Planting – Drilling and broadcasting – Main and auxiliary frame machines
Patent
1978-12-26
1984-06-26
Bratlie, Steven A.
Planting
Drilling and broadcasting
Main and auxiliary frame machines
111 3, A01C 1102, A01G 2304
Patent
active
044559500
ABSTRACT:
The transplanting apparatus includes a mobile frame supporting a rigid disc and a flexible disc mounted on a transverse shaft for rotation in unison about a horizontal axis as the frame traverses a strip of soil to transfer plants from a supply tape to a furrow. Although the discs are spaced apart somewhat at their centers or hubs, at an upper location the flexible disc is flexed even a greater distance away from the rigid disc to provide a continuously open space for the successive reception of the leaf ends of plants delivered from a supply tape. At a lower location the flexible disc is separated from the rigid disc only enough to open the discs for the successive release of the plants into the furrow. As the plants are transferred from the upper location to the lower location, the periphery of the flexible disc is pressed toward the rigid disc to assure retention of the plants during their downward travel. The apparatus further includes a furrow opener and a furrow closer.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2565548 (1951-08-01), Cordes
patent: 2609767 (1952-09-01), Tapp et al.
patent: 2632411 (1953-03-01), Cordes
Bratlie Steven A.
Enockson Gene O.
General Mills Inc.
Lillehaugen L. MeRoy
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