Fertilizer divider for dual air system
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorLowell H. Neumeyer
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Abstract
A dual air system for separately conveying fertilizer and seed in an implement such as an air drill or air seeder which includes an adjustable divider arrangement for providing a small amount of starter fertilizer to be placed with the seed. The total fertilizer metered by a fluted feed wheel is divided into two streams by an adjustable knife plate. A pivoting baffle plate resting against the knife plate deflects one of the two fertilizer portions to the fertilizer air system. The other fertilizer stream is delivered to the seed air system. The overall rate of fertilizer application may be adjusted without affecting the total amount of fertilizer provided to the seed air system.
Claims12
In a metering system for a seeding implement including first and second hoppers and metering structure for metering first and second materials from the respective hoppers to a delivery system, material dividing structure including:
- a first area for receiving the first material metered from the first hopper;
- a second area for receiving second material metered from the second hopper;
- adjustable divider means for directing a preselected portion of the first material into the second area;
- a first delivery conduit;
- means for conveying the first material from the first area to the first delivery conduit;
- a second delivery conduit;
- means for conveying the second material and the preselected portion of first material to the second delivery conduit;
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- means for adjusting the rate of first material delivered to the first area without affecting the rate of delivery of the preselected portion of the first material to the second area.
In a metering system for a seeding implement including first and second hoppers and metering structure for metering first and second materials from the respective hoppers to a delivery system, material dividing structure including:
- a first area for receiving the first material metered from the first hopper;
- a second area for receiving second material metered from the second hopper;
- adjustable divider means located adjacent the metering structure for directing a preselected portion of the first material into the second area, said divider means comprising an upright shiftable member and a movable baffle having a first end resting against the shiftable member and sloping downwardly toward the second area;
- a first delivery conduit;
- means for conveying the first material from the first area to the first delivery conduit;
- a second delivery conduit;
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- means for conveying the second material and the preselected portion of first material to the second delivery conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.