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WO2002052237A1
WO2002052237A1 PCT/US2000/034975 US0034975W WO02052237A1 WO 2002052237 A1 WO2002052237 A1 WO 2002052237A1 US 0034975 W US0034975 W US 0034975W WO 02052237 A1 WO02052237 A1 WO 02052237A1
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equidistant planting
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
    • A01C7/00—Sowing
    • A01C7/04—Single-grain seeders with or without suction devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
    • A01C7/00—Sowing
    • A01C7/20—Parts of seeders for conducting and depositing seed

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  • the present invention relates generally to planter devices and more specifically it relates to an equidistant planting system for accurately placing seeds in a furrow thereby providing increased crop yields.
  • Planter devices have been in use for years.
  • a planter device typically includes a storage bin for storage of the seed.
  • Conventional planter devices utilize a singulation system connected to the storage bin, however, a length of tube generally transports the singulated seed to the furrow.
  • planter devices include U.S. Patent 4,628,841 to Powilleit; U.S. Patent 4,650,093 to Meyer-Bosse; U.S. Patent 4,515,291 to Holmes; U.S. Patent 4,928,607 to Luigi; U.S. Patent 5,058,766 to Deckler; U.S. Patent 5,632,212 to Barry; U.S. Patent 5,351,634 to Patton; U.S. Patent 4,449,642 to Dooley; U.S. Patent 4,029,028 to Griffiths; U.S. Patent 4,008,826 to Caree which are all illustrative of such prior art.
  • Powilleit U.S. Patent No. 4,628,841 discloses a single grain sowing machine. Powilleit teaches a seed container, a feeding wheel connected to the seed container, and a sowing wheel which rolls on the ground and on the circumference of which there are means which engage the seed grains. In the lower zone of the sowing wheel, the seed grains are pressed into the soil and released.
  • Meyer-Bosse U.S. Patent No. 4,650,093 discloses an apparatus for separating and distributing granular goods.
  • Meyer-Bosse teaches a housing, a bucket wheel rotatable within the housing, and an outer receiving side and an inner side of the bucket wheel.
  • Holmes U.S. Patent No. 4,515,291 discloses a seed planter, planter assembly and method of pickup up and discharging single seeds. Holmes teaches a seed transport member having a plurality of depressions provide with ramp surfaces sloping downwardly. Air is fed into the deepest portion of the depression and a single seed is trapped in this portion by the low pressure region which forms between the seed and the walls of the depression.
  • Luigi U.S. Patent No. 4,928,607 discloses an electronically controlled pneumatic seeder. Luigi teaches a plurality of seed distributors controlled by direct current motors that are controlled by an electronic devices as a function of the forward speed of the seeder.
  • Dooley U.S. Patent No. 4,449,642 discloses an improved seed sower unit and an improved seed supply hopper for the head. Dooley teaches a frame having a seed reservoir, an indexing means within the frame, a latch means for securing the hopper in operating position, and a seed drain gate means.
  • While these devices may be suitable for the particular purpose to which they address, they are not as suitable for accurately placing seeds in a furrow thereby providing increased crop yields.
  • Conventional planter devices do not provide accurate placement of seed within the furrow.
  • conventional planter devices do not allow intermittent placement of seed between adjacent rows for achieving the optimum crop growth conditions.
  • the equidistant planting system substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of accurately placing seeds in a furrow thereby providing increased crop yields.
  • the present invention provides a new equidistant planting system construction wherein the same can be utilized for accurately placing seeds in a furrow thereby providing increased crop yields.
  • the general purpose of the present invention is to provide a new equidistant planting system that has many of the advantages of the planter devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new equidistant planting system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art planter devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
  • the present invention generally comprises a seed singulator device, a delivery tube extending from the singulator device, and a placement device connected to the delivery tube for dispersing the seed uniformly within the furrow.
  • the placement device comprises a ring member, an opening within the lower portion of the ring member, a disk member rotatably positioned within the ring member, a mechanical drive for rotating the disk member, a cover attached to the ring member, a plurality of inner members attached to the disk member, and a corresponding plurality of guide members attached to the disk member adjacent the corresponding inner members.
  • the guide members form a tapering passageway for guiding the seed into a narrow retaining passage for delivering the seed through the opening at approximately zero velocity from a finite vertical distance for reducing movement of the seed after placement within the furrow.
  • a primary object of the present invention is to provide an equidistant planting system that will overcome the shortcomings of the prior art devices.
  • Another object is to provide an equidistant planting system that provides uniform and even placement of seed within a furrow.
  • An additional object is to provide an equidistant planting system that increases crop growth, yield, quality and uniformity.
  • a further object is to provide an equidistant planting system that accurately places seed with respect to adjacent rows thereby allowing intermittent place of seed between adjacent rows.
  • Another object is to provide an equidistant planting system that reduces seed movement after being placed within the open furrow.
  • a further object is to provide an equidistant planting system that allows a user to achieve a diamond shaped equidistant crop placement pattern for maximizing nutrients, water and sunlight to all crop plants.
  • An additional object is to provide an equidistant planting system that virtually eliminates the planter speed as a factor in determining seed placement.
  • Another object is to provide an equidistant planting system that provides rapid control of the ground for shading and thereby controlling weed growth which results in reduced herbicide usage.
  • a further object is to provide an equidistant planting system that provides increased crop uniformity for providing easier harvesting and drying.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a magnified side view showing the placement device.
  • FIG. 3 is an upper perspective view of the placement device.
  • FIG. 4 is an exploded upper perspective view of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 1 through 4 illustrate an equidistant planting system 10, which comprises a seed singulator 40 device, a delivery tube 30 extending from the singulator 40 device, and a placement device 20 connected to the delivery tube 30 for dispersing the seed 14 uniformly within the furrow.
  • the placement device 20 comprises a ring member 24, an opening 25 within the lower portion of the ring member 24, a disk member 22 rotatably positioned within the ring member 24, a mechanical drive for rotating the disk member 22, a cover 26 attached to the ring member 24, a plurality of inner members 28a-c attached to the disk member 22, and a corresponding plurality of guide members 29a-c attached to the disk member 22 adjacent the corresponding inner members 28a-c.
  • the guide members 29a-c form a tapering passageway for guiding the seed 14 into a narrow retaining passage for delivering the seed 14 through the opening 25 at approximately zero velocity from a finite vertical distance for reducing movement of the seed 14 after placement within the furrow.
  • the placement device 20 and the seed singulator 40 are attached to a common frame. It can be appreciated that since most planters have more than one row, that the below description can be utilized to construct a multiple row planter system.
  • a conventional opener 12 is attached to the structure for creating an open furrow in front of the placement device 20.
  • the opener 12 may be comprised of any well-known opener 12 such as disk openers 12 or shoe openers.
  • a conventional seed singulator 40 is provided that singulates the seed 14 from a seed 14 reservoir.
  • the seed singulator 40 may be comprised of any well-known seed singulation system such as those commonly utilized upon corn planters and other planter devices.
  • a delivery tube 30 extends from the seed singulator 40 for delivering the singulated seed 14 to the placement device 20.
  • the placement device 20 is mechanically operated by a drive sprocket 50 connected to an axle 21 of the placement device 20.
  • a conventional chain 54 connects the drive sprocket 50 to a main sprocket 52.
  • a drive shaft or other device is connected to the main sprocket 52 for synchronizing all of the rows of the inventive device by rotating each disk member 22 at the same rotational velocity.
  • the disk member 22 is preferably rotated at a speed so that the perimeter tangential velocity is opposite of the planter's velocity so that the seed 14 will exit the placement device 20 at approximately zero velocity for preventing seed 14 movement upon placement within the furrow.
  • the placement device 20 comprises a ring member 24 and a disk member 22 rotatably positioned within the ring member 24.
  • the lower end of the deliver tube extends into the upper portion of the ring member 24 as best shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.
  • a cover 26 is attachable to the ring member 24 for enclosing the placement device 20.
  • the rotatably disk member 22 is not necessarily required, since the inner members 28a-c and/or the guide members 29a-c may be directly connected to the axle 21.
  • an axle 21 extends through the center of the disk member 22 and is mechanically connected to the drive sprocket 50 for rotating the disk member 22.
  • a plurality of inner members 28a-c are attached to the side of the disk member 22. There are preferably three inner members 28a-c, however it can be appreciated by one skilled in the art that any number of inner member may be utilized.
  • Each of the inner members 28a-c creates a pocket or cell that receives a single seed 14 from the delivery tube 30 as best shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.
  • the inner members 28a-c are curved with the middle section closest to the axle 21. The curved inner members 28a-c direct the seed 14 from the delivery tube 30 initially toward the center of the inner members 28a-c. It can be appreciated that various other shapes and curvatures may be utilized for the inner members 28a-c.
  • a corresponding plurality of guide members 29a-c are attached to the disk member 22 adjacent the respective inner members 28a-c.
  • the guide members 29a-c form a tapering passageway for the seed 14 to be guided into and retained within during rotational movement of the disk member 22.
  • the distal ends of the guide members 29a-c and the corresponding inner members 28a-c are substantially parallel to one another and extend substantially radially upon the disk member 22.
  • the inner portion of the guide members 29a-c tapers away from the inner members 28a-c thereby providing a broad opening 25 within the passageway for receiving the seed 14.
  • the opening 25 is within the lower portion of the ring member 24.
  • the opening 25 is preferably positioned slightly to the rear of the center of the ring member 24 for allowing the seed 14 to exit through the opening 25 at a substantially horizontal direction without obstruction.
  • the opening 25 within the ring member 24 is preferably approximately one to four inches above the bottom of the open furrow during operation.
  • the seed singulator 40 retrieves seed 14 from a hopper and delivers a single seed 14 through the delivery tube 30 into the placement device 20.
  • the seed 14 is dropped into the pocket created by one of the inner members 28a-c and onto the inner member 28.
  • the seed 14 is directed to the front of the placement device 20 upon the inner member 28.
  • another seed 14 is provided by the seed singulator 40 into the placement device 20.
  • the first seed 14 is positioned adjacent the opening 25 within the ring member 24 as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. The first seed 14 is then captured within the narrow portion between the guide member 29 and the inner member 28 as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.
  • the narrow portion between the guide member 29 and the inner member 28 is exposed to the opening 25 within the ring member 24 thereby allowing the first seed 14 to escape through the opening 25 at a horizontal velocity approximately opposite to the velocity of the planter thereby creating an effective zero velocity for the seed 14 except for the slight vertical velocity that is achieved by traveling from the opening 25 to the lower surface of the furrow.
  • the first seed 14 then engages the bottom of the furrow without rolling or bouncing thereby ensuring proper placement of the first seed 14 within the furrow. Because of the increased accuracy, the adjacent rows being planted by the planter may be staggered so that the seed 14 of the adjacent row is between two of the seeds 14 of the adjacent row thereby maximizing crop yields.

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Abstract

Système (10) servant à réaliser des plantations équidistantes, ce qui consiste à placer des semences (14) avec précision dans un sillon afin d'augmenter le rendement des récoltes. Le dispositif décrit par l'invention comprend un séparateur de semence (40), un tube d'apport (30) s'étendant depuis le séparateur (40) et un distributeur (20) accouplé au tube d'apport (30) afin de distribuer les semences (14) uniformément à l'intérieur du sillon. Ce distributeur (20) comprend un élément annulaire (24), une ouverture (25) pratiquée à l'intérieur de la partie inférieure de l'élément annulaire (24), un disque (22) placé rotatif à l'intérieur de l'élément annulaire (24), un mécanisme d'entraînement (21) servant à mettre en rotation le disque (22), un couvercle (26) fixé à l'élément annulaire (24), une pluralité d'éléments intérieurs (28a-c) fixés au disque (22) et une pluralité d'éléments de guidage (29a-c) fixés au disque (22) en position contiguë aux éléments intérieurs correspondants (28a-c).
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US4027606A (en) * 1975-11-28 1977-06-07 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Planter apparatus
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US3636897A (en) * 1969-02-06 1972-01-25 Fmc Corp Apparatus for precision planting
US4027606A (en) * 1975-11-28 1977-06-07 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Planter apparatus
US5542364A (en) * 1993-04-22 1996-08-06 Romans; William W. Seed metering device

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