Abrégé

The method for planting potatoes at high speed includes the steps of providing a press wheel behind the seed release mechanism; opening a furrow in a soil; dropping potato seed pieces at spaced intervals in the furrow such that each seed piece or a portion thereof intersects a forward shadow of the press wheel, and catching and decelerating each seed piece against the soil in the furrow thereby reducing set roll in each seed piece. In an alternate embodiment a pair of spaced-apart press wheels are used. These alternate press wheels are mounted astride the furrow in a positive-camber alignment for moving the soil of the furrow against the seed piece.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01C 9/00 - Machines à planter les pommes de terre
• A01C 9/02 - Machines à planter les pommes de terre à courroies transporteuses
• A01C 9/08 - Machines à planter les pommes de terre avec autres systèmes de distribution, p. ex. clapets, vis, disques tournants horizontaux
• A01C 5/06 - Machines pour ouvrir ou recouvrir des rigoles ou des sillons pour l'ensemencement ou la plantation

Abrégé

The press wheel has instrumentation associated therewith detecting a rolling of the wheel over a planted set. The press wheel also has a computing device connected to the instrumentation and to the speed monitoring device of the planter. The computing device determines spacings between planted sets. The data obtained is real-time data and is readily available to the operator of the planter so that the speed of the planter can be adjusted on the fly to maintain an ideal set spacing.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01C 7/08 - Semoirs à la voléeSemoirs en lignes
• A01C 5/06 - Machines pour ouvrir ou recouvrir des rigoles ou des sillons pour l'ensemencement ou la plantation
• A01C 7/10 - Dispositifs de réglage de la caisse à semences

Abrégé

The method for planting potatoes at high speed includes the steps of providing a press wheel behind the seed drop chute; opening a furrow in a soil; dropping potato seed pieces at spaced intervals in the furrow such that each seed piece or a portion thereof intersects a forward shadow of the press wheel, and catching and decelerating each seed piece against the soil in the furrow thereby reducing set roll in each seed piece. In an alternate embodiment a pair of spaced-apart press wheels are used. These alternate press wheels are mounted astride the furrow in a positive-camber alignment for moving the soil of the furrow against the seed piece.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01C 13/00 - Machines ou appareils pour tasser la terre autour des plantes
• A01C 5/00 - Ouverture ou recouvrement de sillons ou de trous pour l'ensemencement, la plantation ou le fumage
• A01C 9/08 - Machines à planter les pommes de terre avec autres systèmes de distribution, p. ex. clapets, vis, disques tournants horizontaux
• A01C 5/06 - Machines pour ouvrir ou recouvrir des rigoles ou des sillons pour l'ensemencement ou la plantation
• A01C 9/00 - Machines à planter les pommes de terre