Lawn seeding machine

#The instant invention relates generally to agricultural implements and more specifically it relates to a lawn seeding machine, which provides a mechanism that will make holes in the ground and at the same time drop grass seeds directly into the holes.

#There are available various conventional agricultural implements which do not provide the novel improvements of the invention herein disclosed.

#A primary object of the present invention is to provide a lawn seeding machine that will overcome the shortcomings of the prior art devices.

#FIG. 1 is a front elevational view with parts broken away and in section of a first embodiment of the instant invention.

#FIG. 2 is a side view of the spike wheel feeder taken along line 2--2 in FIG. 1.

#FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of a second embodiment being adjustable to variations in the terrain, so that the spike wheel feeders can move up and down, as well as rotate thereabout.

#Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIGS. 1 through 3 illustrate a lawn seeding machine 10, which consists of a trough 12 for holding grass seeds 14 therein. An inverted U-shaped handle 16 extends upwardly from the trough 12. A plurality of L-shaped tubular ducts 18 extend in spaced intervals downwardly from the trough 12. A plurality of spiked seeding wheels 20 are also provided, with each rotatably mounted by a ring bearing 32 into an end of one L-shaped tubular duct 18. When the spiked seeding wheels 20 are manually pushed along the ground 22, they will rotate to make holes in the ground 22 and at the same time drop grass seeds 14 directly into the holes received from the trough 12 and one L-shaped tubular duct 18 in a single pass operation.

#Each spiked seeding wheel 20 includes a hub 24 having a plurality of radially positioned bent spikes 26. A seed container 28 has a plurality of radially positioned apertures 30. The seed container 28 is mounted to one side of the hub 24, so that the bent spikes 26 will be in an alignment with the apertures 30. Ring bearing 32 is through the center of the seed container 28, so as to engage with the end of one L-shaped tubular duct 18, for rotation thereabout.

#The lawn seeding machine 10 in FIG. 3, further includes components for automatically adjusting to variations in the terrain, so that the spiked seeding wheels 20 can move up and down, as well as rotate on the ground 22. The adjusting components consists of the trough 12 having a flexible portion 34 approximately midway. The inverted U-shaped handle 16 has a spring biased pivot connection 36, approximately midway in its upper hand grip portion 38. Each L-shaped tubular duct 18 has a spring biased pivot connection 40 at a juncture between its long segment 42 and its short segment 44.