Seeder

Claim 1

A SEEDING APPARATUS FOR SOWING SEED PELLETS IN PREDETERMINED SPACING PATTERNS, COMPRISING A PORTABLE RECTANGULAR FRAME ADAPTED TO BE PLACED OVER AN AREA TO BE SEEDED, A BOTTOM PANEL FIXED TO SAID FRAME AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ROWS OF PELLET DISCHARGING APERTURES FORMED THEREIN IN A DESIRED SPACING PATTERN, A SECOND PANEL OVERLYING SAID BOTTOM PANEL AND HAVING PELLET RECEIVING APERTURES FORMED THEREIN AND REGISTERABLE WITH SAID APERTURES OF SAID BOTTOM PANEL, SAID SECOND PANEL BEING MOVABLE IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID BOTTOM PANEL TO AND FROM A POSITION THEREOVER ALIGNING SAID APERTURES, SAID PANELS BEING TRANSPARENT TO PERMIT OBSERVATION THERETHROUGH OF THE AREA BEING SEEDED, AND AN OPEN-BOTTOMED HOPPER TRANSVERSELY SPANNING AND MOUNTED FOR GUIDED MOVEMENT OVER AND ALONG THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID SECOND PANEL FOR FILLING ALL OF SAID APERTURES IN SAID ROWS DURING A SINGLE GUIDED MOVEMENT OF SAID HOPPER OVER THE LENGTH OF SAID TOP SURFACE OF SAID SECOND PANEL, SAID SECOND PANEL HAVING A RELATIVELY SMALL IMPERFORATE AREA AT EACH END THEREOF OF A SIZE TO CLOSE THE OPEN BOTTOM OF SAID SAID HOPPER HAVING LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GUIDE MEANS AND MATING SLIDE MEANS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR EFFECTING SAID GUIDED MOVEMENT.