least one rotatable seed holding interface nest integral to the singulation device for directionally orienting seed;
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- a transporting device which is a repeating sequential continuous mechanism with at least one axis and at least one seed holding interface, which maintains the seed orientation during transport from the seed singulation device to the soil.
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A mechanism for the transportation of seed to the soil from a seed meter comprising:
- a singulation device which is a repeating sequential continuous mechanism with at least one axis and at least one seed holding interface;
- at least one device for directionally orienting seed on the singulation device;
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- a transporting device which is a repeating sequential continuous mechanism with at least one axis and at least one seed holding interface, wherein the transporting device maintains the seed orientation during transport from the seed singulation device to the soil;
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- at least one pinch finger, integral to the transporting device, which pinches the seed against a fixed surface;
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- a soil displacing mechanism which transfers soil against the seed as the seed exits from the transporting device prior to the complete release of the seed from the transporting device holding interface to maintain seed orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.