Metering bank for an air cart

A metering bank for an air cart, the air cart having a forward direction of travel, the air cart having a tank holding a supply of product, the metering bank comprising:

• a metering bank frame adapted to be supported below the tank of the air cart;
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• a plurality of individual meter modules adapted to seat within the metering bank frame laterally adjacent to one another, each of the plurality of individual meter modules including:
• a main housing defining an enclosure having a configuration for seating within the meter bank frame, the main housing having a meter housing portion defined within an upper end of the main housing and a lower chamber portion below the meter housing portion, the meter housing portion including a top opening and an outlet, the lower chamber portion including a bottom opening;
• a meter received within the meter housing portion, the meter rotatable about a longitudinal axis generally parallel with the forward direction of travel;
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• an electric motor disposed within the main housing, the electric motor operably coupled to the meter to drive rotation of the meter about the longitudinal axis;
• whereby, the main housing together with the meter and electric motor disposed within the main housing is slidably removable from the metering bank frame in a direction generally parallel with the longitudinal axis and forward direction of travel of the air cart;
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• whereby, when the main housing is seated within the metering bank frame, and as the meter rotates about the longitudinal axis, the product enters the meter housing portion through the top opening and the meter meters the product through the outlet in the meter housing portion and into the lower chamber portion, whereupon the metered product exits the lower chamber portion through the bottom opening.