# US 2014/0196645 A1 · Method Of Providing Sectional Control During Seeding Of a Field Using A Farm Implement

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- Number: US 2014/0196645 A1
- Document ID: US20140196645A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/224,383
- Filed: 2014-03-25
- Published: 2014-07-17
- Earliest claimed: 2011-01-06
- Assignees: CNH Canada, Ltd.
- Applicants: CNH Canada, Ltd.
- Inventors: Terrance A. Friggstad
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196645A1

## CPC

- A01C 7/20: Parts of seeders for conducting and depositing seed
- A01C 7/125: {with bottom delivery of the seeds}
- A01C 21/00: Methods of fertilising {, sowing or planting}
- A01C: PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING (parts, details or accessories of agricultural machines or implements, in general A01B51/00 - A01B75/00)

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-19. (canceled)

### Claim 20

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; and
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.