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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US);
Inventor:
Vaughan Stevenson, Williamsburg, IA (US);
Assignee:
Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/16 (2006.01); A01C 19/02 (2006.01); G01F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/166 (2013.01); A01C 19/02 (2013.01); G01F 13/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A chemical granule metering system, for use on a row crop planter, allows for control of chemical granule drop rate. The chemical granule metering system also includes a motor permitting control of chemical granule drop rate by adjusting the rotational speed of the motor. An impeller for a chemical granule meter system having a plurality of apertures is optimized to allow a broad range of chemical granule flow rates, reduce or mitigate clogging, and reduce pulsing characteristics of the metering system.