Seed-double eliminator for a planting unit
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsLee E. Zumdome, Elijah B. Garner
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Abstract
A seed-double eliminator is described for a seeding machine that moves seed along a seed path. The seed-double eliminator may include a pocket with a pocket opening exposed to the seed path and a pocket cavity extending away from the seed path. A flexible extension may extend from within the pocket cavity toward the seed path. The flexible extension may be disposed to contact at least one seed of a seed-double pair being moved along the seed path by the seeding machine in order to remove the at least one seed from the seed path.
Claims19
A seed-double eliminator for a seeding machine with a metering member that is configured to move seed along a seed path, the seed-double eliminator comprising:
- a pocket with a pocket opening exposed to the seed path and a pocket cavity extending from the pocket opening away from the seed path;
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- a flexible extension extending from within the pocket cavity toward the seed path;
- wherein the flexible extension is disposed to contact at least one seed of a seed-double pair being moved along the seed path by the metering member in order to remove the at least one seed from the seed path;
- wherein the pocket opening receives at least a free end portion of the flexible extension within the pocket cavity when the flexible extension is deflected by the metering member.
A planter including a seeding machine that is configured to move seed along a seed path, the planter comprising:
- a seed-double eliminator, including:
- a pocket with a pocket opening exposed to the seed path and a pocket cavity extending from the pocket opening away from the seed path;
- and
- a flexible extension extending from a mounted end of the flexible extension toward a portion of the seed path that is adjacent the pocket opening;
- wherein the flexible extension is disposed to contact at least one seed of a seed-double pair being moved along the seed path by the seeding machine in order to remove the at least one seed from the seed path;
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- wherein the pocket opening receives at least a free end portion of the flexible extension within the pocket cavity when the flexible extension is deflected by a metering member of the seeding machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.