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US 11,917,935 B2Granted
Seed treater with baffles and method of treating seeds using same
AssigneeMonsanto Technology LLC
InventorsRichard Bailey, Damien Douglas Brewer, Vallabh Makadia, Michael Francis Migliazzo, Daniel James Seyer
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Abstract
A seed treater includes a baffle which includes a fin that is selectively movable to adjust an extent to which the fin extends into a mixing chamber during mixing of seeds and a seed treatment within the mixing chamber to facilitate mixing of the seeds and the seed treatment within the mixing chamber. The fin defines an internal flow passage configured to deliver forced fluid through the fin and into the mixing chamber.
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A seed treater comprising:
- a treater body defining a mixing chamber in which seeds and seed treatment formulations are mixed, the mixing chamber having a vertical axis, wherein the treater body includes
- a stator having an annular upper inner surface extending around the vertical axis of the mixing chamber and defining an upper portion of the mixing chamber, and
- a rotor having a generally concave inner surface below the annular upper inner surface of the stator and defining a lower portion of the mixing chamber, wherein the rotor is rotatable relative to the stator about the vertical axis of the mixing chamber so that seeds within the lower portion of the mixing chamber flow upward along the generally concave inner surface to the annular upper inner surface of the stator;
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- a baffle coupled to the treater body, wherein the baffle includes a fin that is selectively movable relative to the treater body and the mixing chamber to adjust an extent to which the fin extends into the mixing chamber during said mixing of the seeds and the seed treatment formulations within the mixing chamber to facilitate mixing of the seeds and the seed treatment formulations within the mixing chamber.
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A seed treater comprising:
- a treater body defining a mixing chamber, having a vertical axis, in which seeds and seed treatment are mixed, the treater body including
- a stator having an annular upper inner surface extending around the vertical axis of the mixing chamber and defining an upper portion of the mixing chamber, and
- a rotor having a generally concave inner surface below the annular upper inner surface of the stator and defining a lower portion of the mixing chamber, wherein the rotor is rotatable relative to the stator about the vertical axis of the mixing chamber so that seeds within the lower portion of the mixing chamber flow upward along the generally concave inner surface to the annular upper inner surface of the stator;
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- a baffle coupled to the treater body and including a fin configured to facilitate mixing of the seeds and the seed treatment within the mixing chamber, wherein the fin defines an internal flow passage configured to deliver forced fluid through the fin and into the mixing chamber.
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A method of treating seeds comprising:
- loading seeds into a mixing chamber of a body of a seed treater having a generally vertical axis, the body including an upper stator having an annular inner surface extending around the vertical axis of the mixing chamber and defining an upper portion of the mixing chamber, and a lower rotor having a generally concave inner surface defining a lower portion of the mixing chamber;
- rotating the lower rotor of the mixing chamber relative to the upper stator about the vertical axis so that the seeds within the mixing chamber flow upward along the generally concave inner surface to the annular inner surface of the upper stator;
- delivering a seed treatment formulation into the mixing chamber;
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- at least one of:
- retracting a baffle relative to the mixing chamber, and extending a baffle relative to the mixing chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.