Container for segregating and blending multiple seed types
AssigneeDow AgroSciences LLC
InventorsDamon M. Palmer, William D. Bush, Jeffrey A. Housman
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Abstract
A container is disclosed which segregates at least two types of seed during storage and blends the at least two types of seed together when emptied from the container. The container has a first compartment and a second compartment, the first compartment storing a first type of seed and the second compartment storing a second type of seed. A method is disclosed for blending at least two types of seed together.
Claims49
An apparatus for holding and delivering seed, the apparatus including:
- a container having a first compartment and a second compartment, the first compartment storing a first type of seed and the second compartment storing a second type of seed;
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- a gate moveably coupled to the container, the gate being moveable to:
- a first closed position preventing the first type of seed to empty from the first compartment and preventing the second type of seed to empty from second compartment;
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- a first open position permitting the first type of seed to empty from the first compartment and at the same time permitting the second type of seed to empty from the second compartment, the first compartment and the second compartment segregating the first type of seed from the second type of seed until the first type of seed and the second type of seed are emptied from the first compartment and the second compartment, respectively.
An apparatus for holding and delivering seed, the apparatus including:
- a container having multiple compartments, each compartment holding a respective type of seed;
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- a gate for controlling the emptying of the respective types of seed from the container, the container and the gate cooperating to empty the respective types of seed in a generally constant ratio independent of a flow rate of the respective types of seed.
A method for delivering a mixture of seed, the method comprising the steps of:
- holding a first type of seed in a first compartment;
- holding a second type of seed in a second compartment;
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- emptying the first type of seed from the first compartment, wherein the step of emptying the first type of seed requires emptying the second type of seed from the second compartment, the amount of the second type of seed is emptied at a generally constant ratio to the amount of the first seed being emptied, the ratio being maintained independently of a flow rate of the first type of seed and the second type of seed.
A method for delivering a mixture of seed, the method comprising the steps of:
- holding a first type of seed in a first compartment in an interior of a container;
- holding a second type of seed in a second compartment which is provided within the interior of the container;
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- emptying the first type of seed from the first compartment and the second type of seed from the second compartment at a generally constant ratio.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.