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US 9,801,328 B2Granted
Row unit for a seeding machine with dual seed meters
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsElijah B. Garner, Keith L. Felton, Kriss Helmick, Kamalakannan Natarajan
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Abstract
A row unit for a seeding machine includes a first seed meter having a first metering member for singulating seeds and a second seed meter having a second metering member for singulating seeds. A motor is operably coupled to the first and second seed meters to selectively drive the first seed meter or the second seed meter.
Claims20
A row unit for a seeding machine comprising:
- a first seed meter having a first metering member for singulating seeds;
- a second seed meter having a second metering member for singulating seeds;
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- a motor operably coupled to the first and second seed meters, wherein an output of the motor is reversible to selectively drive the first seed meter or the second seed meter.
1 more element
A row unit for a seeding machine comprising:
- a first seed reservoir for holding a first variety of seeds;
- a second seed reservoir for holding a second variety of seeds;
- a seed meter assembly in communication with the first and second seed reservoirs for selectively moving seeds from the first seed reservoir or the second seed reservoir;
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- a motor operably coupled to the seed meter assembly, wherein an output of the motor is reversible to selectively drive movement of seeds from the first seed reservoir or from the second seed reservoir.
2 more elements
A row unit for a seeding machine comprising:
- a first metering member for singulating seeds;
- a second metering member for singulating seeds;
- a motor operably coupled to the first and second metering members to selectively drive the first metering member or the second metering member;
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- a one-way clutch operatively disposed between the motor and at least one of the first or second metering members for selectively driving the at least one of the first or second metering members based on a direction of rotation of input to the clutch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.