US 12,239,043 B2
Seeding apparatus
Johannes Utz, Marktoberdorf (DE)
Assigned to AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Appl. No. 17/594,703
Filed by AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
PCT Filed May 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/062292
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/239364, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1907634 (GB), filed on May 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201927 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/203 (2013.01) [A01C 7/08 (2013.01); A01C 7/208 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seeding apparatus configured to move in a forward direction, the seeding apparatus comprising:
a frame supported on ground-engaging wheels;
an opening device for creating a trench, wherein the opening device comprises a support structure and a pair of mutually angled coulters rotatably mounted to the support structure, wherein the opening device is mounted to the frame by a four-bar linkage comprising first and second link arms, wherein each of the first and second link arms is pivotably connected to the frame at respective first and second pivot joints, and to the support structure of the opening device at respective third and fourth pivot joints disposed forward of the first and second pivot joints in the forward direction;
a seed reservoir; and
a seed dispensing apparatus configured to deposit seed in the trench.