Precision super seeder
View Patent ↗In embodiments, a seeder may include a frame including a seed box and a rear roller. In embodiments, the seeder may be configured to removably couple with either a roller assembly or a disc blade assembly. In some embodiments, the seeder may include a front tray configured to receive two kinds of seed from two different seed boxes and disperse the seed at a position in front of the rear roller so that the seeds are planted at the same depth. In some embodiments, the seeder may further include a calibration tray which may have a width less than a width of the seeder. The calibration tray may be configured to receive seed from the seed box during a calibration procedure.
1. A seeder comprising:
a frame that includes a front end and a rear end and a front end to back end axis, the front end of the frame configured for coupling with a vehicle;
a rear roller coupled with the frame;
a seed box coupled with the frame, wherein the seed box disperses seed, wherein the frame is configured for removably and interchangeably coupling individually with each one of a plurality of attachments in front of the rear roller; and
an adjustment module that sets and fixes a horizontal angle Θ of the attachments relative to the front end of the frame along the front end to back end axis of the frame.
2. The seeder of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment module comprises
a stationary tray with a number of different positions; and
a studded roller slide.
3. The seeder of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment module is coupled to one of the plurality of attachments.
4. The seeder of claim 1 , wherein the seed box is a first seed box and the seed is a first seed, and wherein the seeder further comprises:
a second seed box that distributes a second kind of seed; and
a front tray to receive the first kind of seed from the first seed box and the second kind of seed from the second seed box, the front tray further dispersing the first and second kinds of seed simultaneously at a position in front of the rear roller.
5. The seeder of claim 4 , wherein the seeder further includes a rear tray that receives the second kind of seed from the second seed box, and wherein the rear tray further disperses the second kind of seed at a position behind the rear roller.
6. The seeder of claim 5 , wherein the front tray further receives the first kind of seed from the first seed box with reception, by the rear tray, of the second kind of seed from the second seed box.
7. The seeder of claim 6 , wherein the seeder further plants the first kind of seed at a first depth and plants the second kind of seed at a second depth, wherein the first and second depths are different.
8. The seeder of claim 1 , wherein the seed box disperses the seed through an outlet of the frame, and wherein the seeder further comprises a calibration tray removably coupled with the outlet that receives seed from the seed box, wherein the calibration tray has a width less than a width of the frame.
9. The seeder of claim 8 , wherein the width of the calibration tray is less than 50% of the width of the frame.
10. The seeder of claim 8 , wherein the seed box includes a plurality of seed cups, and the width of the calibration tray is less than or equal to a width of four seed cups.
11. The seeder of claim 1 , wherein the frame is configured for removable and interchangeable coupling with a roller assembly and a disc blade assembly.
12. The seeder of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of attachments comprises a roller assembly and a disc blade assembly.