Granulate portioning means
AssigneeAmazonen-Werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG
InventorsStephan Teckemeyer, Florenz Hilbert
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Abstract
The invention relates to a granulate portioning means (10) for an agricultural spreading machine, comprising: a portioning rotor (30), which is designed to combine granulate grains during a rotational movement to form granulate portions; a housing (12), in which the portioning rotor (30) is arranged, wherein the housing comprises a housing main body (14) and a housing cover (16); and an electric drive device (18) for rotational driving of the portioning rotor (30).
Claims13
An interchangeable system for an agricultural spreading machine, comprising:
- a granulate portioning means having a removable portioning module;
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- a band placement module comprising a replacement housing cover;
- wherein the granulate portioning means comprises:
- a portioning rotor which is configured to combine granulate grains during a rotational movement to form granulate portions;
- a housing in which the portioning rotor is arranged, wherein the housing comprises a housing main body and a housing cover;
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- an electric drive device for rotational driving of the portioning rotor;
- wherein the electric drive device is fastened to the housing cover, and the housing cover and the electric drive device are components of the removable portioning module which is assembled on the housing main body in a non-destructive and reversibly detachable manner,
- wherein the band placement module is configured to be non-destructively and reversibly detachably assembled on the housing main body for converting the granulate portioning means from a portioning configuration to a band placement configuration instead of the portioning module and, in the assembled state, to pass an air-granulate flow through the housing of the granulate portioning means comprising the replacement housing cover without forming portions.
A method of operating an interchangeable system, comprising:
- generating granulate portions by means of a granulate portioning means of the interchangeable system, wherein the granulate portioning means has a portioning configuration during the generation of granulate portions, in which a portioning module is assembled on a housing main body of the granulate portioning means;
- converting the granulate portioning means from the portioning configuration to a band placement configuration by replacing the portioning module with a band placement module, so that in the band placement configuration the band placement module is assembled on the housing main body;
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- passing an air-granulate flow through the granulate portioning means without forming portions, wherein, during the passing of the air-granulate flow, the granulate portioning means has the band placement configuration in which the band placement module is assembled on the housing main body of the granulate portioning means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.