Method and means for planting field seeds in rows with different varieties of seeds
US6474500B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B69/0058
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of planting field seeds in rows with different varieties of seeds involves determining the variety of the seeds to be planted; placing the seeds for rows of predetermined length in different groups in elongated cell pack strips for each variety, with each cell pack strip including individual cells with individual seeds. A plurality of subgroups of cell pack strips are selected sequentially from the groups of cell pack strips in chronological order that they are to be planted in a single row in a field. The subgroups are then placed in magazines to maintain the order of the subgroups for the subsequent planting. The locations in a field are determined where the varieties are to be planted. The magazines are mounted on a field row planter with the magazines being associated with rows in the field to which the respective magazines correspond. The planter is moved longitudinally through the field. The cell pack strips are sequentially and chronologically selected from the magazines containing the seeds to be planted. The cells of the cell pack strip are sequentially broken in the order in which the seeds in each cell pack strip are to be planted to release the seeds from the c…
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