ANORDNING VID SANINGSAPPARATER FOR SADD AV SKOGSFRO

• Main Authors: S R HALL, S-M MICKELSSON
• Format: Patent
• Language: Swedish
• Published: 19.02.1979
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; FERTILISING; FISHING; FORESTRY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; PLANTING; SOWING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRAPPING

Seeding apparatus for use in connection with tractor-drawn seeding equipment, particularly reforesting equipment, comprising an inclined tubular member having one end pivotally connected to a thatching device or similar soil-breaking device at an elevated distance above the ground so as to yield returnably against torque in vertical and horizontal direction. The other end of the tubular member is provided with a terminal portion extending generally parallel to the ground and carries a tamping device for smoothing out and slightly compacting the seed bed. The seeds are ejected pneumatically at the rear of the tamping device through a seed conveyor channel or seed drill, extending through the inclined tubular member and connected at one end to a seed hopper carried by the tractor, and, at the other end, to a pneumatic ejector device in the terminal portion of the tubular member. Mulch to cover the planted seeds is supplied through conduits housed within the tubular member. The pneumatic seed-ejecting device and the mulch conduits are preferably supported resiliently in the terminal portion of the tubular member to counteract shocks and vibrations that may arise as the apparatus is dragged along the ground.