Seed meter with floating singulator

A seed singulator for a seed meter, the seed meter including a seed disc rotatably mounted within a meter housing about an axis of rotation, the seed disc having a plurality of seed apertures therethrough, a seed-side surface and a vacuum-side surface, whereby the rotation of the seed disc in a direction of rotation about the axis of rotation defines a seed aperture path, the meter housing including a seed housing covering the seed-side surface of the seed disc and a vacuum housing covering the vacuum-side surface of the seed disc, the seed housing holding a pool of seeds which seeds become entrained over the seed apertures as the seed apertures rotate in the direction of rotation along the seed aperture path through the pool of seeds, the seed singulator comprising:

• an upper lobe plate having at least one upper lobe extending in a direction toward the axis of rotation;
• a lower lobe plate having at least one lower lobe extending in a direction away from the axis of rotation;
• a base;
• at least one arm connecting said upper lobe plate with said base;
• at least one arm connecting said lower lobe plate with said base;
• a radial spring mounted to the seed housing and operably biasing said upper lobe plate and said lower lobe plate radially with respect to the seed disc and relative to the seed aperture path;
• an axial spring mounted to the seed housing and adapted to removably receive said base, said axial spring operably biasing said upper lobe plate and said lower lobe plate axially with respect to the axis of rotation and against the seed-side surface of the seed disc;
• whereby the upper lobe plate is disposed radially outward relative to said seed aperture path and said lower lobe plate is disposed radially inward relative to said seed aperture path such that said at least one upper lobe and said at least one lower lobe bumps the seeds entrained over the seed apertures as the entrained seeds rotate past said at least one upper lobe and said at least one lower lobe in the direction of rotation along the seed aperture path.