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US 12,520,743 B2Granted
Seed injector
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorsJason Stoller, Todd Swanson, Jeremy Hodel, Kent Levy, Ian Radtke
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Abstract
A seed unit for placing seeds into soil includes a seed meter for singulating seeds, a shaft to deliver the seeds into soil during operation, and an actuator coupled to the shaft. The actuator moves the shaft during operation and the shaft delivers seeds into the soil without a continuous seed trench.
Claims6
A seed planting unit, comprising:
- a seed meter for singulating seeds;
- a shaft defining a space or recess for receiving a seed from the seed meter at a first end of the shaft and at least one wing at a second end of the shaft, the shaft and the wing defining at least one fluid conduit through the shaft and the wing, wherein the shaft is configured to deliver the seeds and a fluid to soil without a continuous seed trench;
- a wheel configured to rotate in a vertical plane parallel to a forward travel direction of the seed planting unit, wherein shaft is connected to the wheel via a pivot so that, as the wheel rotates, the shaft moves vertically with respect to the soil to cause the second end of the shaft to penetrate the soil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.