Apparatus and method for spot planting seedlings
US4459924A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 12, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01C11/006
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for spot planting seedlings in which planting instrumentalities intermittently engage ground and plant seedlings at spaced spots. The planting instrumentalities include a site preparation pulverizer, seedling insertion dibble plates, and an impacting packer head for compressing soil. Mechanism is provided for sequentially actuating the various planting instrumentalities and for reducing to zero the relative traversing velocity between the planting instrumentalities and a spot of ground engaged thereby.
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