Seeding apparatus
AssigneeExler Equipment Limited
InventorsSelwyn Vesey Stewart Exler, Michael Kevin Scheib
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Abstract
A seed drill or seeder of a kind to deposit serial streams of seed each into a disc made trough, trench or the like, characterised by each disc having its bearing mounted to the disc from the inside (i.e. the concave side) and a chute providing member or assembly down which the stream of seeds is to passes, is attached to the bearing from the outside (i.e. the convex side) of the disc.
Claims8
1-6. (canceled)
The seeding apparatus of claim 4, wherein said swinging arm raises and lowers the disc.
8-9. (canceled)
The seeding apparatus of claim 34, wherein the swinging arm is mounted so as to pivot transversely of the advancement locus.
11-26. (canceled)
The apparatus of claim 34, wherein an angular disposition of the mounting member relative to the swinging arm is adjustable.
28-33. (canceled)
Seeding apparatus to be advanced over the ground while depositing a stream of seed from each of a plurality of ground opening and seed depositing assemblies, said apparatus comprising
- an advanceable support,
- ground opening and seed depositing assemblies arrayed on said advanceable support in one or more at least substantially transversely extending banks with respect to an advancement locus,
- each said ground opening and seed depositing assembly including
- a swinging arm from said advanceable support,
- a ground opening disc having concave and convex sides,
- a bearing assembly for the disc located in a concavity of the concave side,
- a mounting member extending from a trailing part of the swing arm and conforming over part of the convex side of the disc and connecting to said bearing assembly, and
- a seed deposition tube at least as part of, or carried by, said mounting member to receive and deposit seed adjacent the convex side of the disc into a trough opened by the disc.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.