Automatic or semi-automatic planting machine - has buckets on endless chain for digging trench and supplying soil to pots

摘要

The automatic or semi-automatic planting machine comprises an endless chain provided with buckets for digging a trench and carrying the earth to a spout having a shutter permitting the filling of pots or baskets containing young plants by an operator. The upper sprocket may be driven by a telescopic shaft and universal joint from a shaft driven from the engine. Alternatively, the upper sprocket may be similarly driven from a tractor power take-off, and via a worm and pinion. A beam is slidable in a sleeve to adjust the working depth, or to raise the chain at the end of a run, by a lever.