Air entrainment device, systems, methods, and apparatus
AssigneeKinze Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsRobert Blackwell, Dan Killpack, Dalton McDowell, Matthew Wilhelmi
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Abstract
A planter includes a seed a delivery system for delivering seed from one or more hoppers to one or more row units of the planter. The seed delivery system includes a number of seed entrainers. The seed entrainers receive seed from the one or more hoppers. The seed is combined with a fluid, such as air, which moves the seed through the seed entrainer and towards one or more row units of the planter. The entrainer includes one or more outlets, with the outlets corresponding to different row units, and the outlets can be varied based upon the need of seed delivery for the planter.
Claims18
A method for delivering seed from one or more hoppers to a row unit of a planter including a plurality of row units, the method comprising:
- delivering seed from the one or more hoppers to a seed entrainer;
- introducing airflow to the seed entrainer such that a first air stream of the airflow is combined with seed, and a second air stream bypasses the seed;
- and
- recombining the first and second air streams of the airflow and seed at or near an outlet;
- wherein the outlet comprises:
- a first configuration comprising first and second outlets and wherein each of the first and second outlets are in fluid communication with separate row units of a planter, and
- a second configuration wherein the outlet comprises a single outlet in fluid communication with a row unit of a planter.
A method for delivering seed from one or more hoppers to one or more row units of a planter including a plurality of row units, the method comprising:
- delivering seed from the one or more hoppers to a seed entrainer;
- introducing airflow to the seed entrainer such that a first air stream of the airflow is combined with seed in a primary air path, and a second air stream bypasses the seed via a bypass path;
- adjusting an amount of airflow of the second air stream in the bypass path;
- and
- recombining the first and second air streams of the airflow and seed at or near an outlet;
- wherein the outlet comprises:
- a first configuration comprising first and second outlets and wherein each of the first and second outlets are in fluid communication with separate row units of a planter, and
- a second configuration wherein the outlet comprises a single outlet in fluid communication with a row unit of a planter.
A method for delivering seed from one or more hoppers to one or more row units of a planter including a plurality of row units, the method comprising:
- delivering seed from the one or more hoppers to a seed entrainer;
- introducing airflow to the seed entrainer such that a first air stream of the airflow is combined with seed in a primary air path, and a second air stream bypasses the seed via a bypass path;
- adjusting an amount of airflow of the second air stream in the bypass path;
- and
- recombining the first and second air streams of the airflow and seed at or near an outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.