Patent · US Expired

Furrow opener and apparatus for no-tillage transplanters and planters

US4090456E · kind E · reissue

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Filing dateOct 2, 1975
Grant dateMay 23, 1978
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Expiry dateOct 2, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S111/924
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A new apparatus for opening furrows in soil is disclosed. Specifically, this apparatus consists of an opening mechanism, a closing mechanism, an automatic seed planting mechanism, an automatic seedling planting mechanism, a driving means, a towing means, and the salient component parts necessary to make them function.

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