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US 2013/0228592 A1Published application
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. A method is disclosed for blending at least two types of seed together.
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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 readily moveable back and forth between:
- a first closed position preventing the first type of seed from emptying from the first compartment and preventing the second type of see from emptying from the 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.
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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 non-destructively 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.
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