Metering system for solid particulate
AssigneeMontag Investments, LLC
InventorsRoger A. Montag, Isaac Mogler, Jason Fehr
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Abstract
An improved particulate metering system is provided. The system includes a flow path having an inlet in communication with an intake and an outlet in communication with a discharge. The flow path receives a first input and a plurality of inputs, each of the plurality of inputs having a separate origin. A mixing area within the flow path comprises a confluence of the first input and one or more of the plurality of inputs. One or more metering controls are in operable communication with the first input and the plurality of inputs for controlling a blend of the plurality of inputs at the confluence.
Claims20
A particulate metering system, comprising:
- a particulate bin for housing a particulate;
- a flow path with:
- a. an inlet in communication with an intake configured to receive pressurized air for suspending particulate in air for agriculture applications;
- b. an outlet in communication with a discharge configured to dispense particulate suspended in air for agriculture applications;
- a fan having an air output providing pressurized air into an air input of the flow path;
- a particulate input in communication with the flow path, the particulate input having an origin at the particulate bin;
- a mixing area within the flow path comprising a confluence of the air input and two or more of the particulate input, wherein the mixing area comprises opposing particulate input spaced apart by the air input;
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- one or more metering control in operable communication with the air input and the particulate input for controlling a blend of the two or more of the particulate input and the air input at the confluence.
A particulate metering system for agriculture applications, comprising:
- a flow path having:
- a. an inlet with an intake configured to receive a stream of pressurized air for suspending particulate in the stream of pressurized air for agriculture applications;
- b. an outlet with a discharge configured to dispense particulate suspended in the stream of pressurized air for agriculture applications;
- c. an air input connected to the intake for providing the stream of pressurized air into the intake;
- d. an air-particulate output at the discharge;
- a particulate source housed in a particulate bin in the flow path between the intake and the discharge;
- a particulate input in communication with the flow path between the intake and the discharge;
- a particulate intake between the particulate input and operated conveyance;
- a particulate-air mixing area within the flow path comprising a confluence of the pressurized stream of air and particulate from the particulate source;
- wherein the particulate-air mixing area is disposed between a pair of the operated conveyances and a pair of the particulate intake.
A particulate metering system, comprising:
- an air flow source;
- a particulate accelerator, having:
- a. an air input operably connected to the air flow source and the particulate accelerator;
- b. a pair of particulate input operably connected to and disposed on opposing sides of the particulate accelerator;
- c. a pair of air-particulate interfaces spaced apart by the air input;
- d. a mixing area, wherein the pair of particulate interfaces are spaced apart by the mixing area;
- e. an air-particulate output opposite the air input;
- a particulate source having a discharge into each of the pair of air-particulate interfaces;
- a confluence of air from the air input and particulate from the particulate source in the mixing area of the particulate accelerator;
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- an air-particulate discharge operably connected in communication with the air-particulate output of the particulate accelerator;
- wherein air from the air input is introduced into the mixing area between the pair of air-particulate interfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.