Fertilizer distributor or planter

Claim 1

IN A FERTILZER DISTRIBUTOR, THE COMBINATION OF A CASING INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED SIDE WALLS, FRONT AND BACK WALLS AND A BOTTOM WALL, A TRANSVERSE SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID SIDE WALLS, SAID BACK WALL HAVING ITS LOWER EDGE DISPOSED BELOW THE ROTATIONAL AXIS OF SAID SHAFT BUT SPACED ABOVE SAID BOTTOM WALL WHEREBY TO PROVIDE AN INLET OPENING ADAPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE OUTLET OF A HOPPER FOR DELIVERING FERTILIZER THEREFROM INTO THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE CASING FOR FILLING THE SAME TO A LEVEL NO HIGHER THAN THE AXIS OF SAID SHAFT, A DISCHARGE CHUTE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL AT A POINT ADJACENT SAID FRONT WALL, AND A DISTRIBUTOR WHEEL SECURED TO SAID SHAFT IN SAID CASING FOR ROTATION IN A DIRECTION REARWARDLY AND UPWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM WALL TOWARD THE BACK WALL, SAID WHEEL BEING PROVIDED WITH CURVED POCKETS ORIENTED IN THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF THE WHEEL, WHEREBY FERTILIZER AND SEED IN THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE CASING MAY BE PICKED UP AND CONVEYED BY SAID POCKETS AND DISCHARGED ADJACENT SAID FRONT WALL BY GRAVITY INTO SAID DISCHARGE CHUTE, SAID POCKETS BEING DEFINED BY A PAIR OF CIRCULAR SIDE PLATES AND A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE PARTITIONS CURVED WITH THE CONCAVE SURFACE OPENING IN THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF POCKETS WILL BE DISCHARGING AT THE SAME TIME FROM THE CONVEX SIDE THEREOF THEREBY PROVIDING A MORE EVEN SPREAD FOR THE FERTILIZER, THE OUTER END EDGES OF SAID PARTITIONS BEING TANGENTIAL TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE