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US 2024/0122097 A1Published application
Multiplex air system
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsAndrew W. HARMON, Amanda D. SPYROPOULOS, Jared A. HAYES
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Abstract
A multiplex air cart is provided. The air cart includes a shared channel that feeds multiple downstream tanks or tools. The air cart delivers, via the shared channel, a plurality of commodities to the downstream tanks or tools. The air cart packetizes the plurality of commodities and conveys packets of products with a gap therebetween.
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A system, comprising:
- a cart including:
- an air source configured to generate an air flow;
- and
- a plurality of product containers;
- an implement including:
- a plurality of tanks;
- and
- a plurality of valves respectively associated with the plurality of tanks;
- and
- a shared chute extending between the cart and the implement through which product from the plurality of product containers is conveyed via the air source to the plurality of tanks.
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A method, comprising:
- depositing one or more products from one or more product containers to a first portion of a chute as a plurality of packets;
- conveying the plurality of packets along the chute via an air source;
- detecting arrival of a packet, of the plurality of packets, at a second portion of the chute;
- and
- operating a valve associated with a product tank corresponding to a product of the packet, in response to detecting the arrival of the packet, to capture the packet and deposit the packet into the product tank.
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An air cart, comprising:
- a plurality of product containers configured to store one or more products;
- a shared chute to deliver the one or more products received from the plurality of product containers;
- an air source configured to convey the one or more products through the shared chute;
- and
- a plurality of feeders associated with the plurality of product containers, the plurality of feeder being configured to deposit product from the plurality of product containers as a plurality of packets,
- wherein packets of the plurality of packets are separated in the shared chute by a predetermined gap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.