Agricultural air cart blower fan arrangement
AssigneeCNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
InventorJames W. Henry
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Abstract
An agricultural implement comprising a chassis, a plurality of wheels coupled to the chassis, and a pneumatic distribution system coupled to the chassis, the pneumatic distribution system including at least one tank capable of storing and releasing agricultural product; a metering arrangement including conduit capable of transporting the agricultural product; and a blower fan arrangement configured to transport the agricultural product, the blower fan arrangement including a first blower fan and a second blower fan, each blower fan having an air inlet and an air outlet, and a transition section fluidly coupling the air outlet of the first blower fan with the air inlet of the second blower fan.
Claims10
An agricultural implement, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a plurality of wheels coupled to the chassis;
- and
- a pneumatic distribution system coupled to the chassis, the pneumatic distribution system including:
- at least one tank capable of storing and releasing agricultural product;
- a metering arrangement including conduit capable of transporting the agricultural product;
- and
- a blower fan arrangement configured to transport the agricultural product, the blower fan arrangement including a first blower fan and a second blower fan, each blower fan having an air inlet and an air outlet, and a transition section fluidly coupling the air outlet of the first blower fan with the air inlet of the second blower fan,
- wherein the transition section includes an inlet end and an outlet end, and is generally pyramid-shaped with a truncated inlet end smaller than the outlet end, and
- wherein the transition section has a generally square-shaped cross-section of the outlet end.
A pneumatic distribution system capable of distributing an agricultural product, the pneumatic distribution system comprising:
- at least one tank capable of storing and releasing the agricultural product;
- a metering arrangement including conduit capable of transporting the agricultural product;
- and
- a blower fan arrangement configured to transport the agricultural product, the blower fan arrangement including a first blower fan and a second blower fan, each blower fan having an air inlet and an air outlet, and a transition section fluidly coupling the air outlet of the first blower fan with the air inlet of the second blower fan,
- wherein the pneumatic distribution system is operated by a control for each blower fan.
An agricultural implement, comprising:
- a chassis,
- a plurality of wheels coupled to the chassis;
- and
- a pneumatic distribution system coupled to the chassis, the pneumatic distribution system including:
- at least one tank capable of storing and releasing agricultural product;
- a metering arrangement including conduit capable of transporting the agricultural product;
- and
- a blower fan arrangement configured to transport the agricultural product, the blower fan arrangement including a first blower fan and a second blower fan, each blower fan having an air inlet and an air outlet, and a transition section fluidly coupling the air outlet of the first blower fan with the air inlet of the second blower fan,
- wherein the transition section includes an inlet end and an outlet end, and is generally pyramid-shaped with a truncated inlet end smaller than the outlet end, and
- wherein the transition section has a generally rectangular-shaped cross-section of the outlet end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.