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Furrow opener and apparatus for no-tillage transplanters and planters

US4141302A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 21, 1977
Grant dateFeb 27, 1979
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Expiry dateOct 21, 1997

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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