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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2020
Spudnik Equipment Company Llc, Blackfoot, ID (US);
Rainer Borgmann, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Evan Steel, Blackfoot, ID (US);
Jason Steinkamp, Blackfoot, ID (US);
Henrik Wulferding, Ehrenburg, DE;
Abstract
A converging row unit for planting seed potatoes includes a plurality of linear arrays of seed cups, each array disposed upon a flexible endless belt and having an upwardly moveable portion and a downwardly moveable portion. The upwardly moveable portion passes through a seed pick region wherein each seed cup can draw a seed, while the downwardly moveable portion progresses to a point of discharge of the seed. The linear arrays are laterally spaced apart from each other in the upwardly moveable portion, and converge together in the downwardly moveable portion, toward to the point of discharge.