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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120017812 | SEED METERING GATE ASSEMBLY A seed metering gate assembly (12) is provided for use with an upright seed bin (10) having a shiftable primary gate (24), wherein the gate assembly (12) provides an additional seed flow control function allowing more accurate dispensing of s... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110232177 | SYSTEMS FOR THE CONTROL AND USE OF FLUIDS AND PARTICLES The configuration of a feedstock material is controlled by bringing it into contact with at least a first gas moving against it at a location with an area and thickness of the feedstock liquid that forms drops or fibers of a selected size. In one embodiment, drops of ag... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110132244 | VOLUMETRIC METERING SYSTEM WITH CLUTCH BASED SECTIONAL SHUT-OFF A volumetric meter for seed or fertilizer having a plurality of roller segments driven by a common drive shaft is provided with clutch mechanisms radially between each roller segment and the drive shaft to enable the roller segments to be individually shut-off to provid... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110120356 | Directly Driven Seed Meter Hub Drive A direct drive electric seed metering system is provided for use with a row crop planter or seed planter that intakes a volume of multiple seeds from a seed hopper, draws individual seeds from the volume of multiple seeds and discharges them into a seed furrow formed in... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110098851 | AUTOMATED SEED DETECTION AND PLANTING SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM An automated seed detection and planting synchronization apparatus, method and system is disclosed. The invention includes a seed detection protocol configured to monitor a derived metric equated to timing of movement of a seed carried by a seed metering unit from a see... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110073026 | AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE AND SYSTEM An apparatus and method are disclosed for applying an agricultural material through a standing crop. The apparatus is capable of adjusting the height and width of the frame of the apparatus. A trailer is disclosed that is capable of adjusting trailer width to transport ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110000409 | AIR PRESSURE DISSIPATOR FOR AIR SEED DELIVERY SYSTEM In an air pressurized system for use in delivering seeds in an agricultural planter from a main hopper to plural remote bins each associated with a respective seed discharge unit, an air/seed mixture is provided to a seed discharge unit via an air pressure dissipator wh... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100313800 | Air/Product Flow Splitting Apparatus For Use With Product Distribution System Of An Agricultural Seeding Machine A splitter divides an air/product mixture flow, delivered thereto in an air-powered distribution line, between a primary and a secondary distribution channel, which may be flow-coupled to a product hopper or a hose flow-coupled to another product hopper or another split... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100313801 | AIR-ASSISTED PLANTING SYSTEM HAVING A SINGLE FAN WITH PRESSURE-RESPONSIVE SPLITTING OF AIR STREAMS FOR CONVEYING AND METERING FUNCTIONS To produce, monitor, and control a flow of air for a seed conveying system and a seed metering system, an air-assisted planting system includes an air handling system having a single air source and an air controller for maintaining a generally constant air pressure to t... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100282141 | Precision Fertilizer Placement A method to precisely meter and dispense two or more crop inputs with a common metering disc is presented to achieve proper placement in the soil relative to one another. In one embodiment, dry granular or granulized fertilizer is metered from one side of the disc and s... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100192821 | SEED DELIVERY APPARATUS WITH SENSOR AND MOVING MEMBER TO CAPTURE AND MOVE SEED TO A LOWER OUTLET OPENING A seed delivery apparatus has a moving member that captures and entraps the seed from the seed meter and physically moves the seed from the meter to the lower outlet opening. In so doing, the seed engages and travels along an interior surface of the seed delivery appara... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100192819 | Seeding Machine With Seed Delivery System A seed delivery system for use in a seeding or planting machine that removes the seed from a seed meter by capturing the seed therefrom. The delivery system then moves the seed down to a lower discharge point and accelerates the seed horizontally rearward to a speed app... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100180808 | Pressure Sensing System For A Planter A pressure sensing system for a seeding machine such as a planter to measure the down force on a planter row unit uses a wireless pressure sensor embedded in a load carrying wheel of the row unit. In a preferred embodiment, the pressure sensor is a passive piezoelectric... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100077948 | SEED METER A seed meter has a housing forming a seed-holding supply chamber and an outlet chamber and a thin feed wheel rotatable in the housing about an axis and formed centered on the axis with an annular array of radially outwardly open and axially throughgoing seats each dimen... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100018446 | DISTRIBUTOR OF NATURAL ANTAGONISTS OR THE LIKE The present invention relates to a device to be used for the mechanized distribution of natural antagonists for the treatment of crops grown in greenhouse or in open field, under organic and/or integrated regimen, improving uniformity of distribution and concomitantly r... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090139436 | Bin Level Sensor For Use With A Product Dispensing Agricultural Implement A fill tube and sensor assembly has a single electronic sensor to detect the level of product in a hopper of an agricultural implement relative to a fill line. The electronic sensor can be positioned at various heights relative to the fill tube to provide variability in... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20080314300 | Spreader Disengagement Plate and Method of Use Thereof The present disclosure relates to the spreading system of broadcast spreaders, and in particular, to a spreader disengagement plate and method of use thereof for selectively engaging a rotatable spreader plate by coupling and uncoupling the different elements of a drive... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080250991 | Revegetation Process A method for revegetation or remediation of a land surface in which a layer containing selected seed, mulch and nutrients is applied to the land surface. More specifically, the layer applied contains grain seed, grass seed or both and the rate of seeding is preferably 1... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20060081163 | DRY MATERIAL SURFACE APPLICATOR A dry material surface applicator comprising: a plurality of receptacles for attaching hoses from an air seeder cart; a plurality of towers mounted on a boom; a plurality of smaller distribution tubes emanating from each tower; a plurality of deflector shields mounted t... | 04/20/2006 |
| 20050284349 | Seed hopper A seed dispensing hopper having openings in which picker wheels are rotatably disposed. The picker wheels are disposed in a seed bin shaped to direct seed towards the picker wheels. Flexible elements rotate about an axis of the hopper and are aligned over the picker whe... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050217546 | Method of converting a mixer-grinder unit into a seed tender unit A method of modifying a grinder-mixer unit into a seed tender unit includes the steps of providing a grinder having a frame, a generally upright bin, a mixing auger within the bin, a grinding device and an outlet device. The outlet device and the grinding device are rem... | 10/06/2005 |
