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US 2018/0007824 A1Published application
Seed delivery apparatus, systems, and methods
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorIan Radtke
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods for delivering seed from a metering device to a furrow. In one embodiment, a seed meter entrains and releases seed from a seed disc at a seed release location. The released seed is directed into a seed conveyor by a loading wheel. The seed conveyor conveys the seed toward the soil and releases the seed with a rearward relative velocity.
Claims15
An apparatus for delivering seed to a planting surface, comprising:
- a seed meter configured to entrain and release the seed from a seed disc at a seed release location;
- a seed conveyor disposed to receive the seed after the seed is released from said seed disc at an upper end of said seed conveyor, said seed conveyor having a belt configured to convey the seed from said upper end to a lower end of said seed conveyor, whereupon the seed is discharged from said seed conveyor through an opening, said discharged seed having a rearward velocity relative to said seed conveyor, said seed conveyor having a cover;
- at least one vent in said cover disposed adjacent to a return portion wherein said belt travels from said lower end of said seed conveyor to said upper end of said seed conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.