Apparatus for adhesively securing seed onto a string

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR ADHESIVELY SECURING SEEDS ONTO A STRING COMPRISING A WIDE-MOUTH CONTAINER HAVING A CLOSURE ADAPTED TO FORM A LIQUID-TIGHT SEAL WITH THE MOUTH OF SAID CONTAINER FOR CLOSING THE SAME, SAID CLOSURE HAVING A FIRST OPENING THEREIN, A SHAFT ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID OPENING AND HAVING A FIRST END EXTERIORLY OF SAID CONTAINER AND A SECOND END INTERIORLY OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID SHAFT HAVING A COAXIAL FIRST PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH AND COMMUNICATING WITH BOTH OF SAID SHAFT ENDS, A SPOOL COAXIALLY POSITIONED ON SAID SHAFT INTERMEDIATE SAID CLOSURE AND SAID SECOND END WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, SAID SPOOL BEING SECURED TO SAID SHAFT, SAID SPOOL BEING ROTATABLE WITH SAID SHAFT A YOKE FORMED OF STRIP METAL HAVING OPPOSITE ENDS FORMED INTO GENERALLY A U SHAPE TO DEFINE A PAIR OF UPRIGHT PORTIONS AND AN INTERCONNECTING CENTRAL PORTION, SAID YOKE HAVING TWO SECOND OPENINGS POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID OPPOSITE ENDS, RESPECTIVELY, SAID YOKE BEING SECURED TO SAID CLOSURE WITH SAID UPRIGHT PORTINS BEING POSITIONED ON SAID SHAFT CONTIGOUS TO SAID CLOSURE AND INTERMEDIATE SAID CLOSURE AND SAID SPOOL AND INTERMEDIATE SAID SPOOL AND SAID SECOND END, RESPECTIVELY,SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPENINGS BEING IN REGISTRY, SAID YOKE BEING SUSPENDED FROM SAID CLOSURE AND DEPENDING FROM SAID SHAFT, SAID SHAFT BEING ROTATABLE INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID YOKE AND SAID CLOSURE, A GROMMET SECURED IN SAID FIRST OPENING AND ONE OF SAID SECOND OPENINGS OF SAID CLOSURE AND SAID YOKE, RESPECTIVELY, SAID CENTRAL YOKE PORTION BEING BENT LATERALLY AT A MEDIAL POSITION AWAY FROM SAID SPOOL, SAID MEDIAL POSITION BEING CONTIGUOUS TO SAID CONTAINER, A FIRST-STRING -GUIDING APERTURE FORMED IN SAID CENTRAL YOKE PORTION ADJACENT SAID MEDIAL POSITION A SUPPORT HAVING A SECOND STRING-GUIDING APERTURE FORMED THEREIN, SAID SUPPORT BEING SECURED TO SAID YOKE ADJACENT SAID SECOND SHAFT END HAVING A PORTION CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID CONTAINER, SAID SECOND APERTURE BEING POSITIONED IN RELATION WITH SAID FIRST APERTURE AND SAID FIRST PASSAGEWAY TO GUIDE THE DISPENSING OF STRING FROM SAID SPOOL AND THROUGH SAID PASSAGEWAY WITH SAID STRING CONTACTING ONLY SAID YOKE AND SAID APERTURES, A ROTARY SEED APPLICATOR HAVING GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BASE MEMBER AND A COVER, SAID BASE MEMBER BEING SECURED TO SAID SHAFT AND HAVING A SIDE WALL AND A BOTTOM WITH A FIRST COAXIAL OPENING THEREIN, AND SAID COVER INCLUDING A FLANGE REMOVABLY FITTING OVER SAID SIDE WALL AND ENCLOSING SAID APPLICATOR THEREBY FORMING AN APPLICATING CHAMBER, SAID APPLICATOR BEING SECURED TO SAID FIRST SHAFT END EXTERIORLY OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID APPLICATOR BEING ROTATABLE WITH SAID SHAFT, SAID COVER HAVING A SECOND OPENING THEREIN IN REGISTRY WITH SAID FIRST OPENING AND SAID SECOND PASSAGEWAY WHEREBY ADHESIVE MAY BE PLACED WITH SAID CONTAINER AND STRING CAN BE DISPENSED FROM SAID SPOOL, WET WITH ADHESIVE IN SAID CONTAINER, AND DRAWN THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND SAID FIRST PASSAGEWAY INTO SAID APPLICATING CHAMBER, WHEREBY SEEDS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE CONTINUOUSLY AND ADHESIVELY SECURED TO SAID STING THEREBY PROVIDING A STRING HAVING SEEDS ADHERED THEREON.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR ADHESIVELY SECURING SEEDS ONTO A STRING COMPRISING A WIDE-MOUTH CONTAINER HAVING A CLOSURE ADAPTED TO FORM A LIQUID-TIGHT SEAL WITH THE MOUTH OF SAID CONTAINER FOR CLOSING THE SAME, SAID CLOSURE HAVING A FIRST OPENING THEREIN, A SHAFT ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID OPENING AND HAVING A FIRST END EXTERIORLY OF SAID CONTAINER AND A SECOND END INTERIORLY OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID SHAFT HAVING A COAXIAL FIRST PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH AND COMMUNICATING WITH BOTH OF SAID SHAFT ENDS, A SPOOL COAXIALLY POSITIONED ON SAID SHAFT INTERMEDIATE SAID CLOSURE AND SAID SECOND END WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, SAID SPOOL BEING SECURED TO SAID SHAFT, SAID SPOOL BEING ROTATABLE WITH SAID SHAFT A YOKE FORMED OF STRIP METAL HAVING OPPOSITE ENDS FORMED INTO GENERALLY A U SHAPE TO DEFINE A PAIR OF UPRIGHT PORTIONS AND AN INTERCONNECTING CENTRAL PORTION, SAID YOKE HAVING TWO SECOND OPENINGS POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID OPPOSITE ENDS, RESPECTIVELY, SAID YOKE BEING SECURED TO SAID CLOSURE WITH SAID UPRIGHT PORTINS BEING POSITIONED ON SAID SHAFT CONTIGOUS TO SAID CLOSURE AND INTERMEDIATE SAID CLOSURE AND SAID SPOOL AND INTERMEDIATE SAID SPOOL AND SAID SECOND END, RESPECTIVELY,SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPENINGS BEING IN REGISTRY, SAID YOKE BEING SUSPENDED FROM SAID CLOSURE AND DEPENDING FROM SAID SHAFT, SAID SHAFT BEING ROTATABLE INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID YOKE AND SAID CLOSURE, A GROMMET SECURED IN SAID FIRST OPENING AND ONE OF SAID SECOND OPENINGS OF SAID CLOSURE AND SAID YOKE, RESPECTIVELY, SAID CENTRAL YOKE PORTION BEING BENT LATERALLY AT A MEDIAL POSITION AWAY FROM SAID SPOOL, SAID MEDIAL POSITION BEING CONTIGUOUS TO SAID CONTAINER, A FIRST-STRING -GUIDING APERTURE FORMED IN SAID CENTRAL YOKE PORTION ADJACENT SAID MEDIAL POSITION A SUPPORT HAVING A SECOND STRING-GUIDING APERTURE FORMED THEREIN, SAID SUPPORT BEING SECURED TO SAID YOKE ADJACENT SAID SECOND SHAFT END HAVING A PORTION CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID CONTAINER, SAID SECOND APERTURE BEING POSITIONED IN RELATION WITH SAID FIRST APERTURE AND SAID FIRST PASSAGEWAY TO GUIDE THE DISPENSING OF STRING FROM SAID SPOOL AND THROUGH SAID PASSAGEWAY WITH SAID STRING CONTACTING ONLY SAID YOKE AND SAID APERTURES, A ROTARY SEED APPLICATOR HAVING GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BASE MEMBER AND A COVER, SAID BASE MEMBER BEING SECURED TO SAID SHAFT AND HAVING A SIDE WALL AND A BOTTOM WITH A FIRST COAXIAL OPENING THEREIN, AND SAID COVER INCLUDING A FLANGE REMOVABLY FITTING OVER SAID SIDE WALL AND ENCLOSING SAID APPLICATOR THEREBY FORMING AN APPLICATING CHAMBER, SAID APPLICATOR BEING SECURED TO SAID FIRST SHAFT END EXTERIORLY OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID APPLICATOR BEING ROTATABLE WITH SAID SHAFT, SAID COVER HAVING A SECOND OPENING THEREIN IN REGISTRY WITH SAID FIRST OPENING AND SAID SECOND PASSAGEWAY WHEREBY ADHESIVE MAY BE PLACED WITH SAID CONTAINER AND STRING CAN BE DISPENSED FROM SAID SPOOL, WET WITH ADHESIVE IN SAID CONTAINER, AND DRAWN THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND SAID FIRST PASSAGEWAY INTO SAID APPLICATING CHAMBER, WHEREBY SEEDS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE CONTINUOUSLY AND ADHESIVELY SECURED TO SAID STING THEREBY PROVIDING A STRING HAVING SEEDS ADHERED THEREON.