GB2293744A - A seed with a magnetic coating - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
- A01C1/00—Apparatus, or methods of use thereof, for testing or treating seed, roots, or the like, prior to sowing or planting
- A01C1/06—Coating or dressing seed
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
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- A01C7/02—Hand sowing implements
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
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- A01C7/04—Single-grain seeders with or without suction devices
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Abstract
A seed (2) which is provided with a magnetic coating material (4). Also disclosed is seed planting apparatus for planting the seed. The seed planting apparatus has a seed-engaging magnet portion and release means for separating the seed from the seed-engaging magnet portion when the seed is to be planted. The seed coating may be provided with a fertilizer. <IMAGE>
Description
A SEED WITH A MAGNETIC COATING
This invention relates to a seed and, more especially, this invention relates to a seed which is provided with a hitherto unused material associated with seeds for the purpose of enabling the seed to be planted more easily.
In order to provide a good rate of germination, seeds need to be grown in conditions which will promote germination. Many seeds need to be planted early in the year, for example in February, March and April, when conditions outdoors are not conducive to good germination. In particular, it is usually too cold outdoors to get good germination of seeds. It is for this reason that seeds are generally germinated indoors.
Seeds are traditionally germinated indoors in seed boxes. Because the seeds are very small, they are not sown individually. The seeds are simply sprinkled over appropriate soil or compost in the seed boxes and then the seed boxes are kept under appropriate conditions of heat and moisture until the seeds germinate. When the seeds germinate, the formed young plants are much too thickly sown and it is necessary to thin out the plants.
The thinning out of the plants is effected by lifting out bunches of the plants and separating them.
The roots of the individual plants are entwined and separating the roots damages the roots. This results in some of the plants dying, especially since they are at an early somewhat delicate stage in their life. The pricked out plants are individually sown in other seed boxes and then allowed to further grow until such time as they are ready for planting outdoors. The entire process of pricking out is lengthy and tiresome. Also, many of the pricked out plants die due to root damage as mentioned above or simply because they were unable to tolerate being moved so early in their life.
It is an aim of the present invention to obviate or reduce the above mentioned problem.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a seed which is provided with a magnetic material.
By providing the seed with a magnetic material, the seed is able to be isolated with a magnet. Thus seeds can be individually obtained from a seed container and individually planted. This in turn avoids the tiresome duty of pricking out and the consequent loss of young plants.
The seed is preferably one in which the magnetic material is in the form of a magnetic coating around the seed. If desired, the magnetic material may be provided on the seed other than as a coating.
The magnetic coating preferably comprises the magnetic material and a coating material.
The magnetic material is preferably iron filings.
Any suitable and appropriate type of magnetic material may be used so that, for example, the magnetic material may be steel. Due to the usually small size of seeds, the magnetic material will usually be finely ground magnetic material. Iron filings are especially suitable since they represent a cheap readily available source of magnetic material.
The coating material is preferably clay. Any suitable and appropriate coating material may however be employed. Preferably the coating material is such that it sticks to the magnetic material and the seed when it is wet, and is such that it hard when it is dry.
The seed may include an outer protective coating which protects the magnetic material from oxidization.
Thus, for example, with a seed that is provided with a magnetic coating containing iron filings, the iron filings will not become rusty whilst the seed is being stored and prior to being planted.
Any suitable and appropriate material may be employed for the protective coating. Advantageously, the protective coating may be formed of the coating material without the magnetic material.
The seed may include a fertilizer. The fertilizer may be coated with a polymer slow release agent. The fertilizer may be provided in layers with each layer being coated with the polymer slow release agent. The different layers may contain different fertilizers and/or different polymer slow release agents.
The present invention also provides a container of seeds comprising a plurality of the seeds.
The container many be any suitable and appropriate known type of container such for example as a packet container made of paper or a solid walled plastics container.
The present invention still further provides seed planting apparatus comprising a body portion, a seedengaging magnet portion, at least one seed of the invention which is stuck by magnetism to the seed-engaging magnet portion1 and release means for separating the seeds from the seed-engaging magnet portion when the seed is to be planted.
The seed planting apparatus may be one in which the body portion is an elongate body portion. The seed planting apparatus will then be pen-like in shape.
Alternatively, the seed planting apparatus may be one in which the body portion is a flat body portion.
The seed planting apparatus will then be plate-like in shape.
The seed-engaging magnet portion will usually be of a size for receiving one seed only at a time.
The release means may be a spring biased release means. Preferably, the spring biased release means is biased by the spring to the release position.
Embodiments of the invention will now be described solely by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a section through a seed;
Figure 2 is an enlarged section of part of the seed shown in Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a side view of apparatus for producing the seed;
Figure 4 is an end view of the apparatus shown in
Figure 3;
Figures 5, 6 and 7 show how the seed may be planted using seed planting apparatus which is pen-like in shape;
Figure 8 shows the seed-planting apparatus shown in
Figures 5 - 7 in more detail;
Figure 9 is an enlarged view of one end of the seed planting apparatus shown in Figure 8 and also shows a seed;
Figure 10 is a longitudinal section through the seed planting apparatus shown in Figure 8; and
Figures 11, 12, 13 and 14 show seeds being planted using seed planting apparatus which is plate-like in shape.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, there is shown a seed 2 which is provided with a magnetic material in the form of a magnetic coating 4. The magnetic coating 4 comprises magnetic material in the form of iron filings 6 and a clay coating material 8.
The iron filings 6 enable the seed 2 to be attracted to a magnet. Thus seed planting apparatus with an appropriately shaped and sized magnet portion can be used to select individual seeds 2 and plant them, thereby avoiding the traditional way of planting seeds involving initial random sowing and then subsequent time consuming pricking out with its consequent damage of young plants. The clay coating material is such that it does not prevent the seed 2 from germinating when the seed 2 has been planted. The clay coating material easily absorbs moisture and breaks down the iron filings 6 to provide a valuable source of nutrients for the seed 2. Furthermore, the clay coating material 8 ensures that the iron filings 6 are positioned around the seed 2 so that the iron filings 6 are able to provide the nutrients exactly where the seed 2 can use them and get the most benefit from them.
It will be seen from Figure 2 that the iron filings 6 do not extend completely to the surface 10 of the clay coating material 8. This is because the clay coating material 8 was placed over the seed 2 such that after the iron filings were embedded in the clay coating material 8, a final coating of just the clay coating material 8 was provided around the seed 2. This final coating acts as an outer protective coating 12 which protects the iron filings 6 from oxidization. This thus prevents the iron filings 6 from rusting and causing the clay coating material 8 to have a rusty appearance whilst the seed 2 is being stored prior to being planted.
Figures 3 and 4 show apparatus for providing the seed 2 with the magnetic coating 4. As can be seen from
Figures 3 and 4, a plurality of the seeds 2 are placed in a round ball-like container 14 which is rotated by a rotating shaft 16. The container 14 has an aperture 18 for enabling the iron filings 6 and the clay coating material 8 to be inserted into the container 14.
The seeds 2 are first placed in the container 4 and then the clay coating material 8 is added. The container 4 is rotated and water is sprayed into the container 14 through the aperture 18. The clay coating material 8 becomes wet and sticky and the seeds pick up the clay coating material 8 as they roll around in the container 14. Thus the seeds 8 become coated with wet clay coating material 8. When the clay coating material 8 has reached a desired thickness, then iron filings 6 are placed in the container 14 through the aperture 18.
The iron filings 6 stick to the wet surface of the clay coating material 8 and thus the seeds 2 become provided with their magnetic coating 4. In order to prevent the iron filings 6 being exposed to the atmosphere and becoming rusty the seeds 2 with the iron filings 6 on them are then given a final coating of just the clay coating material 8 to form the outer protective coating 12. The seeds 2 are then dried, whereupon the clay coating material 8 becomes hard and the seeds 2 can be handled.
Referring to Figures 5, 6 and 7 there is shown seed planting apparatus 20 being used to plant seeds 2. The seed planting apparatus 20 is pen-like in shape as shorn.
Figure 5 shows the seed planting apparatus 20 picking up a seed 2 from a container 22. The container 22 is shown mounted on an instructional/advertising card 24. When the seed 2 has been stuck to the seed planting apparatus 20, it is then pushed into soil 26 in a seed tray 28 as shown in Figure 6. The seed 2 is then released from the seed planting apparatus 20 as shown in
Figure 7.
Figures 8, 9 and 10 illustrated more clearly the precise construction of the seed planting apparatus 20.
It will thus be seen that the seed planting apparatus 20 comprises an elongate body portion 30, a seed-engaging magnet portion 32, one of the seeds 2, and release means 34 for separating the seed 2 from the seed-engaging magnet portion 32 when the seed 2 is to be planted. The seed-engaging magnet portion 32 is a rod as shown so that the end of the rod is of a size suitable for receiving one seed 2 only at a time. This helps to ensure that the seed planting apparatus 2 does not attract too many seeds 2 at once.
The release means 34 comprises a release button 36 which is connected to a shaft 38. The shaft 38 is in turn connected to the seed-engaging magnet portion 32.
The shaft 38 has a reduced diameter portion 40. A spring 42 is positioned in the body portion 32 and abuts a shoulder 44 of the body portion 30 and a shoulder 46 of the shaft 38. Thus the spring 42 forms a biasing means which is always pushing the release button 36 out of the body portion 30. This in turn means that the spring 42 is always biasing the seed-engaging magnet portion 32 into the body portion 30 and thus to a seed-releasing position.
In use of the seed planting apparatus 20, when it is desired to pick up a seed 2 from the container 22, the release button 36 is pushed down towards the body portion 30 and this causes the seed-engaging magnet portion 32 to protrude from the other end of the body portion 30. A seed 2 can then be stuck by magnetism to the seed engaging magnet portion 32 as shown in Figure 9. The body portion 30 can then be pushed into the soil 26 as shown in Figure 6. Then finger pressure on the release button 36 can be removed as shown in Figure 7, whereupon the spring 42 will cause the seedengaging magnet portion 32 to retract into the body portion 30. The end 48 of the body portion 30 will thus push the seed 2 off the body portion 30, breaking the magnetic attraction. The seed 2 will thus remain in its hole in the soil 26.The seed 2 can then be covered up with more soil or by rearranging the existing soil 26 in the seed tray 28.
Figures 11 - 14 show seed planting apparatus 50 which has a flat body portion 52 and is thus plate-like in shape. The flat body portion 52 has a handle 54 for enabling the seed planting apparatus 50 easily to be gripped as shown. The seed planting apparatus 50 can be used simultaneously to plant a plurality of the seeds 2 in the soil 26 in the seed tray 28, the seed planting apparatus 50 being such that it operates on the same principle as the seed planting 20.
It is to be appreciated that the embodiments of the invention described above with reference to the accompanying drawings have been given by way of example only and that modifications may be effected. Thus, for example, magnetic material other than iron filings may be used, a coating material other than clay may be used, and compost or other material may be used instead of the soil 26.
Claims (19)
1. A seed when provided with a magnetic material.
2. A seed according to claim 1 in which the magnetic material is in the form of a magnetic coating around the seed.
3. A seed according to claim 2 in which the magnetic coating comprises the magnetic material and a coating material.
4. A seed according to any one of the preceding claims in which the magnetic material is iron filings.
5. A seed according to claim 3 or to claim 3 and claim 4 in which the coating material is clay.
6. A seed according to any one of the preceding claims and including an outer protective coating which protects the magnetic material from oxidization.
7. A seed according to claim 3 and claim 6 in which the protective coating is formed of the coating material without the magnetic material.
8. A seed according to any one of the preceding claims and including a fertilizer.
9. A seed according to claim 8 in which the fertilizer is coated with a polymer slow release agent.
10. A seed according to claim 9 in which the fertilizer is provided in layers with each layer being coated with the polymer slow release agent.
11. A seed substantially as herein described with reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
12. A container of seeds comprising a plurality of seeds according to any one of the preceding claims.
13. Seed planting apparatus comprising a body portion1 a seed-engaging magnet portion, at least one seed according to any one claims 1 to 11 which is stuck by magnetism to the seed-engaging magnet portion, and release means for separating the seed from the seedengaging magnet portion when the seed is to be planted.
14. Seed planting apparatus according to claim 13 in which the body portion is an elongate body portion.
15. Seed planting apparatus according to claim 13 in which the body portion is a flat body portion.
16. Seed planting apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 15 in which the seed-engaging magnet portion is of a size for receiving one seed only at a time.
17. Seed planting apparatus according to any one of claims 13 - 16 in which the release means is a spring biased release means.
18. Seed planting apparatus according to claim 17 in which the spring biased release means is biased by the spring to the release position.
19. Seed planting apparatus substantially as herein described with reference to Figures 3 - 10 or 11 - 14 of the accompanying drawings.
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