Pre-metering system for feeding different types of seed into a seed meter
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsChristopher Schoeny, Chad M. Johnson, Jason T. Czapka, Darian E. Landolt
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Abstract
A pre-metering system for feeding different types of seed into a seed meter of a planter includes separate feeder wheels that are selectively rotated to deliver different types of seed from on-row storage into the seed meter at a given time. The feeder wheels may be supported by a feeder wheel carrier that may also support various wall and ramped structures, such as upright divider walls and sloped walls that maintain separation between the different types of seeds in the on-row storage and direct the different types of seed toward the individual feeder wheels.
Claims9
A pre-metering system for a multi-variety planter for planting multiple types of seed in a single planting pass during row-crop planting of an agricultural field, the multi-variety planter including a plurality of row-units supported by a frame configured to move over the agricultural field, and a seed meter carried by each of the plurality of row units, the pre-metering system feeding different types of seed into each seed meter of each row-unit of the plurality of row-units for planting the agricultural field, the pre-metering system comprising:
- a feeder wheel carrier arranged between multiple compartments of an on-row seed storage system that includes multiple compartments arranged at each of the plurality of row-units for separately storing multiple types of seed in multiple compartments at each row-unit, and a single outlet, each seed meter at each row-unit configured to singulate seed for delivery onto an agricultural field, each seed meter having a housing with a single, seed inlet for directing seeds into the seed meter;
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- multiple feeder wheels supported by the feeder wheel carrier, with each one of the multiple feeder wheels arranged to receive seed from a respective one of the multiple compartments and selectively deliver the seed through the outlet to a seed meter inlet of the seed meter housing.
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