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US 2024/0122094 A1Published application
Seed Delivery Apparatus, Systems, and Methods
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorIan R. Radtke
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Abstract
A seed delivery apparatus and methods in which a seed conveyor delivers seed from a metering device to a furrow in a controlled manner to maintain seed placement accuracy within the furrow.
Claims5
A seed delivery apparatus to deliver 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 the seed disc at an upper end of the seed conveyor, the seed conveyor including a belt configured to convey the seed from the upper end to a lower end of the seed conveyor and release the seed with a rearward velocity relative to the seed conveyor;
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- a guide surface on the seed conveyor configured to guide seed released from the seed meter to the belt;
- wherein the upper end of the seed conveyor is disposed transversely adjacent the seed disc.
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