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 seed delivery assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of entrainers operatively connected to one another, each of said entrainers comprising:
- at least one seed entrance;
- at least one primary fluid path in communication with a fluid source, wherein a fluid and seed are combined at said at least one primary fluid path;
- at least one bypass path for receiving and directing an amount of the fluid;
- and
- at least one outlet;
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- a bypass insert positioned at least partially in the at least one bypass path;
- wherein the at least one bypass path comprises two paths and the bypass insert is positioned at a shared inner wall between the two paths.
A seed entrainer for planting or distributing seed, comprising:
- at least one seed entrance;
- at least one primary fluid path in communication with a fluid source, wherein a fluid and seed are combined at said at least one primary fluid path;
- at least one bypass path for receiving and directing an amount of the fluid;
- and
- at least one outlet;
- and
- a bypass insert positioned at least partially in the at least one bypass path;
- wherein the at least one bypass path comprises two paths and the bypass insert is positioned at a shared inner wall between the two paths.
A seed delivery assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of entrainers operatively connected to one another, each of said entrainers comprising:
- at least one seed entrance;
- at least one primary fluid path in communication with a fluid source, wherein a fluid and seed are combined at said at least one primary fluid path;
- at least one bypass path for receiving and directing an amount of the fluid;
- and
- at least one outlet;
- and
- a bypass insert positioned at least partially in the at least one bypass path;
- wherein each of the entrainers include:
- a first configuration wherein the at least one outlet comprises first and second outlets and each of the first and second outlets are in fluid communication with separate row units of a planter, and
- a second configuration wherein the at least one outlet comprises a single outlet in fluid communication with a row unit of a planter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.