Seed segregator and planter

Claim 1

A SEED SEGREGATOR AND PLANTER, COMPRISING: A HOPPER; A ROTATABLE DRUM HAVING A PERIPHERAL SURFACE AND A PORTED CONTROL SURFACE; A PLURALITY OF ENTIRELY STRAIGHT HOLLOW NEEDLES SECURED IN SAID PERIPHERAL SURFACE, EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARD THEREOF, AND BEING EQUALLY SPACED PERIPHERALLY OF SAID DRUM AND BEING COPLANAR; SAID DRUM BEING FROMED WITH A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS THEREIN, EACH OF SAID OPENINGS BEING IN COMMUNICATION WIHT THE HOLLOW OF ONE OF SAID NEEDLES AND WITH SAID CONTROL SURFACE; MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID DRUM ABOUT ITS AXIS SO THAT SAID NEEDLES MOVE DOWNWARDLY AND UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID HOPPER; A NON ROTATABLE VALVE MEMBER CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID CONTROL SURFACE, SAID VALVE MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF SEQUENTIALLY ARRANGED RECESSES; A PLURALITY OF CONDUITS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID VALVE MEMBER AND WITH ITS RECESSES FOR SEQUENTIALLY SUBJECTING THE HOLLOW OF EACH OF SAID NEEDLES TO VARIOUS AIR PRESSURES SUCH AS SUCTION, ATMOSPHERIC, AND ABOVE ATMOSPHERIC AT THE DRUM ROTATES; WHEREBY AS EACH OF SAID NEEDLES MOVES DOWN AND UP THROUGH SAID HOPPER, FIRST, SUCTION THROUGH THE NEEDLE CAUSES A SINGLE SEED TO BE HELD UPON THE OPEN END THEREOF, NEXT, THE SEED IS RELEASED BY ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, AND, FINALLY, THE NEEDLE IS CLEANED BY POSITIVE PRESSURE.