Processes and instruments for inserting in the ground seed,
fertilizer, poison, plants, or other material or objects handled
in a similar manner. Instruments for planting therefore include
means for conveying, dropping, or directing material or objects
to or upon the ground, combined with means for preparing the ground, as
by furrowing, dribbling, or otherwise loosening or forming cavities
therein for the reception of said material or objects, or with means
for ridging, hilling, or other wise placing earth over said material
or objects, or with both said means.
(1)
Note. This class includes, in addition to means for planting
or burying certain specificallynamed materials or objects (1) broadcast-planting,
comprising means for depositing and spreading material in general
uniformly over the surface, together with means operating on the
surface (as plows, rollers, harrows) to prepare the surface to receive
such uniformly spread material or to cover it or mix it with earth;
(2) drilling and dribbling, comprising means having earth-working
tools or elements, (as furrow-opener, furrow-closer, hill-marker, cavity-former,
etc.), together with means for depositing the material and in most instances
means for separating the material from bulk.
(2)
Note. The terms "pipe or strand" and "liquid
or gas" are used in the titles of subclasses herein as
typical of a class of materials rather than as limitations. The term "planter
element" as used herein includes devices peculiar or necessary
to a complete planting operation, the usual elements being an earth-worker,
a seed-depositor, and a covering device.
SECTION II - LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
Mechanisms per se for dispensing or retailing material from
bulk are classified in appropriate dispensing or material or article
handling classes, as for example, Class 221, Article Dispensing,
or Class 222, Dispensing; but mechanisms comprising a valved chute
to accumulate charges or otherwise peculiarly adapted to insure depositing
at intervals, when specialized for use in a planter, are deemed
to be planting devices and are classified in this class.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7.1. Devices having material supply means integral with the implement
or directly supported by and carried with the implement.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Processes of planting comprising both drilling and broadcasting
operations or implements which by an interchange or shift of parts may
be used at will to plant in drill or to broadcast or implements
which by a combination of parts drill material and broadcast other
material simultaneously.
This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Instruments embodying a main supporting-frame-section and
an auxiliary frame-section, the latter usually composed of or carrying
the earth-working tools and other elements and movable relative
to the main frame-section.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130. Broadcasting implements having a device, such as a spreader,
deflecting-board, blower, centrifugal blade, or the like, adapted
to distribute the material over a more extended area than the normal
discharge of the apparatus would otherwise effect.
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Implements embodying also a main supporting-frame section
and an auxiliary frame section, the latter usually composed of or
carrying the earth-working elements and movably relatively to the
main frame-section.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130. Implements embodying a main supporting-frame and an auxiliary
frame, the latter carrying or unitary with the earth-working elements.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Processes or instruments for placing material in the ground,
accompanied by the forming of a furrow to receive the material or the
closing of a furrow containing such material or by the forming of
a ridge over the deposited material.
Tool Driving or Impacting, appropriate subclass for a means to drive or impact a tool
or the like, and particularly
subclasses 184+ for such means mounted on a supporting vehicle.
Hydraulic and Earth Engineering,
subclasses 174+ for a process or apparatus for laying pipe or cable
into a submerged or subterranean location, and including a device
for laying a cable which is nominally recited as a seed tape.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Drilling machines embodying means for accumulating charges
of material for deposit at spaced points or means to insure the
depositing of material at spaced points or to aline the points of
material deposit in a plurality or substantially parallel lines.
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Devices embodying instrumentalities for effecting a change
in the relationship of machine parts for the purpose of starting
or maintaining the transverse alinement of points of material deposit
in successively-drilled lines.
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Devices comprising an alinement-maintaining means responding
to movements of the planter over uneven portions of traversed ground.
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. The general organization of hill-planting machines, comprising
the construction and arrangement of the supporting and operating frames
and the relations of the hill-planting elements thereto and to each
other.
This subclass is indented under subclass 18. Devices comprising and endless belt actuated by contact
with the ground traversed for effecting the operation of the means
for controlling or causing the delivery of the seed or other material
from the hopper or other container.
This subclass is indented under subclass 18. The frame being in a plurality of sections adjoining in
the supporting of the total load placed upon the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 20. Devices comprising forward and rearward sections connected
by a transverse pivot and capable of a buckling action to lift certain
parts of the planter from contact with the ground.
(1)
Note. In the usual type the forward frame carries the seed-dispensing
elements and furrow-opener, which are lifted from the ground by
a buckling or breaking of the joint between the frame sections through means
generally located upon the rearward frame-section and comprising
a lever mechanism.
This subclass is indented under subclass 18. Devices embodying a main supporting section and an auxiliary
section having movement with relation to each other, the main frame
being designed to support or carry the auxiliary frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 22. The auxiliary section consisting of or carrying a rotary
spot-marking device from which power is taken to actuate the means
for causing or controlling the delivery of seed or other material
from the hopper or other container.
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Dropping mechanism and mechanism for making a mark to locate
the dropped material, the actuation of which mechanisms has a fixed time
relationship.
This subclass is indented under subclass 25. Marking devices wherein accomplished by dropping upon the
ground traversed a distinctively colored powder.
Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing,
subclass 656 for a device comprising plural containers for nonfluid materials
and a scattering or strewing means, one of which materials may be a
colored indicating powder.
This subclass is indented under subclass 25. Depositing mechanism driven from the marking mechanism,
the driving power being produced by the engagement of the marking device
with the ground during the travel of the planter.
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Wherein the marking device is a tool which is plunged into
the ground at intervals by a movement other than that of rotation,
as by reciprocating or vibrating to and from the ground.
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Device comprising means for intermittently impressing upon
the ground traversed guide marks or impressions to indicate the
points where the material should be planted to make aligned hills
or combinations of such means with means for marking an unbroken
line across a field as distinguished from a succession of spots.
Earth Working,
subclasses 126+ for an apparatus including a means for making a
continuous mark in the earth. Patents in which a planter is defined
by name only are classifiable in Class 172, subclasses 126+ if
the mark made is continuous.
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Dispensing or dropping devices particularly adapted for
use in hill-planting and characterized by means insuring discharge
at intervals, such as a line-wire actuating or controlling means
or a valved chute for checking or accumulating charges of material.
Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for article dispensing devices, per
se, and particularly
subclass 185 for ambulant article dispensing devices.
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Mechanism wherein there is a primary and a secondary operating
train, the source of power for the primary train being always from
the axle of the traction wheels.
(1)
Note. In this type of machine the operation of the primary
train may be modified or supplemented by the secondary, as when
the primary serves to deliver seed from the hopper to the discharge chute
and the secondary actuates a valve to release the seed from the
chute. The secondary train may be actuated from the axle or other
source of power.
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. The mechanism in whole or in part subject to a periodic
control.
(1)
Note. The word "control" as herein used includes
the initiation of the actuation, as by effecting a connection or
disconnection of a driving-train, rather than the actuation itself
for the dispensing elements.
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Devices wherein intermittent control is effected by a wire
having knots or equivalent, which engage suitable devices on the
machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Devices wherein the intermittent control extends to means
for the actuation of both the main dispensing device and an accumulating device.
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Devices wherein the check-wire controls the actuation of
the main dispensing means and also actuates the accumulator.
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Devices wherein the dispensing element is actuated from
the axle, while the check-wire actuates only the accumulator.
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Devices wherein an endless belt having trip members engages
a tappet, fork, or equivalent upon a rock-shaft or the like connected
with the depositing devices.
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Devices wherein actuation is effected solely by a wire or
cable, which is anchored at a point outside of the machine and engages
some relatively movable element of the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 43. Devices wherein the wire is wound upon a reel on the machine
and actuates the depositing mechanism by reason of the winding or unwinding
due to the draft of the wire during the traverse of the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 43. Devices wherein the line-wire carries knots and actuates
the depositing mechanism by tripping a forked device connected thereto.
This subclass is indented under subclass 43. Devices comprising a forked element or the like combined
with guiding devices for directing the knot into contact with the
forked element; also modifications of structure and means to accomplish
the attachment or detachment of the wire and the fork.
This subclass is indented under subclass 43. Devices for staking the ends of a line-wire, characterized
generally by the presence of means for shifting the attached end
laterally or providing additional length or wire, etc., as the planter
approaches that end of the line-wire.
(1)
Note. Compare Classes 104, Railways, subclass 124; 114, Ships,
subclasses 204+; 119, Animal Husbandry, subclasses 120
and 121; and 135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, subclass 118.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Devices having general organization of the supporting and
operating frame of a drilling-machine other than hill-planters and
the relation of the planting elements thereto and to each other.
Land Vehicles,
subclasses 6.154+ for a land vehicle of general utility including
means, interposed between the vehicle body, chassis, or frame and
running gear thereof, for appropriately predisposing a load, load
carrier, or receptacle portion to accommodate sustained travel upon an
expansive inclined surface; subclasses 43+ for a land vehicle
of general utility having vertically adjustable wheels for altering
a dimension of the vehicle or a part thereof; or subclasses 400+ for
either (a) an articulated land vehicle of general utility or (b)
a plurality of interconnected land vehicles (i.e., vehicle train).
This subclass is indented under subclass 52. Devices wherein the frame being in a plurality of sections
joining in the support of the total load placed upon the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Devices comprising also a frame designed to be supported
or carried by the hinged sections of the main frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Devices comprising forward and rearward sections connected
by a transverse pivot and capable of a buckling action to lift certain
parts of the planter from contact with the ground.
(1)
Note. In the usual type the forward frame carries the seed-dispensing
elements and furrow-opener, which are lifted from the ground by
a buckling or breaking of the joint between the frame sections through means
generally located upon the rearward frame section and comprising
a lever mechanism.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Devices wherein the sections of the main frame having capacity
of movement to each other resulting in an enlargement of frame to
cover increased area of ground.
This subclass is indented under subclass 57. Devices wherein the sections of the extensible frame mounted
to move upon vertical pivots and movable toward and from each other
at one end only of the frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 52. Devices embodying a main supporting section and a secondary
section having movement with relation to each other, the main frame-section being
designed to support or carry the secondary frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Devices wherein a plurality of secondary frames are associated
with a main frame.
(1)
Note. Where the several auxiliaries are identical in structure
and function, and therefore constitute a mere duplication of a single
auxiliary of that type, they are classified as if only a single
auxiliary were present.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Devices wherein movement of the auxiliaries is controlled
by a single means, usually such as a lever mechanism, for elevating
or depressing the earth-working elements from or toward the ground.
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Devices in operative position the auxiliary being free to
trail or move with relation to the main frame to accommodate itself
to the unevenness or inequalities of the ground traversed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 63. Devices wherein the hopper-carrying auxiliary having the
general form of planter or distributer attachable and detachable
with respect to an otherwise complete machine, as a wagon, cultivator,
or the like.
This subclass is indented under subclass 64. The machine and its attached planter or distributer constituting
a complete planting instrumentality of the single row or drill type.
This subclass is indented under subclass 62. Device wherein the floating or trailing auxiliary frame
comprising one or more drags or push-bars by which the earth-working
elements or tools are carried.
This subclass is indented under subclass 66. Devices provided with means for lifting the tool-bars from
contact with the ground and at the same time disconnecting the driving devices
of the depositing mechanism.
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Devices wherein the auxiliary frame elevated and depressed
by means of a cranked ground-wheel axle forming part of or mounted
upon the main or supporting frame of the planter.
Earth Working,
subclasses 395+ for earth-working apparatus having ground wheels
mounted on crank axles which are vertically adjustable relative
to the frame of the apparatus.
This subclass is indented under subclass 52. Devices having provision in the construction of the frame
for the adjustment of planter elements individually thereon, vertically,
as to elevate or depress them; laterally, as to vary the distance
between drilled rows, or longitudinally, as to change the relative
spacing of elements acting in a single row.
This subclass is indented under subclass 70. Devices carrying planter elements for drilling one row during
one traverse, as distinguished from those implements that drill
a plurality of rows during one traverse.
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices wherein the material is dispensed from a hopper
that has a movement of rotation always in the same direction when
the planter is moving in one direction.
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices wherein the material is dispensed from a hopper
that has a back-and-forth movement, either oscillating or reciprocating.
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices wherein the material is dropped upon a vibrating
chute, from which it is discharged to the ground.
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices wherein the material is dispensed from a hopper
by means of an element revolving in such manner as to intermittingly
discharge or control the discharge from a nonrotatable and nonvibrating
hopper.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Devices wherein organized planting implements are peculiarly
adapted to single-row drilling not involving specified relation
to frame arrangement.
This subclass is indented under subclass 79. Devices wherein the invention alleged lies in the arrangement
of material depositing and earth-working elements with relation
to each other only.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Planting elements comprising a plow for forming a wide trench
and means for drilling material in a relatively narrow drill in
the bottom thereof.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Devices wherein bars are with planting elements thereon
designed to be dragged over the earth.
(1)
Note. The drag-bar unit may be considered as a special type
of auxiliary frame carrying a furrow-opening and other planter elements
of the single-row planter.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Processes of and instruments for placing material in general
in the ground, comprising the forming of a cavity other than a furrow therein
to receive the material and the depositing of the material in said
cavity.
(1)
Note. The cavity may be formed by removing earth or by displacing
it, as by a piercing-tool.
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Devices comprising a rotating material-dispensing receptacle,
which usually also carries the tools for forming the cavity.
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Implements designed to be attached to some vehicle, traveling
agricultural implement, or the like and operable at will by the
operative.
(1)
Note. Typified by the "replanting" attachments
for cultivators.
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Devices comprising means, such as a plurality of chutes
or material- guideways, for insuring a deposit of material in spaced
relationship within the "hill".
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Devices comprising a material-depositing mechanism with
means to control or regulate the discharge of material at will.
This subclass is indented under subclass 95. Devices including a sliding member designed to be plunged
into the ground to form a cavity, the dropping of material being
under the control of said member.
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Devices including a plurality of pivoted staves adapted
to cooperate in forming a cavity in the ground, the dropping of
material being under the control of said staves.
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Devices including a foot- plate, which is brought into contact
with the ground in forming the cavity, the dropping of material
being under the control of said foot-plate.
Earth Working,
subclasses 21+ for an earth-perforating means which makes a plurality
of holes in the ground by means which enter and leave the ground
at the same angle and see subclasses 540+ for rolling
implements with tines which may perforate the ground.
Boring or Penetrating the Earth, for devices for boring or perforating the earth to form
a hole therein, particularly
subclasses 327+ for an earth-boring bit or bit element.
Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements,
subclasses 50.5 through 50.9for manually operated implements for digging a
hole and gripping and removing material therefrom.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Process or apparatus for placing plants or primordial plant
material such as cuttings, slips, tubers, clones, or the like into
the soil or a soil confining receptacle at an attitude which permits
and for the purpose of facilitating subsequent growth thereof.
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Apparatus in which a means such as a blade, scoop, shovel
or the like is impressed into the soil to surround the bulk of a
plant"s root system and which can be manipulated so that
a substantially undisturbed root ball is removed from the soil to
facilitate moving of the plant to a new growing location.
(1)
Note. Apparatus of this subclass are disclosed as being used
for plants to be transplanted or saved as opposed to apparatus found
in the SEARCH CLASS notes below, which are "stump removers" that
merely remove or destroy plants. Apparatus which places the excavated
plant into a container will be found here.
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Process or apparatus where the plant material is implaced
through a natural or synthetic layer which breaks up the capillarity
of a mineral soil layer therebeneath.
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Process or apparatus which includes a provision or special
structural feature which causes the plant material to be moved into
its final growth position from a direction which is parallel to
the soil surface.
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Process or apparatus which includes a supply of living plant
material and which further includes means to select a single element
from the supply for spaced or timed delivery to the soil.
This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Process or apparatus wherein the bulk supply of plant material
includes an organizer for the material such as a tape, chain, tray,
string, band or the like.
Material or Article Handling,
subclass 331.01 for a moveable rack having superposed charge supporting
elements and external means for discharging the elements; and subclasses
403+ for a device for emptying portable receptacles.
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Apparatus manipulated and directly controlled by the exertion
of muscle power by the operator to perform the needful planting
operation.
(1)
Note. This subclass does not include hand propelled machines
wherein the cycle of operations is performed without hand control
other than the propulsion of the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 106. Apparatus further including a device adapted to be drawn
through the soil to open a long shallow narrow trench therein into
which plants or plant materials are set.
This subclass is indented under subclass 106. Apparatus further including a reservoir for containing a
plant watering liquid and a manually operated release means for
dispensing a portion of such liquid into the general area of the
set plant.
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Apparatus including a device adapted to be drawn through
the soil to open a long, shallow, narrow trench therein and further
including a depositing device which sets plants in the trench.
This subclass is indented under subclass 109. Apparatus further including a reservoir for containing a
plant watering liquid and means for dispensing a portion of such
liquid within the formed furrow or into the general area of the set
plant.
This subclass is indented under subclass 109. Apparatus wherein the opening element is symmetrically arranged
with respect to the line of draft, has an earth- breaking portion
which extends downwardly and rearwardly from the top front portion
of the element, and has side portions extending rearwardly and diverging outwardly
from the earth- breaking portion and which become generally planar
and parallel to each other towards the rear of the element so that
the element has an overall shape which resembles the bow portion
of a boat.
(1)
Note. This definition comprehends flat-bottomed structures
or structures which have a bottom which is V-shaped in cross-section.
This subclass is indented under subclass 112. Apparatus wherein the opening element derives its rotary
or orbiting motion from forces transmitted thereto by means other
than or in addition to, the opener"s frictional contact with
the soil.
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Process or apparatus wherein the plants are situated within
a specialized container, and means are provided which act in coordination with
the specialized container for exerting a force on such container
to press the container into the soil and wherein at least a portion
of the container remains in the soil with the root system of the
plant.
This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Apparatus including means to form a cavity, other than a
furrow, in the soil by a nub, stem, nipple, dagger, probe, protrusion,
or the like which is intermittently impressed and removed from the
soil.
This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Apparatus wherein the dibbler forms a hole in the soil by
means of at least one element which is rotated as it is forced into
the soil, the element including a cutting edge and an upwardly directed
helical surface which feeds engaged soil upwardly with rotation
of the element to remove soil from the hole.
This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Apparatus wherein the dibbler is forced into the soil at
an orientation which is other than generally perpendicular to the
soil surface.
(1)
Note. Apparatus of this subclass may include a ram or motor
causing the dibbler to enter the soil by a chopping action or swinging
motion about a pivot.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Process or apparatus for directing liquid, gas, or vapor
into contact with or beneath the top surface of the soil.
(1)
Note. Included herein are patents claiming a means to spray
a liquid onto the surface of the soil and means to scratch or disturb
the soil where the spraying and soil disturbance, as disclosed,
are applied to the same area of the soil to facilitate penetration
of the liquid into the soil. See the Notes to Class 47, subclass
1.1 for a statement of the line
Plant Husbandry,
subclass 48.5 for soil-treating devices of cartridge or container
form to be buried in and to remain in the ground, usually discharging
their irrigating or fertilizing contents over a period of time;
and subclass 1.7 for similar combinations of liquid sprayers and
soil-disturbing means where the sprayer, as disclosed, is adapted
to spray a plant; and subclass 1.01 for this combination where,
as disclosed, the soil is disturbed at an area other than that sprayed.
Stoves and Furnaces,
subclasses 271.1+ for means to apply hot gas (e.g., steam or flame)
to the earth or other surface for the purpose of heating said surface.
Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, appropriate subclasses for means to spray a liquid
onto the ground surface where no means is provided to disturb the
ground to facilitate penetration of the soil by the liquid.
Hydraulic and Earth Engineering,
subclass 38 for machines which inject a waterproof material
into the soil for creating a water barrier to retain irrigation
water in arid soil; subclasses 53+ for subject matter relating
to the storing of fluid underground for subsequent recovery; and
subclasses 12+ for irrigating systems involving the conduction
of liquids in channels or the like.
Conveyors: Fluid Current,
subclasses 38+ and 185 wherein the claimed treatment fluid may
contain entrained solid treatment materials, and soil disturbance
is not claimed.
Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions,
subclasses 116.1 through 367for processes of treating terrestrial or aquatic
plants or their habitat by applying a specific chemical thereto.
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Apparatus including a special provision for the problems
inherent with the storage, handling, or dispensing of ammonia into
the soil because of its low boiling point.
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Apparatus further including a device adapted to be drawn
through the soil to open a long, shallow, narrow trench therein
into or about which the liquid or gas treatment is applied.
This subclass is indented under subclass 121. Apparatus wherein the opening element derives its rotary
or orbiting motion from forces transmitted thereto by means other
than, or in addition to, the opener"s frictional contact with
the soil.
This subclass is indented under subclass 120. Apparatus wherein the opening element is specifically disclosed
as working deep in the soil and having such a configuration that
it merely lifts the soil and does not shift it laterally of the line
of the furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 120. Apparatus wherein the opening element is symmetrically arranged
with respect to the line of draft, has an earth breaking portion,
has wing portions extending laterally beyond the sides thereof which
form a V-shape when viewed in plan or front elevation, and has a portion
extending upwardly from the central portion of the V for attachment
to a standard.
This subclass is indented under subclass 120. Apparatus wherein the opening element is symmetrically arranged
with respect to the line of draft, has an earth- breaking portion
which extends downwardly and rearwardly from the front portion of
the element and has side portions extending rearwardly and diverging
outwardly from the earth breaking portion and which become generally
planar and parallel to each other towards the rear of the element
so that the element has an overall shape which resembles the bow
portion of a boat.
(1)
Note. This definition comprehends flat bottomed structures
or structures which have a bottom which is V-shaped in cross-section.
This subclass is indented under subclass 120. Apparatus wherein the opening element includes a landside
which has a member adapted to slide over the soil to receive the
side pressure caused by soilworking, a point for making an initial
cut in the earth, a share for making a substantially horizontal
cut beneath the surface to cut a slice of soil, and a board to guide
and completely invert the soil slice.
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Process or apparatus wherein the treating fluid is caused
to enter the soil or to disturb the soil by action of a pressurized
fluid issuing from a nozzle which is spaced at a selected distance above
the surface of the soil.
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Process or apparatus including a revolving, cavity forming
tool and timing means which causes introduction of the treating
fluid into the soil in timed relationship with the penetration of
the soil by the tool.
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Process or apparatus wherein the treating fluid is at least
two disparate substances delivered to the soil in a fluid state
or dissolved or entrained in a carrying fluid.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Process or apparatus which is adapted to strew seed, fertilizer,
or particulate matter with substantial uniformity, but with no specific
pattern, upon and to mix the same with the soil.
Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing,
subclasses 650+ for apparatus adapted to strew or scatter nonfluid material,
without mixing or covering with soil.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130. Apparatus including a device which turns over or mixes the
soil and which derives its motion from forces transmitted thereto
by means other than, or in addition to, frictional contact with the
soil.
This subclass is indented under subclass 131. Apparatus wherein the strewn material is first deposited
on the soil and thereafter mixed with the soil by the powered tiller.
This subclass is indented under subclass 131. Apparatus wherein the soil is first turned over and mixed
by the powered tiller and thereafter the material is strewn upon
the turned over or mixed soil.
This subclass is indented under subclass 62. Apparatus which includes a means to effectively control
the cutting depth of a furrow opener mounted on a floating auxiliary
frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 134. Apparatus wherein the means to control the cutting depth
of the furrower opener turns, spins, or revolves about an axis.
(1)
Note. Included herein are gauge wheels that precede an opener
acting in conjunction with packer wheels that follow openers, which
together effectively gauge the cutting depth of an opener mounted
on an auxiliary frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Apparatus wherein the rotating gauging means serves the
auxiliary function of moving or compressing soil back into the furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Apparatus wherein the rotating-gauge means selectively supports
the opener so as to operate at any of a variety of set depths.
This subclass is indented under subclass 134. Apparatus in which the gauging means comprises a pair of
spaced parallel runners which slide over the surface of the soil,
and an opening element is positioned between and supported by both
runners.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Apparatus including a specific device which cuts, breaks
up, moves, or removes living vegetation, fallow, stones, clods,
residue or the like from the path of the opener.
This subclass is indented under subclass 139. Apparatus wherein the trash control accessory includes a
device which cuts a vertical slit in the trash or soil to clear
and predefine a path for an opener which follows thereafter and which
has a vertically extending portion operating in the slit.
This subclass is indented under subclass 139. Apparatus wherein the trash control accessory includes at
least one primary blade set at a predetermined height above the
soil and positioned ahead of the opener to grade or deflect laterally
obstructive material from the path of the opener.
This subclass is indented under subclass 141. Apparatus wherein the primary dozing blade has attached
thereto a secondary blade which serves to scratch, sweep, or rake
at least a portion of the path of the opener.
This subclass is indented under subclass 139. Apparatus wherein the trash control accessory includes means
for positioning or holding trash or plants (e.g., weeds) so that
they may be covered or cut by the operation of the opener.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Apparatus including a specific means to change the compaction
or arrangement of, and thereby the capillarity of soil areas down
to a preselected depth along a path which includes and is wider
than the width of the furrow formed by the opening means.
(1)
Note. Included herein are devices which break up soil (i.e.,
crust) which lies in and to the side of the path of the opener and
also devices which form a mulched surface wider than the furrow
and which follow the depositing device.
This subclass is indented under subclass 144. Apparatus in which the mulching accessory comprises a framework
which includes a plurality of spikes or sharpened disks which are drawn
through the soil.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Apparatus including a specific soil-penetrating device preceding
the material-depositing means which enters and disturbs soil to
a depth which exceeds the depth at which seeds are to be deposited.
(1)
Note. The subsoiler may act as the primary furrow opener in
combination with and ahead of such an opener.
This subclass is indented under subclass 147. Apparatus which further include a device which follows the
subsoiler and function to fill, cover or even out the soil disruption
caused by the subsoiler.
(1)
Note. These devices generally operate between the subsoiler
and the furrow opener and may take the form of a rolling or nonrolling
member.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Apparatus wherein significance is attributed to a device
adapted to be drawn through the soil to open a long, shallow, narrow
trench therein.
This subclass is indented under subclass 149. Apparatus further including a device mounted on or a surface
associated with the opener to cause a change in the direction of
the material being deposited to generate a preferred pattern of
material placement within the opened soil.
This subclass is indented under subclass 149. Apparatus including means permitting the furrow opening
element to shift with respect to the soil or with respect to its
supporting or propelling means when it meets an obstacle while being
drawn over the field, said means (1) having a high initial resistance
to said shifting of the element, which resistance decreases after the
element starts to shift, or (2) requiring manual resetting by an
attendant (e.g., shear pin).
(1)
Note. This definition comprehends flat bottomed structures
or structures which have a bottom which is V-shaped in cross-section.
This subclass is indented under subclass 149. Apparatus wherein the opening element is symmetrically arranged
with respect to the line of draft, has an earth- breaking portion,
has wing portions extending laterally beyond the sides thereof which
form a V-shape when viewed in plan or front elevation, and has a portion
extending upwardly from the central portion of the V for attachment
to a standard.
This subclass is indented under subclass 149. Apparatus wherein the opening element is symmetrically arranged
with respect to the line of draft, has an earth- breaking portion
which extends downwardly and rearwardly from the top front portion
of the element, and has side portions extending rearwardly and diverging outwardly
from the earth-breaking portion and which become generally planar
and parallel to each other towards the rear of the element, so that
the element has an overall shape which resembles the bow portion
of a boat.
(1)
Note. This definition comprehends flat-bottomed structures
or structures which have a bottom which is V-shaped in cross-section.
This subclass is indented under subclass 149. Apparatus having a generally elongated-furrow-opening element
having a soil-working portion and a standard to support it in furrow opening
position in which the soil working portion is no longer in lateral
and longitudinal extent than the standard.
This subclass is indented under subclass 154. Apparatus in which the furrow-opening element or its intermediate
supporting means is formed of resilient material.
This subclass is indented under subclass 149. Apparatus wherein the opening element is specifically disclosed
as working deep in the soil and having such a configuration that
it merely lifts the soil and does not shift it laterally of the line
of the furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157. Apparatus wherein the opening element derives its rotary
motion from forces transmitted thereto by means other than, or in
addition to, the opener"s frictional contact with the soil.
This subclass is indented under subclass 158. Apparatus in which the rotating opener has teeth, projections,
blades, or other configurations spaced circumferentially and projecting generally
at right angles to the axis of rotation to engage the soil intermittently
or with a varying effect as the opener turns.
This subclass is indented under subclass 159. Apparatus wherein the tines rotate about an axis which is
generally perpendicular to the surface of the soil.
Earth Working,
subclass 495 for plural driven, contiguous, cooperating, or intermeshing
rotary ground-engaging tools which rotate about a vertical axis;
and subclass 111 for a single tool which rotates about a vertical
axis.
This subclass is indented under subclass 159. Apparatus wherein a depositing means introduces material
simultaneously with and into the same area where the opener is creating
a furrow to thereby incorporate the dispensed material into the
soil which is formed into a furrow.
for a machine having a powered tiller and material
broadcaster which operates simultaneously and in the same location
but where the furrows are not formed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 159. Apparatus wherein a furrow is formed by the powered tiller
and thereafter material is deposited into the formed furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 164. Apparatus wherein at least one of the disks is not aligned
in a transverse direction with the other disk or disks in the assembly.
This subclass is indented under subclass 164. Apparatus wherein at least one of the disks has undulations,
indentations or the like at the outer periphery thereof.
This subclass is indented under subclass 170. Apparatus including a driven endless element moveable along
a path of circulation and which includes traps which are loaded
and unloaded at different points along said path to deliver material
towards the open furrow as the machine advances.
This subclass is indented under subclass 170. Apparatus including a material supporting surface which
traverses a spiraling path to deliver material towards the open
furrow as the machine advances.
This subclass is indented under subclass 170. Apparatus wherein material to be deposited is carried toward
the open furrow by means of, or with the assistance of a flowing
gas stream.
This subclass is indented under subclass 174. Apparatus wherein at least one primary fluid conveying current
conveys material from an inlet to the fluid conveyer to a structure
which substantially evenly divides the fluid conveying current into
a plurality of secondary streams for delivery to the opened furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 174. Apparatus including means near the outlet of the fluid current
conveyor which is effective to reduce the pressure of the entraining
fluid to near atmospheric so that the deposited materials will not
be blown or bounced out of the furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 170. Apparatus including at least one member which turns, spins,
or revolves about an axis to receive a charge of material from a
bulk supply and deliver that charge for deposit into the furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 177. Apparatus wherein the rotating dispenser is at least one
cylinder which extends across an outlet of the source of supply.
This subclass is indented under subclass 178. Apparatus wherein the rotating dispensing element is a hollow
cylinder and wherein the charge of material is held on the surface
of the drum by an air pressure differential caused by (a) the creation
of a subatmospheric pressure within the hollow interior of the drum
and expressed through holes in the drum surface or (b) by a superatmospheric
pressure which traps material against the surface of the drum.
This subclass is indented under subclass 179. Apparatus including a member which turns, spins, or revolves
about an axis and rolls along the interior of the drum"s
surface to selectively cover the holes in the drum"s surface
thereby cutting off the relative vacuum so as to allow the charge
of material to be released from the drum.
This subclass is indented under subclass 179. Apparatus which further includes means such as a brush,
air nozzle, scraper, or the like to remove extra material which
may adhere to the surface of the drum before that extra material
is released into the furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 179. Apparatus further including members which extend radially
outwardly from the drum periphery and through which the air pressure differential
is expressed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 177. Apparatus wherein the rotating dispensing element is a disk
which contains holes, grooves, depressions or the like which capture
a charge of material from the supply and deliver that charge for
deposit into the furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Apparatus wherein the plate assumes a substantially vertical
attitude and rotates about a substantially horizontal axis.
This subclass is indented under subclass 184. Apparatus wherein the charge of material is held on the
surface of the disk by an air pressure differential caused by (1)
the creation of a subatmospheric pressure on one side of the disk
which is expressed through holes in the disk surface or (2) by a
superatmospheric pressure which traps material against the surface.
This subclass is indented under subclass 170. Apparatus including at least two depositing mechanisms which
deposit at least two materially different materials into the soil.
(1)
Note. At least one of the materials must be dispensed directly
into the furrow.
(2)
Note. The multiple depositors may deposit different types
of seed or seed and an agricultural amendment such as fertilizer,
insecticide, or the like.
This subclass is indented under subclass 186. Apparatus including means to deposit one material at a level
in or upon the soil which is different than the level at which the
other material is deposited.
This subclass is indented under subclass 186. Apparatus wherein one of the disparate materials dispensed
is a particulate solid, and another of the disparate materials dispensed
is a flowable liquid.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Apparatus including a specific element such as a wheel,
roller, blade, or the like which exerts pressure on seed dispensed
within the open furrow to press the seed into the soil at the bottom of
the furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Apparatus including a specific device which moves soil back
into the furrow to cover the deposited material.
This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Apparatus wherein the furrow-closing element turns, spins,
or moves about an axis as it moves soil back into the furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 191. Apparatus wherein the rotating furrow-closing element is
a generally circular plate-like member which pushes soil laterally
into the furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 191. Apparatus wherein a rotating furrow-closing element has
a circular periphery which exerts a component of force downwardly
on the soil as it moves the soil into the furrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 195. Apparatus in which wheels are mounted in angular relationship
to each other so as to form a ridge of soil when moved over the
furrow, the angular relationship being resettable to selectively
vary the height or compaction of the ridge.
This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Apparatus in which soil is moved back into the furrow by
a member which slides along the soil surface and is pulled behind
the drilling machine.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Process or apparatus wherein a narrow, flexible strip, ribbon,
or band which has seeds secured thereto in spaced relation is placed
into the soil.
Collection of art under 903 specifically relating to control
elements which change the rate of dispensing in a planting machine
responsive to a sensed undesired rate.
Collection or art relating to a planting device including
an agent which acts upon seed either before or during the planting
operation to improve or alter the seed itself or the planting operation.
Collection of art under 906 specifically relating to the
planting of plant or tuber parts which develop sturdy edible tubers
(e.g., sweet potato, white potato).
Collection of art under 906 specifically relating to the
planting of an underground stem, usually surrounded by scalelike
modified leaves and containing stored food for the undeveloped shoots
of the new plant stored within it (e.g., tulip).
Collection of art under 906 specifically relating to the
planting of a tropical plant having large swordlike leaves and a
large, fleshy edible fruit consisting of the flowers fused into
a compound whole with a terminal tuft of leaves and which is commonly
known as a pineapple.
Collection of art under 915 specifically related to the
planting of single, small seeds which are placed into solid or densely
packed balls of nonseed material in units of uniform size which may
in turn be singulated by a conventional planting machine.
Collection of art relating to the planting of a second crop
between rows or within a population of a growing crop before the
harvesting of that growing crop.
Collection of art relating to machines which are designed
to plant crops with the savings of at least one tillage step (e.g.,
plowing, harrowing, fertilizing, etc.).
Collection of art relating to vehicles which deliver material
to and are towed by, hitched to, or otherwise associated with a
planter so as to supply the planter.
Collection of art related to a planting machine which has
a particular provision to adjust or maintain weight or pressure
onto an opener assembly, subframe, or the like, to maintain or enhance
planting depth.
Collection of art relating to the use of links connected
in parallel (parallelogram linkage) for the mounting of assemblies,
subassemblies, tools or the like on planting machines.
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