Class 111/171 - Endless conveyor with traps

Subclass of Class 111 - Planting
Definition: Apparatus including a driven endless element moveable along
No. of patents: 19
Last issue date: 12/13/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
8074586	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 ap...	12/13/2011
8001913	Planter with cup belt meter A seed belt cup planter includes seed-intercepting indexing pocket structure facing an adjacent cup on the downward run of the belt towards a furrow for orienting the seed released from the adjacent cup relative to the furrow. In one embodiment, the indexing pocket ...	08/23/2011
7918168	Differential pressure seed meter with an endless belt seed transport member A seed meter is provided having an endless belt as a seed transport member together with a pressure differential to hold the seed onto the belt. The use of an endless belt as the seed transport member enables the spatial orientation of the seed transport member to v...	04/05/2011
7631606	Seed belt for an agricultural planter A seed belt for an agricultural planter wherein the seed belt includes a continuous belt with a plurality of substantially equally spaced flights. Each of the flights having a concave portion at a distal end. ...	12/15/2009
7185596	Seed slide for use in an agricultural seeding machine A seeding machine includes at least one seed metering system and at least one seed placement system. Each seed placement system is in communication with a corresponding seed metering system. Each seed placement system includes a seed slide having a bottom end and a ...	03/06/2007
7162963	Adjustable singulating brush assembly and method of singulating seeds An adjustable singulating brush assembly for a seed meter and method to improve seed singulation of a seed meter. The assembly includes a carrier and a brush selectively adjustably moveable with respect to the carrier. The method to improve seed singulation of a see...	01/16/2007
7086269	Apparatus and method for testing seed singulation of a seed meter An apparatus and method of testing seed singulation of a seed meter. The apparatus includes a frame which supports the seed meter to be tested above a track within which is disposed a continuous flighted belt. A drive system is provided to drive the flighted belt an...	08/08/2006
6681706	Apparatus and method for controlled delivery of seeds to an open furrow An apparatus and method for controlled delivery of seeds between the seed meter of an agricultural planter to an open seed furrow. Seeds are received individually and in a sequence from a seed meter into a housing. The seeds are conveyed in sequence throu...	01/27/2004
6237514	Belted seed metering device A seed metering device and method for disbursing agricultural seed and the like singularly and accurately comprising sprocket wheels, a seed conveyor device, a housing. A seed conveyor device interlocks with and surrounds sprocket wheels and rotates simil...	05/29/2001
6173664	Equidistant planting system An equidistant planting system for accurately placing seeds in a furrow thereby providing increased crop yields. The inventive device includes a seed singulator device, a delivery tube extending from the singulator device, and a placement device connected...	01/16/2001
5992338	Belted seed metering device An seed metering device and method for disbursing agricultural seed and the like singularly and accurately comprising sprocket wheels, a seed conveyor device, a housing. A seed conveyor device interlocks with and surrounds sprocket wheels and rotates simi...	11/30/1999
4646941	Mechanism for discharging granular material Mechanism for discharging granular material, especially seed and fertilizer, and having a bin and seed-flow regulators that variable amounts of material can be supplied to the ground through, whereby a sensor that detects the amount of material or number ...	03/03/1987
4593632	Transplanter provided with seedlings selector This invention relates to a transplanter of seedlings useful for supplying seedlings in a controlled state. Seedlings grown in paper tubes which are a mixture of superior and inferior seedlings are placed on a seedling supplying conveyor and separated int...	06/10/1986
4393791	Undercutter seed planter An undercutter seed planter in the form of an elongated tubular seed delivery member adapted to be pulled beneath the soil behind the blade of an undercutter plow. An air metering system supplies seeds to the seed delivery member and such seeds are releas...	07/19/1983
4193523	Planting machine for potatoes, bulbs or similar seed crop A planting machine for potatoes or similar crop comprising a device for feeding the potatoes to the planting foot being formed by a conveyor belt having above it two conical discs with a flat outer rim rotating in opposite senses and located side by side,...	03/18/1980
4135457	Seed drilling units A towable seed drilling unit of the kind having a hopper-fed seed chamber whose base is constituted by a proportion of the lower run of an endless belt driven by a belt drive roller in a direction contrary to towing direction from a ground-contacting whee...	01/23/1979
3982661	Seed planter for individual seeds An improved seed planter; improvements in planting devices adapted to plant individual seeds one by one, at spaced intervals in a prepared furrow; improved mechanism for individually receiving seeds one by one each in a moving receptacle, retaining each s...	09/28/1976
3971446	Agricultural do-all machine An agricultural machine for performing multiple farming operations such as planting, fertilizing and harvesting, where desired tilling, so to eliminate the necessity of investment in separate specific machines. The do-all machine, briefly described, consi...	07/27/1976
3963149	Granular material conveyor The specification discloses a conveyor apparatus for combining programmed amounts of materials. The apparatus includes a conduit horizontally supported by a frame. The conduit has a plurality of inlet openings along the side for receiving the materials to...	06/15/1976

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Class 111/171 - Endless conveyor with traps