摘要 |
The invention comprises an improvement for finger type seed meters. The improvement is a backing or wear plate of lubricious material with a seed release and an exit. The improved also has a cutout section and a plurality of variable inserts to get accurate seed spacing of a variety of size and shapes of seeds. Each insert of the meter includes a seed release area having varied shapes and depths of projections and depressions to accomplish accurate and timely release from the fingers of seeds of various sizes and shapes. Each insert also has an improved seed exit or void. The exit void being varied both in dimension and contour to substantially eliminate seed rejections and to ensure seed ejection into a seed tube and thence to the soil.
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