Systems and devices for controlling and monitoring liquid applications of agricultural fields
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorsBen Schlipf, Brent Wiegand, Justin McMenamy, Jason Stoller
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Abstract
Described herein are systems and devices for controlling and monitoring liquid applications of agricultural fields. In one embodiment, a flow device for controlling flow during an agricultural operation includes an offset ball valve having multiple openings that rotate in position to control flow of a liquid through the offset ball valve to an outlet passage. The flow device also includes a first passage that provides a first flow path from an inlet to at least one opening of the offset ball valve and second passage that provides a second flow path from the inlet to at least one opening of the offset ball valve.
Claims7
A flow device for controlling flow during an agricultural operation, comprising:
- an inlet;
- an outlet passage;
- an offset ball valve having multiple openings that are offset relative to each other and rotate in position to control flow of a liquid through the offset ball valve to the outlet passage during the agricultural operation;
- a first passage to provide a first flow path from the inlet to enter a first opening of the offset ball valve to the outlet passage;
- a second passage to provide a second flow path from the inlet to enter the first opening of the offset ball valve to the outlet passage;
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- wherein the first flow path and the second flow path merge together flowing through the offset ball valve and exiting a second opening of the offset ball valve after separately entering the first opening of the offset ball valve for one of multiple positions of the offset ball valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.