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US 2016/0242352 A1Published application
Planter Exhaust Air Removing Apparatus and Method of Use Thereof
AssigneeSyngenta Participations AG
InventorsBenoit HUSSHERR, Franz BRANDL
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Abstract
An exhaust air filtration apparatus comprises a vacuum planter (10) having a cyclonic separator (30) and a filter unit (40). A method of removing particulate matter can utilize the apparatus.
Claims11
An agricultural machine, comprising:
- a vacuum planter having a planter air outlet;
- a cyclonic separator having a first end and a second end, the first end comprising a cyclonic separator air inlet and a cyclonic separator air outlet, and the second end comprising a particle area;
- a filter unit;
- a first air conduit disposed between the planter air outlet and the cyclonic separator air inlet;
- and
- a second air conduit disposed between the cyclonic separator air outlet and the filter unit.
3 more elements
A method of removing particulate matter from exhaust air exiting an agricultural vacuum planter, comprising:
- directing the exhaust air exiting an agricultural vacuum planter to a cyclonic separator;
- and
- directing air exhausted from the cyclonic separator to a filter unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.