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 coupled with a first seed box for distributing a first kind of seed and a second seed box for distributing a second kind of seed, the first seed box comprising a first seed box shaft, and the second seed box comprising a second seed box shaft;
a rear roller coupled with the frame and reversibly rotationally coupled to the first seed box shaft and second seed box shaft;
an open front tray for simultaneously receiving the first kind of seed from the first seed box and the second kind of seed from the second seed box, wherein rotation of the rear roller provides for rotation of the first seed box shaft and second seed box shaft and distributes seed from the first seed box and the second seed box to the open front tray, and wherein the open front tray further disperses the first and second kinds of seed at a position in front of the rear roller.
2. The seeder of claim 1 , further comprising an open rear tray that receives the second kind of seed from the second seed box, and wherein the open rear tray further disperses the second kind of seed at a position behind the rear roller.
3. The seeder of claim 2 , wherein the open front tray further receives the first kind of seed from the first seed box concurrently with reception by the open rear tray of the second kind of seed from the second seed box.
4. The seeder of claim 3 , wherein the seeder further concurrently 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.
5. The seeder of claim 1 , wherein the frame disperses the first kind of seed or the second kind of seed through an outlet of the frame, and wherein the seeder further comprises a calibration tray that removably couples with the outlet and receives the first kind of seed from the first seed box or the second kind of seed from the second seed box, wherein the calibration tray has a width less than a width of the frame.
6. The seeder of claim 5 , wherein the width of the calibration tray is less than 50% of the width of the frame.
7. The seeder of claim 5 , wherein the first seed box or the second 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.
8. The seeder of claim 1 , wherein the frame includes a front end and a rear end, the front end of the frame couplable with a vehicle, wherein the frame further removably couples with an attachment that includes a roller assembly or a disc blade assembly at an angle Θ relative to the front end of the frame.
9. The seeder of claim 8 , wherein the seeder further comprises an adjustment module that couples with the attachment.
10. The seeder of claim 9 , wherein the adjustment module adjusts the angle Θ of the roller assembly or the disc blade assembly relative to the front end of the frame.