Drive system for an agricultural product distribution system
AssigneeCNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
InventorsDennis George Thompson, Syed Fazal Abbas, Ka Po Catherine Hui
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Abstract
An agricultural product distribution system includes a fan configured to provide an air flow that fluidizes and transports particulate material throughout the agricultural product distribution system. The fan includes an impeller, an inlet position on a first axial side of the fan, and an outlet position on a peripheral side of the fan. The agricultural product distribution system includes a power transfer shaft having a first end non-rotatably coupled to the impeller, wherein the power transfer shaft extends through the inlet of the fan.
Claims20
An agricultural product distribution system, comprising:
- a fan configured to provide an air flow that fluidizes and transports particulate material throughout the agricultural product distribution system, wherein the fan comprises an impeller, an inlet positioned on a first axial side of the fan, and an outlet positioned on a peripheral side of the fan;
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- a power transfer shaft having a first end non-rotatably coupled to the impeller, wherein the power transfer shaft extends through the inlet of the fan.
An agricultural product distribution system, comprising:
- a fan configured to provide an air flow that fluidizes and transports particulate material throughout the agricultural product distribution system, wherein the fan comprises an impeller, an inlet positioned on a first axial side of the fan, and an outlet positioned on a peripheral side of the fan;
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- an alternator configured to supply electrical power to at least one component of the agricultural product distribution system, wherein an input shaft of the alternator is non-rotatably coupled to the impeller on the first axial side of the fan.
An agricultural product distribution system, comprising:
- a fan configured to provide an air flow that fluidizes and transports particulate material throughout the agricultural product distribution system, wherein the fan comprises an impeller, an inlet positioned on a first axial side of the fan, and an outlet positioned on a peripheral side of the fan;
- a power transfer shaft having a first end non-rotatably coupled to the impeller, wherein the power transfer shaft extends through the inlet of the fan;
- an alternator configured to supply electrical power to at least one component of the agricultural product distribution system, wherein an input shaft of the alternator is non-rotatably coupled to a second end of the power transfer shaft;
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- a mesh screen assembly having a frame, wherein the frame is coupled to the fan on a first side of the mesh screen assembly and to the alternator on a second side of the mesh screen assembly, opposite the first side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.