US 12,672,616 B2Granted

Sapling planting unit

AssigneeDeere & Company

InventorsPrashant Kanade, Syed Gouse Moiddin, Harshal Deore, Saurabh Kulhare, Yuvraj Dhanal

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Abstract

A sapling planting unit for a transplanter, the sapling planting unit comprising a power transmitting assembly and a planting tube assembly. The power transmitting assembly provides a movement in a longitudinal direction. The power transmitting assembly comprises a driving element, functionally connected to a power source and a power transmitting mechanism, configured to move along the direction of rotation of the driving element. The planting tube assembly is coupled to the power transmitting mechanism and is configured to be driven in a longitudinal direction. The planting tube assembly comprises a plurality of spades operatively coupled to a planting tube, wherein the planting tube is configured to move in a transverse direction with the help of a first actuating mechanism.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A sapling planting unit for a transplanter, the sapling planting unit comprising:

a planting tube assembly comprising a plurality of spades coupled to a planting tube, the planting tube configured to be moved in a transverse direction by a first actuating mechanism;
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a power transmitting assembly coupled to the planting tube assembly, the power transmitting assembly comprising:
a driving element coupled to a power source, and
a power transmitting mechanism coupled to the driving element and a guiding element, wherein the power transmitting mechanism comprises an adjusting unit and the adjusting unit is configured to slide along the first guiding provision,
wherein the adjusting unit is configured to adjust the tension of the power transmitting mechanism,
the power transmitting mechanism configured to move along the direction of rotation of the driving element and configured to drive the planting tube assembly in a longitudinal direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.