Claims
- 1. A planting system for drilling planting holes in the earth using a portable electric drill having a chuck for receiving tools to be rotatably driven, said planting system comprisingan auger having a helical cutting blade and a shank adapted for insertion into the chuck of the electric drill, root-cutting means at the lower end of the auger, a cylindrical shroud slidably mounted on the shank of the auger and extending downwardly around the auger with the inside wall of the shroud spaced away from the outer edge of the helical cutting blade of the auger, a slip ring mounted on said shank below the inside surface of a top wall of said shroud for engaging and rotating said shroud with said shank until said shroud is displaced upwardly along said shank by engagement with the earth, and a pointed centering tip extending downwardly from the lower end of the auger along the longitudinal axis of the auger.
- 2. The planting system of claim 1 which includes catch means attached to the shroud and extending radially inwardly from the inside surface of the shroud toward the outer edge of the helical cutting blade of the auger.
- 3. The planting system of claim 1 which includes depth measurement rings on the shank of the auger above the shroud to measure the movement of the auger as the auger penetrates into the soil.
- 4. The planting system of claim 1 which includes exit holes in said shroud and soil-controlling louvers associated with said holes on the inside wall of the shroud, said louvers being configured to move extracted soil outwardly through said holes.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority from Provisional Application No. 60/089,909, filed Jun. 19, 1998, and entitled “Planting System Including Auger, Ground Clearing, Dirt Piling and Depth Control.”
US Referenced Citations (10)
Provisional Applications (1)
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60/089909 |
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