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US 8,671,857 B2Granted
Variable geometry meter roller
AssigneeCNH Canada, Ltd.
InventorsTrevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Jack Donald Turner
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Abstract
An agricultural metering device with a variable geometry meter roller is provided. The agricultural metering device includes a meter roller having a plurality of flutes. An aggregate cross sectional area of the flutes increases along a longitudinal axis of the meter roller.
Claims8
An agricultural metering device, comprising:
- a meter roller having a plurality of flutes, a first longitudinal end, and a second longitudinal end, the meter roller configured to meter product within the agricultural metering device, wherein an aggregate cross sectional area of the flutes increases along a longitudinal axis of the meter roller between the first longitudinal end and the second longitudinal end of the meter roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.