Method Of Providing Sectional Control During Seeding Of a Field Using A Farm Implement
AssigneeCNH Canada, Ltd.
InventorTerrance A. Friggstad
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Abstract
A seed metering assembly for a farm implement has a meter roller that can be accessed and removed in a relatively quick manner. The seed metering assembly includes a fluted meter roller that is segmented into a number of discrete fluted sections. Each fluted section has an associated flow control member that is selectively operable to impede the flow of granular material from a seed hopper to its corresponding section of the fluted meter roller.
Claims2
1-19. (canceled)
A method of providing sectional control during seeding of a field using a farm implement having a hopper that holds a volume of granular material and has a discharge opening through which the granular material may exit the hopper, the method comprising:
- rotating a fluted metering roller as granular material passes through the discharge opening of the hopper, the fluted metering roller having a number of fluted sections formed along a length of the roller;
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- selectively moving at least one of a number of flow control devices to a position between the discharge opening of the hopper and the fluted metering roller, each flow control device associated with a respective fluted section of the number of fluted sections and wherein each flow control device has a curved member that is placed between a portion of the discharge opening of the hopper and its respective fluted section to stop flow of granular material to the respective fluted section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.