Press wheel assembly for delicate seed planting and data acquisition for a seed planter

    公开(公告)号:US20210007273A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-14

    申请号:US16974070

    申请日:2020-09-21

    摘要: The press wheel has instrumentation associated therewith detecting a rolling of the wheel over a planted set. A computing device is 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. The press wheel has a soft, smooth, flexible and stretchable rolling surface capable of deforming over a planted set and detecting an imprint of the planted set in the surface thereof, without damaging the planted set. A contact signature of the rolling of the press wheel over a planted set shows that the “rolling on” of the press wheel over a planted set is as smooth as the “rolling away” from the planted set.

    Data acquisition system for a seed planter

    公开(公告)号:US09930826B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-03

    申请号:US14999599

    申请日:2016-06-01

    IPC分类号: A01C7/08 A01C5/06 A01C7/10

    CPC分类号: A01C5/068 A01C7/105

    摘要: 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.

    Method for planting potatoes at high speed and equipment for carrying out that method

    公开(公告)号:US20170188508A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-06

    申请号:US14998443

    申请日:2016-01-06

    IPC分类号: A01C9/08 A01C5/06

    摘要: 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.