Planting – Drilling and broadcasting – Main and auxiliary frame machines
Patent
1978-03-29
1980-05-27
Burr, Edgar S.
Planting
Drilling and broadcasting
Main and auxiliary frame machines
111 34, 111 52, 221174, 221185, 221254, A01C 700, A01C 506
Patent
active
042044910
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for automatically planting billets of sugar cane as produced by a chopper-type sugar cane harvester, comprises a hopper for billets, an elevator to convey billets upwards and out of the hopper, and a billet delivery chute to receive the billets from the elevator and deliver them to a furrow in the ground. The elevator has at least two series of staggered slats which meter the billets. The delivery chute has a funnel-shaped upper portion and a trough-shaped downwardly and rearwardly-sloping lower portion, which guide and channel the billets in an endwise flow towards the furrow. The lower end of the chute is positioned close to or in contact with the ground so that billets can engage the ground before they leave the chute whereby billets can build up at the lower end of the chute and be discharged into the furrow at a rate corresponding to the forward speed of the planter.
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Bratlie Steven A.
Burr Edgar S.
Farris Robert L.
Massey-Ferguson Services N.V.
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