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US 2017/0318740 A1Published application
Row planter assembly
AssigneeCote Ag Technologies, LLC
InventorChad Heathcote
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Abstract
A row planter assembly having offset track assemblies, a downforce control assembly, a furrow assembly, a seed metering assembly, and a seed delivery assembly.
Claims28
A row planter assembly, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a first track assembly mounted to the chassis;
- a second track assembly mounted to the chassis at a position offset from the first track assembly;
- a seed meter assembly and seed delivery assembly mounted to a rearward end of the chassis;
- and
- a furrow assembly mounted to the chassis forward of the seed delivery assembly.
3 more elements
A cutter assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of cutter modules;
- each cutter module having a housing, a snap deck, a feeder and an auger.
An automatic control system, comprising:
- a control center having a first computer;
- a mobile slave device of a second computer and a first universal coupling device;
- and
- a master implement having a third computer and a second universal coupling device that is configured to mate with the first universal coupling device.
1 more element
A row planter assembly, comprising:
- a seed meter assembly having a housing mounted to a frame;
- a pair of seed plates disposed within the housing in spaced parallel relation connected to a drive shaft;
- an inlet port formed in the housing in communication with an outlet port formed in a housing configured to create a vacuum to selectively pull seeds into apertures on the seed plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.