Deflector of an agricultural agitation system
AssigneeCNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
InventorsJesse Blair Pidwerbesky, Graham Douglas Stuart, Paul David Minto, Jared Steven Wright
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to an agitating system having a sub-hopper configured to receive particulate material, an agitator disposed within the sub-hopper and configured to promote movement of the particulate material through the sub-hopper, and a deflector configured to block a portion of the particulate material from exerting a force onto the agitator as the particulate material flows through the sub-hopper. The deflector is positioned such that the agitator extends beyond a first distal edge and a second distal edge of the deflector along a lateral axis.
Claims20
An agitating system, comprising:
- a sub-hopper configured to receive particulate material;
- an agitator disposed within the sub-hopper, wherein the agitator is configured to promote movement of the particulate material through the sub-hopper to multiple inlets of meters, each meter comprising a meter roller configured to control flow of the particulate material to at least one row unit, and the agitator is configured to distribute the particulate material across the multiple inlets;
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- a deflector configured to block a portion of the particulate material from exerting a force onto the agitator as the particulate material flows through the sub-hopper, wherein the deflector is positioned such that the agitator extends beyond a first distal edge and a second distal edge of the deflector along a lateral axis.
An agitating system of an agricultural system, comprising:
- an agitator, comprising:
- a shaft extending along a length of the agitator;
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- an agitator coil coupled to the shaft, wherein the agitator coil is wrapped around the shaft along the length of the agitator, and the agitator, in response to rotation of the agitator coil with the shaft, is configured to promote movement of particulate material and to distribute the particulate material across multiple inlets of meters, each meter comprising a meter roller configured to control flow of the particulate material to at least one row unit;
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- a deflector positioned adjacent to the agitator, wherein the deflector extends along the length of the agitator and is configured to block a portion of the particulate material from flowing directly onto the agitator.
An agricultural system, comprising:
- a storage tank configured to hold particulate material;
- a plurality of meters coupled to the storage tank, wherein each meter of the plurality of meters comprises a metering device configured to rotate to control flow of the particulate material to at least one row unit of a plurality of row units;
- an agitator configured to promote movement of the particulate material through the storage tank and distribute the particulate material across respective inlets of the plurality of meters;
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- a deflector configured to block a portion of the particulate material from flowing directly onto the agitator, wherein the deflector comprises a first leg and a second leg disposed at an angle with respect to one another to form a triangular shape, and the deflector is positioned adjacent to the agitator such that a top of the agitator extends past a first distal edge of the first leg and past a second distal edge of the second leg between the first leg and the second leg along a vertical axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.