Seed meter with vacuum producing device and controlled outlet pressure
AssigneeUnderground Agriculture, LLC
InventorJoseph D. BASSETT
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Abstract
A seed meter for agricultural planters is provided. The seed meter includes a seed disk provided in a seed disk housing. The seed meter includes a vacuum producing device configured to generate a vacuum pressure in the seed disk housing for loading seed onto the seed disk. The seed meter includes an outlet coupled to the seed disk housing. The outlet has an outlet pressure for ejecting the loaded seed from the seed meter. An advantage of such a seed meter is not having to change the seed disk between different types of seeds. Another advantage includes being able to control the output pressure and the vacuum pressure.
Claims17
A seed meter, comprising
- a seed disk provided in a seed disk housing,
- a vacuum producing device generating a vacuum pressure in the seed disk housing for loading seed onto the seed disk,
- an outlet coupled to the seed disk housing, the outlet having an outlet pressure for ejecting the loaded seed from the seed meter.
An agricultural planter comprising
- a plurality of rows of seed meters, each of the seed meters in the plurality of seed meters having:
- a seed disk provided in a seed disk housing,
- a vacuum producing device generating a vacuum pressure in a seed disk housing for loading seed onto the seed disk;
- and
- an outlet coupled to the seed disk housing, the outlet having an outlet pressure for ejecting the loaded seed from the seed meter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.