Seed sorting and selection apparatus

Claim 1

A SEED SORTING AND SELECTING APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A FRAME, (B) A TOTALLY ENCLOSED SEED BOX FIXED ON SAID FRAME HAVING, (C) AN INLET PASSAGEWAY IN THE TOP PORTION OF SAID SEED BOX, (D) AN OPEN BOTTOM, (E) AND A SEED CHAMBER FORMED WITHIN SAID SEED BOX COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OPEN BOTTOM, (F) A SEED HOPPER ON SAID FRAME COMMUNICATING WITH SAID INLET PASSAGEWAY, (G) A PAIR OF PULLEYS JOURNALED ON SAID FRAME HAVING AN ENDLESS FEED BELT OPERATIVELY SUPPORTED ON SAID PULLEYS, (H) A GUIDE PLATE FIXED ON SAID FRAME BELOW THE OPEN BOTTOM OF SAID SEED BOX ADAPTED TO ENGAGE AND SLIDINGLY SUPPORT THE UNDER OUTER SURFACE OF THE LOWER RUN OF SAID ENDLESS FEED BELT TO MAINTAIN THE BOTTOM OF SAID SEED BOX CLOSED AS SAID BELT MOVES UNDER SAID OPEN SEED BOX BOTTOM, (I) A DISCHARGE OPENING IN SAID GUIDE PLATE LOCATED BEYOND THE REAR END OF SAID SEED BOX, (J) MEANS FOR EJECTING A SEED FROM SAID SEED DISCHARGE OPENING IN SAID GUIDE PLATE, (K) A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED SEED RECEIVING HOLES INDIVIDUALLY FORMED THROUGH SAID ENDLESS FEED BELT ARRANGED TO SUCCESSIVELY MOVE OVER SAID DISCHARGE OPENING IN SAID GUIDE PLATE. (L) MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID ENDLESS FEED BELT PULLEYS AND BELT, (M) AND MEANS IN SAID SEED BOX FOR AGITATING THE SEEDS THEREIN TO CAUSE A SEED TO ENTER EACH SEED HOLE IN SAID ENDLESS FEED BELT.