Ethyl Corporation

D Landon Smith

Garland E Raley

C W Miller

A seed treating assembly includes a chute assembly, a first metering roller, a second metering roller, at least one nozzle, and a trough. The chute assembly includes a first inclined treating surface and a second inclined treating surface. The first metering roller is supported by the chute assembly and is configured to meter a first seed curtain of seeds to the first inclined treating surface. The second metering roller is supported by the chute assembly and is configured to meter a second seed curtain of seeds to the second inclined treating surface. The at least one nozzle is supported by the chute assembly. The at least one nozzle is configured to spray directly the first seed curtain and the second seed curtain with a liquid treatment spray. The trough is operably connected to the chute. The first and second inclined treating surfaces are substantially planar.

Seed treater

A seed treating assembly includes a chute assembly, a first metering roller, a second metering roller, at least one nozzle, a tunnel structure, a trough, and a wiper shaft having a wiper membrane. The chute assembly includes a first inclined treating surface and a second inclined treating surface spaced apart from the first inclined treating surface. The first metering roller is supported by the chute assembly and is configured to meter a first seed curtain of seeds to the first inclined treating surface. The second metering roller is supported by the chute assembly, and is configured to meter a second seed curtain of seeds to the second inclined treating surface. The least one nozzle is supported by the chute assembly. The at least one nozzle is configured to spray the first seed curtain and the second seed curtain with a liquid treatment spray.

A rotating joint assembly for feeding an extrusion die with two or more thermoplastic layers of a consistent uniformity of distribution including a stationary manifold for receiving two or more thermoplastic streams and conveying the streams to discharge openings in the manifold, and a cylindrical conduit rotatably connected to the manifold, the conduit having intake openings aligned with discharge openings in the stationary base for receiving and conveying thermoplastic streams from the base to an extrusion die and an axial channel aligned with an axial channel in the stationary manifold for receiving and conveying one of the thermoplastic streams to the die.

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Parker City, IN, United States of America

D Landon Smith