Hill drop attachment for planters

Claim 1

IN A PLANTER, A SEED HOPPER, A ROTATABLE SEED PLATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOPPER HAVING SEED CELLS ARRANGED ABOUT THE PERIPHERY THEREOF, A STATIONARY BOTTOM PLATE BELOW AND ADJACENT THE SEED PLATE, SAID BOTTOM PLATE HAVING A DISCHARGE OUTLET THEREIN BELOW SAID SEED CELLS TO DISCHARGE SEED DROPPED FROM THE SEED PLATE, A DRIVEN GEAR BELOW SAID BOTTOM PLATE HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THAT OF THE SEED PLATE AND THE BOTTOM PLATE AND HAVING MEANS THEREON OPERATIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SEED PLATE TO REVOLVE THE LATTER, AN ACCUMULATOR DISK OPTIONALLY AND REMOVABLY MOUNTED BETWEEN THE GEAR AND SAID BOTTOM PLATE PARALLEL THERETO AND HAVING A DIAMETER GRETER THAN THAT OF SAID GEAR AND SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF THE SEED PLATE AND THE BOTTOM PLATE, AND FASTENING MEANS CARRIED BY THE GEAR FOR REMOVABLY SECURING SAID ACCUMULATOR DISK THERETO FOR ROTATION WITH SAID GEAR, SAID DISK HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE ARRANGED TO BLOCK THE OUTLET IN SAID BOTTOM PLATE AND TO INTERCEPT AND ACCUMULATE THEREON WITHIN SAID OUTLET THE SEED DISCHARGED FROM THE SEED PLATE, AND SAID DISK HAVING AT LEAST ONE PERIPHERAL OPENING THEREIN PERIODICALLY REGISTRABLE WITH SAID DISCHARGE OUTLET IN THE BOTTOM PLATE TO DISCHARGE THE ACCUMULATED SEED.