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, Darlan 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.
Claims7
A pre-metering system for feeding different types of seed into a seed meter of each row-unit of a plurality of row-units of a planter for planting an agricultural field, the pre-metering system comprising:
- an insert housed within an on-row hopper of each row-unit with multiple compartments that separately stores multiple seed types for delivery to the seed meter arranged at the row unit, and having a single outlet, the insert comprising:
- a feeder wheel carrier arranged between multiple compartments and the 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;
- 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 toward each seed meter of each row-unit;
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- a divider wall extending from the feeder wheel carrier to separate a pair of compartments of the multiple compartments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.