CA1106239A - Method of sowing seeds - Google Patents
Method of sowing seedsInfo
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- CA1106239A CA1106239A CA319,686A CA319686A CA1106239A CA 1106239 A CA1106239 A CA 1106239A CA 319686 A CA319686 A CA 319686A CA 1106239 A CA1106239 A CA 1106239A
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
- A01C15/00—Fertiliser distributors
- A01C15/04—Fertiliser distributors using blowers
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
- A01C7/00—Sowing
- A01C7/06—Seeders combined with fertilising apparatus
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The present invention provides a method of sowing seeds in an area of ground which comprises passing a seeding device over said ground and discharging said seeds from said device to form said seed rows and simultaneously therewith separately discharging fertilizer for each seed row from said seeding device in at least one path essentially parallel to and laterally spaced from each seed row. The invention also includes a seeding device adapted to discharge seeds in a plurality of rows in an area of ground a simultaneously discharge fertilizer therefor, the improvement in which said device is adapted to discharge said fertilizer in at least one path essentially parallel to and laterally spaced from each seed row.
The present invention provides a method of sowing seeds in an area of ground which comprises passing a seeding device over said ground and discharging said seeds from said device to form said seed rows and simultaneously therewith separately discharging fertilizer for each seed row from said seeding device in at least one path essentially parallel to and laterally spaced from each seed row. The invention also includes a seeding device adapted to discharge seeds in a plurality of rows in an area of ground a simultaneously discharge fertilizer therefor, the improvement in which said device is adapted to discharge said fertilizer in at least one path essentially parallel to and laterally spaced from each seed row.
Description
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The pres~nt invention re]ates to the automatic sowing of seeds in rows in an area of ground by means of a seeding device and in particular, to a method of sowing said seeds and a seedin~ device for use in said method.
In the sowing of seeds in rows in an area of yround, such as a field, it is customary to provide fertilizer to the ground in which the seeds are sown to facilitate their growth. With the advent of seeding devices such as disclosed in Canadian Patent No. 867,226, issued March 30, 1971 to Heinrich Weiste and particularly those adapted for use with conventional tillage equipment such as one way discers, deep tillage chisel ploughs, field cultivators and the like~such as disclosed in my Canadian Patents Nos. 626,735 issued February 20, 1962 and 840,146 issued April 20, 1970, n~y co-pending Canadian application No. 287,244 filed Septen~er 22, 1977, and entitled "Air Seed System" and U.S. Patent No. 4,024,822 issued May 24, 1977 to Ross et al, it has been customary to sow the seeds in a plurality of rows from a plurality of laterally spaced seed broadcasting heads suitably located behind the earth moving tools and shovels of the cultivator and at the same time feed said fertilizer from said seed broadcasting heads directly to each seed row. This has been customarily effected by premixing the seed and fertilizer in a container in said device and passing the seed fertilizer mixture through a distribution system usually by compressed air to each of the seed broadcasting heads.
It has however been found that the seed in said rows tends to become burned by said fertilizer in direct contact therewith both on the ground and in the seeding device and thus the crop yield is disadvantageously substantially reduced.
In accordance with the present invention this disadvantage has been overcome by discharging the seed and fertilizer separate-ly and simultaneously and in separate laterally spaced essentially parallel paths whereby the seed in the seeding device and in the 11~6~3~t seed rows is never in direct contact with the solid fertilizer but the fertilizer is sufficiently close to the seeds in the seed rows ~hat under normal climatic conditions, particularly under rain conditions, -the fertilizer difuses into the seed row to fertilize the seeds and the plants growing therefrom.
According to the present invention therefore there is provided a method of sowing seeds in rows in an area of ground which comprises discharging seeds through an outlet of a seed line onto said ground to form said seed rows and a simultaneously therewith separately discharging fertilizer from a fertilizer line onto the top of an inverted v-shaped deflector plate placed over said outlet such that said fertilizer is deflected laterally and scattered to both sides of each said seed row and so as not to be mixed with said seeds which areprotectedtherefrom by said plate.
The present invention also provides a seeding device which is adapted to discharge the seeds and fertilizer from at least one seed broadcasting head.
Suitably as in the conventional feeding devices for use with cultivators the fertilizer and seeds are discharged from at least one seed broadcasting head and-preferably a plurality of laterally spaced feed broadcasting heads. In a particularly preferred embodiment ofthe present invention the seed is at all times maintained out of contact with the fertilizer and the seed and fertilizer are contained in separate containers in the seeding device and passes through separate and usually similar distribution systems to the plurality of seed broadcasting heads which as in my aforesaid Canadian patent are mounted on tillage equipment with the heads comprising boot and spouts ad~acent ground tillage components.
In a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention for maximum fertilizing effect, a desired quantity Z3~
of fertilizer for the seeds in any particular row is deposited in two paths, one on either side of the seed row which is suitably accomplished by means of a deflector means such as a deflector plate d;sposed in the path of the fertilizer discharge in each seed broadcasting head which discharge is in aliynment with the seed discharge in the seed broadcasting head i.e. the seed row. Suitably, as with my aforesaid Canadian patent, the seed and fertilizer are fed through the distribution system by means of compressed air. The present invention will be further illustrated by way of the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. l is a schematic of a seeding device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a rear detail view of a seed broadcasting head -of the device of Figure l attached to a conventional cultivator shank.
FIG. 3 is a section taken along the line 3-3 in Flgure 2.
- Referring to the drawings, and in particular, Figure l of the drawings, the seeding device comprises a seed hopper l and a fertilizer hopper 2. The seed is passed from the hopper l by compressed air from a blower 3, passing through line 4, through a mai~n line 5 to a main head assembly6. Similarly, fertilizer is passed from the hopper 2 by compressed air from blower 3, passing through line 7, through main line 9 to a main head assembly 8. The main head assemblies 5 and 8 are suitably those disclosed in my co-pending Canadian Application No. or in Canadian Patent No. 867,226 issued March 30, 1971 to Heinrich Weiste. From the main header assemblies 5 and 8, the seed and fertilizer re-spectively pass through a plurality of secondary lines lO and 11 respectively to second header assemblies 12 and 13 respectively, which are suitably again those disclosed in the aforesaid co-pending 23~
app]ication or Canadian pa1ent. From the secondary head at 12 and 13 respectively, -the seed and fertilizer pass throuc3h lines 14 and 15 respectively to the seed broadcasting heads 16 on conventional tillage equipment and in particular, a cultivator upon which the seeding device is mounted. A line 14 for the seed and a line 15 for the fertilizer passing to each seed broadcasting head. In Figure 1, for tlle sake of clarity, a large number of the ]ines between -the hoppers main and secondary headers and the seed broadcasting heads have been omitted.
Each of the seed broadcasting heads, as will be seen from Figures 2 and 3, comprises a seed root or spout comprising a plate 20 attached by bolts 21 to a shovel supporting shank 26) of a cultivator shovel not shown. Bolts 21 also serving to hold a supporting shank 22 of the conventional cultivator shovel 23 in a similar manner as in my Canadian Patent No. 663,735 where further details of the conventional shovel are given. At the forward end of the plate 20 is fixedly attached at the apex thereof, an inverted V-shaped deflector plate 24 through which the seed line 14 passes andon to the apex of which the fertilizer is discharged through the line 15.
Thus, on passage of the cultivator earth moving shovel 23 to the cultivated ground or soil 25 in a similar manner as in Canadian Patent No. 636,735, the seed~ is distributed from each seed broadcasting head 16 in a single row through the plate 24 and the fertilizer is distributed in a pair of rows on either side of the seed row due to the contact of the fertilizer with the deflector plate 24.
The pres~nt invention re]ates to the automatic sowing of seeds in rows in an area of ground by means of a seeding device and in particular, to a method of sowing said seeds and a seedin~ device for use in said method.
In the sowing of seeds in rows in an area of yround, such as a field, it is customary to provide fertilizer to the ground in which the seeds are sown to facilitate their growth. With the advent of seeding devices such as disclosed in Canadian Patent No. 867,226, issued March 30, 1971 to Heinrich Weiste and particularly those adapted for use with conventional tillage equipment such as one way discers, deep tillage chisel ploughs, field cultivators and the like~such as disclosed in my Canadian Patents Nos. 626,735 issued February 20, 1962 and 840,146 issued April 20, 1970, n~y co-pending Canadian application No. 287,244 filed Septen~er 22, 1977, and entitled "Air Seed System" and U.S. Patent No. 4,024,822 issued May 24, 1977 to Ross et al, it has been customary to sow the seeds in a plurality of rows from a plurality of laterally spaced seed broadcasting heads suitably located behind the earth moving tools and shovels of the cultivator and at the same time feed said fertilizer from said seed broadcasting heads directly to each seed row. This has been customarily effected by premixing the seed and fertilizer in a container in said device and passing the seed fertilizer mixture through a distribution system usually by compressed air to each of the seed broadcasting heads.
It has however been found that the seed in said rows tends to become burned by said fertilizer in direct contact therewith both on the ground and in the seeding device and thus the crop yield is disadvantageously substantially reduced.
In accordance with the present invention this disadvantage has been overcome by discharging the seed and fertilizer separate-ly and simultaneously and in separate laterally spaced essentially parallel paths whereby the seed in the seeding device and in the 11~6~3~t seed rows is never in direct contact with the solid fertilizer but the fertilizer is sufficiently close to the seeds in the seed rows ~hat under normal climatic conditions, particularly under rain conditions, -the fertilizer difuses into the seed row to fertilize the seeds and the plants growing therefrom.
According to the present invention therefore there is provided a method of sowing seeds in rows in an area of ground which comprises discharging seeds through an outlet of a seed line onto said ground to form said seed rows and a simultaneously therewith separately discharging fertilizer from a fertilizer line onto the top of an inverted v-shaped deflector plate placed over said outlet such that said fertilizer is deflected laterally and scattered to both sides of each said seed row and so as not to be mixed with said seeds which areprotectedtherefrom by said plate.
The present invention also provides a seeding device which is adapted to discharge the seeds and fertilizer from at least one seed broadcasting head.
Suitably as in the conventional feeding devices for use with cultivators the fertilizer and seeds are discharged from at least one seed broadcasting head and-preferably a plurality of laterally spaced feed broadcasting heads. In a particularly preferred embodiment ofthe present invention the seed is at all times maintained out of contact with the fertilizer and the seed and fertilizer are contained in separate containers in the seeding device and passes through separate and usually similar distribution systems to the plurality of seed broadcasting heads which as in my aforesaid Canadian patent are mounted on tillage equipment with the heads comprising boot and spouts ad~acent ground tillage components.
In a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention for maximum fertilizing effect, a desired quantity Z3~
of fertilizer for the seeds in any particular row is deposited in two paths, one on either side of the seed row which is suitably accomplished by means of a deflector means such as a deflector plate d;sposed in the path of the fertilizer discharge in each seed broadcasting head which discharge is in aliynment with the seed discharge in the seed broadcasting head i.e. the seed row. Suitably, as with my aforesaid Canadian patent, the seed and fertilizer are fed through the distribution system by means of compressed air. The present invention will be further illustrated by way of the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. l is a schematic of a seeding device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a rear detail view of a seed broadcasting head -of the device of Figure l attached to a conventional cultivator shank.
FIG. 3 is a section taken along the line 3-3 in Flgure 2.
- Referring to the drawings, and in particular, Figure l of the drawings, the seeding device comprises a seed hopper l and a fertilizer hopper 2. The seed is passed from the hopper l by compressed air from a blower 3, passing through line 4, through a mai~n line 5 to a main head assembly6. Similarly, fertilizer is passed from the hopper 2 by compressed air from blower 3, passing through line 7, through main line 9 to a main head assembly 8. The main head assemblies 5 and 8 are suitably those disclosed in my co-pending Canadian Application No. or in Canadian Patent No. 867,226 issued March 30, 1971 to Heinrich Weiste. From the main header assemblies 5 and 8, the seed and fertilizer re-spectively pass through a plurality of secondary lines lO and 11 respectively to second header assemblies 12 and 13 respectively, which are suitably again those disclosed in the aforesaid co-pending 23~
app]ication or Canadian pa1ent. From the secondary head at 12 and 13 respectively, -the seed and fertilizer pass throuc3h lines 14 and 15 respectively to the seed broadcasting heads 16 on conventional tillage equipment and in particular, a cultivator upon which the seeding device is mounted. A line 14 for the seed and a line 15 for the fertilizer passing to each seed broadcasting head. In Figure 1, for tlle sake of clarity, a large number of the ]ines between -the hoppers main and secondary headers and the seed broadcasting heads have been omitted.
Each of the seed broadcasting heads, as will be seen from Figures 2 and 3, comprises a seed root or spout comprising a plate 20 attached by bolts 21 to a shovel supporting shank 26) of a cultivator shovel not shown. Bolts 21 also serving to hold a supporting shank 22 of the conventional cultivator shovel 23 in a similar manner as in my Canadian Patent No. 663,735 where further details of the conventional shovel are given. At the forward end of the plate 20 is fixedly attached at the apex thereof, an inverted V-shaped deflector plate 24 through which the seed line 14 passes andon to the apex of which the fertilizer is discharged through the line 15.
Thus, on passage of the cultivator earth moving shovel 23 to the cultivated ground or soil 25 in a similar manner as in Canadian Patent No. 636,735, the seed~ is distributed from each seed broadcasting head 16 in a single row through the plate 24 and the fertilizer is distributed in a pair of rows on either side of the seed row due to the contact of the fertilizer with the deflector plate 24.
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PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A method of sowing seeds in rows in an area of ground which comprises discharging seeds through an outlet of a seed line onto said ground to form said seed rows and simultaneously therewith separately discharging fertilizer from a fertilizer line onto the top of an inverted v-shaped deflector plate placed over said outlet such that said fertilizer is deflected laterally and scattered to both sides of each said seed row and so as not to be mixed with said seeds which are protected therefrom by said plate.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, in which the ferti-lizer and seeds are discharged from at least one seed broadcasting head of said device.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1, in which the seeds and fertilizer are simultaneously discharged from a plurality of laterally spaced seed broadcasting heads.
4. A method as claimed in claim 3 in which said seeds and fertilizer are fed from separate sources through separate distribution systems to said seed broadcasting heads.
5. A method as claimed in claim 4, in which the seeds and fertilizer are fed from said separate sources to said seed broadcasting heads through said distribution systems by means of compressed air.
6. A seeding device adapted to discharge seeds in a plurality of rows in an area of ground and simultaneously dis-charge fertilizer therefor, comprising a seed line having an outlet for discharging said seeds onto said ground to form said rows, an inverted v-shaped deflector plate over said seed outlet, and a fertilizer line arranged to discharge fertilizer onto the top of said deflector plate such that said fertilizer is deflected later-ally and scattered to both sides of each said seed row and so as not to be mixed with said seeds which are protected therefrom by said plate.
7. A device as claimed in claim 6 which is adapted to discharge the seeds and fertilizer from at least one seed broad-casting head.
8. A device as claimed in claim 7, in which there are a plurality of laterally spaced seed broadcasting heads.
9. A device as claimed in claim 8, in which the fertil-izer and seeds are arranged to be fed to each seed broadcasting head from separate containers through separate distribution systems.
10. A device as claimed in claim 9 including means for feeding the fertilizer and seeds through said distribution sys-tems by means of compressed air to said heads.
11. A device as claimed in claim 6 which is mounted on tillage equipment, said seed broadcasting heads comprising boots or spouts adjacent ground tillage components.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA319,686A CA1106239A (en) | 1979-01-16 | 1979-01-16 | Method of sowing seeds |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA319,686A CA1106239A (en) | 1979-01-16 | 1979-01-16 | Method of sowing seeds |
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| CA1106239A true CA1106239A (en) | 1981-08-04 |
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| CA319,686A Expired CA1106239A (en) | 1979-01-16 | 1979-01-16 | Method of sowing seeds |
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Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4446801A (en) * | 1982-07-14 | 1984-05-08 | Morris Rod Weeder Co., Ltd. | Air seeding boot |
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Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4446801A (en) * | 1982-07-14 | 1984-05-08 | Morris Rod Weeder Co., Ltd. | Air seeding boot |
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