US 11,700,783 B2
Seed injection
Günther Reichenberger, Uppsala (SE); Nikolaus Pfaffenbichler, Vienna (AT); Birgit Mitter, Hinterbrühl (AT); Johann Riesing, Vienna (AT); and Günter Brader, Vienna (AT)
Assigned to AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Vienna (AT)
Filed by AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Vienna (AT)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/342,346.
Application 17/342,346 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/087,052, granted, now 11,039,566, previously published as PCT/EP2017/056857, filed on Mar. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 16161625 (EP), filed on Mar. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0289686 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01C 1/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/84 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 1/08 (2013.01) [B65G 47/846 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatically preparing seeds with an additive to be deployed together with the seeds, the method comprising:
conveying a plurality of seeds into an opening position;
creating an opening in each of the seeds by cutting each seed with a fixed blade or a laser device when each seed is in the opening position;
introducing an amount of additive into the seed through the opening; and
continuously conveying the plurality of seeds while creating the opening and introducing the amount of additive into the seeds.