Remote supply device for a single seeder and single seeder using such a supply device
AssigneeKuhn S.A.
InventorJean-Charles Audigie
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Abstract
A supply device for a single seeder via a flow of air from a main reservoir containing product to at least one auxiliary reservoir depending on its filling rate, each auxiliary reservoir being connected to the main reservoir by a respective leak-tight duct, the number of auxiliary reservoirs corresponding to the number of distributors of the single seeder. A regulating system is associated with each auxiliary reservoir and the regulating system has a sensor for detecting the level of product and a valve for regulating the flow of air in the corresponding auxiliary reservoir. A single seeder using a supply device according to the invention.
Claims11
A supply device for a single seeder, comprising:
- a main reservoir containing product;
- a plurality of distributors of the single seeder;
- a plurality of auxiliary reservoirs each auxiliary reservoir being connected to the main reservoir by a respective duct, a number of auxiliary reservoirs corresponding to a number of distributors of the single seeder;
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- a plurality of regulating systems, a number of regulating systems corresponding to the number of auxiliary reservoirs such that a regulating system is associated with each auxiliary reservoir,
- wherein each of the regulating systems has a sensor for detecting a level of product and a valve for regulating a flow of air from the main reservoir to the corresponding auxiliary reservoir depending on a filling rate of the auxiliary reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.