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US 11,871,691 B2Granted
Agricultural implements for soil and vegetation analysis
AssigneeClimate LLC
InventorsDale Koch, Todd Swanson, Kent Levy, Adam Vaccari, Jason Stoller
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Abstract
Described herein are implements that include a vehicle having a system for sensing or testing soil and/or vegetation as the vehicle traverses a field.
Claims16
An agricultural implement for acquiring a soil sample comprising:
- a vehicle;
- a sampling implement supported by the vehicle on a front axle housing and underneath a body of the vehicle, the sampling implement configured to acquire a soil sample, wherein the sampling implement comprises a side collection port configured to receive the soil sample and a device configured to eject the sample from the side collection port into a collection container, wherein the device includes a rod disposed adjacent to the side collection port and a scooper disk attached to the rod and aligned with the side collection port, and wherein rotation of the rod causes the scooper disk to scoop the sample out of the side collection port, thereby ejecting the sample;
- a soil processing system for preparing the sample, wherein the collection container is configured to move between the sampling implement and the soil processing system;
- and
- a test strip apparatus configured to hold one or more test strips and guide the one or more test strips through the sample.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.