Sod seeders

Claim 1

A sod-seeder including a combination seed box and sowing boot, a spring tine, means attaching the combination seed box and sowing boot to the lower portion of and to the rear of the spring tine, said seed box having at least one compartment provided with at least one hole communicating with the sowing boot, said sowing boot including a pair of spaced parallel sidewalls, a front wall, an open bottom and rear, the lower ends of the sidewalls being inclined upwardly from front to rear relative to the direction of sowing, a flexible tube within the boot in communication with the hole in the compartment, and a plurality of spaced stops extending inwardly into the boot from each sidewall arranged in parallelism to the upwardly inclined lower ends of the sidewalls, said tube being movable to one of said stops and supported thereon to adjust the position of the tube relative to the open bottom of the boot for delivering the contents, said combination seed box and sowing boot being attached to the tine so that the bottom of the sowing boot is generally slightly above the tip of the tine, whereby upon the seeder being pulled through the ground, the forward, rearward, upward and downward vibratory motion of the lower portion of the tine is transmitted to the seed box and the contents thereof for ensuring a substantially constant rate of sowing.