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US 8,464,911 B2Granted
Container for segregating and blending multiple seed types
AssigneeDow AgroSciences LLC
InventorsDamon M. Palmer, William D. Bush, Jeffrey A. Housman
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Abstract
A container is disclosed which segregates at least two types of seed during storage and blends the at least two types of seed together when emptied from the container. The container has a first compartment and a second compartment, the first compartment storing a first type of seed and the second compartment storing a second type of seed. A method is disclosed for blending at least two types of seed together.
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An apparatus for holding and delivering seed, the apparatus including:
- a container having a first compartment and a second compartment, the first compartment storing a first type of seed and the second compartment storing a second type of seed;
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- a gate moveably coupled to the container, the gate being moveable to:
- a first closed position preventing the first type of seed to empty from the first compartment and preventing the second type of seed to empty from second compartment;
- a first open position permitting the first type of seed to empty from the first compartment and at the same time permitting the second type of seed to empty from the second compartment, the first compartment and the second compartment segregating the first type of seed from the second type of seed until the first type of seed and the second type of seed are emptied from the first compartment and the second compartment, respectively, the first open position defining a first ratio of the first type of seed being emptied from the first compartment to the second type of seed being emptied from the second compartment;
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- a second open position defining a second ratio of the first type of seed being emptied from the first compartment to the second type of seed being emptied from the second compartment when the gate is in the second open position, the second ratio being generally equal to the first ratio.
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A method for delivering a mixture of seed, the method comprising the steps of:
- holding a first type of seed in a first compartment in an interior of a container;
- holding a second type of seed in a second compartment which is provided within the interior of the container;
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- emptying the first type of seed from the first compartment and the second type of seed from the second compartment by placing a gate at a first position,
- emptying the first type of seed from the first compartment and the second type of seed from the second compartment by placing the gate at a second position, the first and second positions of the gate providing for emptying of the first and second seeds at a generally constant ratio, the second type of seed being kept segregated from the first type of seed until the second type of seed and the first type of seed exit the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.