Supply system for agricultural equipment
AssigneeSmith Fox LLC
InventorsWilliam C. Smith, Ryan Fox
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Abstract
A supply system for use with agricultural equipment includes a storage system, a metering system, and a distribution system. The storage system holds dry granules therein. The metering system is configured to meter the dry granules at a determined rate. The distribution system includes a conduit coupled with the manifold to receive the dry granules therefrom and a plurality of outlet tubes in fluid communication with the conduit to direct the dry granules toward a receiver unit at the determined rate.
Claims20
A supply system for use with agricultural equipment, the supply system comprising
- a storage system configured to hold dry granules therein,
- a metering system configured to meter the dry granules at a predetermined rate, the metering system including a canister coupled with the storage system to receive the dry granules therefrom, a manifold coupled with the canister to direct the dry granules away from the canister, and a metering screw arranged in the manifold and configured to rotate about a screw axis to selectively control the predetermined rate of the dry granules entering the manifold from the canister, and
- a distribution system including a conduit coupled with the manifold to receive the dry granules therefrom and to transport the dry granules away from the manifold and a plurality of outlet tubes in fluid communication with the conduit to direct the dry granules toward a receiver unit at the predetermined rate.
A method of metering dry granules from a supply system, the method comprising
- storing dry granules in a storage system,
- directing the dry granules from the storage system to a canister of a metering system,
- rotating a metering screw of the metering system at a first rotational speed,
- metering the dry granules from the canister to a conduit of a distribution system at a first predetermined rate in response to rotation of the metering screw at the first rotational speed,
- directing the dry granules through the conduit and into an impeller unit via pressurized or vacuumed air,
- rotating an impeller of the impeller unit via the pressurized or vacuumed air,
- directing the dry granules into a plurality of outlet tubes in response to rotation of the impeller, and
- applying the dry granules to a receiver unit from the plurality of outlet tubes at the first predetermined rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.