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US 5,471,939 AGranted
Handheld mechanical device to plant seed
AssigneeLingh A. Chancey
InventorKenneth J. Chancey
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Abstract
A seed planter having a seed drop tube entrance opening (Bracket 10), connected to a seed drop tube (Bracket 12) with a planter assembly (Bracket 14) leading to seed release bracket and lever assembly (Bracket 16), attached to a flexible wire cable (Bracket 18) and bracket with cable pulley assembly (Bracket 20), utilizing compression springs with stud assembly (Bracket 22) and a hinged soil penetrator and seed release gate assembly (Bracket 24).
Claims6
A handheld seed planter comprising:
- an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end;
- a soil penetrating door member pivotally mounted to said second end of said tubular member;
- a lever assembly pivotally mounted said first end of said tubular member;
- a flexible wire cable connected to said lever assembly and connected to said door member;
- a bracket adjacent to said second end and having a wire support member which the wire cable is located around, wherein pivoting of the lever assembly moves the wire cable about said wire support member to pivot the door member between an open and closed position with respect to the second end of the tubular member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.